Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka
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@chester-draws said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
But is it?
IMO BJ is out in front with daylight second.
Well it all depends on where you draw the line between Mccullum the keeper/batsman and the batsman solely I guess. I forget lots of his runs were scored when he was in there purely as a specialist.
@booboo I am interested in who the other two Batsmen apart from KW and Crowe who are better than Taylor too....
Turner. Sutcliffe.
They played for worse teams and didn't get to come in at number 4 behind class like Kane.
Taylor hasn't yet had the end of career blues that ruin the average either.
Who's to say he will have a drop in average though?
I hear ya but he's just gone to second on the all time list, averaging over 46.....I know guys back in the day couldn't compete in terms of getting the amount of tests but he's had a fucken excellent career and was superb even before KW came of age.
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@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
I'd like to see Latham make a new high score at least. And Nicholls get his 50. Perhaps a swashbuckling final session to set up Sri Lanka batting early on Day 4, chasing at least 250 to make us bat again.
True. Could rack that up before tea easily.
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@mokey A double hundred is there for Tom if he wants it - he won't get many better opportunities.
A swashbuckling final session could have us more than 350 ahead (if we don't get bowled out) - and maybe still with half an hour to declare before stumps. I think they'll be hoping not to bat again in this test.
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@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@chris-b Yep. Don't think we really want to bat on Day 5 at all. Even if just because travel fatigue/very quick turnaround between tours might start to bite.
Plus it's due to piss down....given the weather here at the moment that's inevitable.
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good. lets advance the game a bit
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I wonder what Watlings average is when he comes to the crease with us under 150 and is over 300. I reckon he'd have one of the biggest differences in the world.
For whatever reason he really thrives digging us out of holes but isn't as comfortable when we're dominant.
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@cyclops said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
I wonder what Watlings average is when he comes to the crease with us under 150 and is over 300. I reckon he'd have one of the biggest differences in the world.
For whatever reason he really thrives digging us out of holes but isn't as comfortable when we're dominant.
The reverse of Adam Gilchrist who was always up to be the 3rd or 4th century in an innings against a blunted attack but in series like '01 in India or '05 in England when they were up against it had buckleys.
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Yep epic innings from Tom, has put us in a very strong position to notch up another test win. Fucking awesome.
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@rapido said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
They need to declare now. 4 sessions left, assuming day 5 is a write off.
Keep grinding, give Latham a chance at 300, try aim to bowl 4-5 overs tonight. If the lead gets to 300 they can attack for a full day without worrying about batting again.
