Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka
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Did Boult have somewhere else to be today? That's quite the spell.
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@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Did Boult have somewhere else to be today? That's quite the spell.
Lankan tailenders weren't sure what the wooden thing they were holding was for, so decided to wave it around their shoulders while sticking their legs in front of that cute wood stack thingy to stop the ball hitting it.
Some godawful leaves for lbw.
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Great stuff by Jeet and Tom to bat through the middle session to get us to 117/0 with a lead of 191. Jeet 72. Tom 40
Now, we’re all sure to thinking the same thing about one of these chaps and the position he is in, but no one mention it... please.
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Here comes the collapse...
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@Gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@sparky we should have stayed right the hell out of here mate...
Raval gone for 74.
Most consistent cricketer I've ever seen if that makes sense. His run of 'decent' scores with few shit scores and no massive scores is pretty weird.
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@sparky we should have stayed right the hell out of here mate...
Raval gone for 74.
Most consistent cricketer I've ever seen if that makes sense. His run of 'decent' scores with few shit scores and no massive scores is pretty weird.
Weird alright. But good weird. The big score will come, no doubt about it.
As a NZ opening batsmen he is exactly what we’ve been needing since Rigor gave it away. -
I'll take a century opening stand everytime even if it means Raval doesn't move on to 100 himself. These two openers are not such that one will dominate the scoring to an extent the other doesn't get a decent start and neother will score so fast as to obviate the blunting of the new ball
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@Gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@sparky we should have stayed right the hell out of here mate...
Raval gone for 74.
Most consistent cricketer I've ever seen if that makes sense. His run of 'decent' scores with few shit scores and no massive scores is pretty weird.
Weird alright. But good weird. The big score will come, no doubt about it.
As a NZ opening batsmen he is exactly what we’ve been needing since Rigor gave it away.Yeah his career trajectory is pretty fucken odd.
I mean, what benefits a team more.....scores of 40, 40, 30, 30 or 70, 0, 70, 0 or 140, 0, 0, 0 ?
( Geoffrey Boycott voice )
Crickets a funny game....
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@sparky we should have stayed right the hell out of here mate...
Raval gone for 74.
Most consistent cricketer I've ever seen if that makes sense. His run of 'decent' scores with few shit scores and no massive scores is pretty weird.
Weird alright. But good weird. The big score will come, no doubt about it.
As a NZ opening batsmen he is exactly what we’ve been needing since Rigor gave it away.Yeah his career trajectory is pretty fucken odd.
I mean, what benefits a team more.....scores of 40, 40, 30, 30 or 70, 0, 70, 0 or 140, 0, 0, 0 ?
( Geoffrey Boycott voice )
Crickets a funny game....
For an opener I'd take 40 every go. Especially when he takes about 80 to 100 balls to do it
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@SynicBast I wonder if Kane is as surprised as me, when he gets out!
Raval had had a pretty lean trot in the past 12 months - after the first innings he was averaging 18 in that period - got that up to 23 now - but, he might have needed a score.
Hamish Rutherford has been having a decent time with the bat and might have been starting to put a bit of pressure on.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@SynicBast I wonder if Kane is as surprised as me, when he gets out!
Raval had had a pretty lean trot in the past 12 months - after the first innings he was averaging 18 in that period - got that up to 23 now - but, he might have needed a score.
Hamish Rutherford has been having a decent time with the bat and might have been starting to put a bit of pressure on.
Hamish Rutherford isn't a test opener - he's never been able to demonstrate consistency as an opener, for all Jeet doesn't get humongous scores he is doing the primary job as an opener - weathering the new ball and getting some runs
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@SynicBast For the first year of his test career Jeet certainly did.
For the second year he didn't.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@SynicBast I wonder if Kane is as surprised as me, when he gets out!
Raval had had a pretty lean trot in the past 12 months - after the first innings he was averaging 18 in that period - got that up to 23 now - but, he might have needed a score.
Hamish Rutherford has been having a decent time with the bat and might have been starting to put a bit of pressure on.
Don't think he's in danger. I'm comfortable with what he's producing. He's not Bradman but averaging mid 30s is pretty dependable for a NZ opener.
WRT Rutherford what has his form been like? Is it that compelling?
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