Blackcaps v Sri Lanka

[booboo]

Aaaand... hundy for Kane

[Cyclops]

149 runs and no wickets lost in the first session (34 overs). Pretty handy.

Will be a tricky start to the second session though. The second new ball is only a couple of overs old and there was a bit of life shown in those two overs, so the Sri Lankan's will be looking forward to coming out fresh and trying to get stuck in.

Could be a bit of a session of two halves with the Sri Lankan's doing a bit of damage early with the new ball and then us slowly getting back on top as the ball loses its shine.

[mariner4life]

KW is not only our best ever batsman, he's now seriously in the conversation for our best player ever

And I never thought there would ever be a conversation

[Cyclops]

Run rate slowly climbing up now, starting to get close to 4. So much for my prediction of a difficult start to the session.

[Cyclops]

@mariner4life said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

KW is not only our best ever batsman, he's now seriously in the conversation for our best player ever

And I never thought there would ever be a conversation

A couple of seasons ago Kane scored 90 odd against Sri Lanka off 90 odd deliveries. Normally when you see that kind of strike rate you think about aggression and risks and hitting over the top. But it wasn't. It was zero risk, control, placement and precision. When he got out, there was a few seconds of silence as everyone (opposition, commentators, crowd) was shocked because he'd just looked so unstoppable. It's probably the best innings I've watched in full myself by any batsman.

[nzzp]

@Cyclops Nicholls, though, dropped twice on the way to his century. But he got there!

[Damo]

I'd rate this as an 8 match innings for Nicholls. He's safe for another 8 tests.

[booboo]

@nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

dropped

Hey, works for Buschange and we'd have him in a heart beat

[booboo]

Partnership 15th on all time 3rd wicket ranking.

But still some distance to get to the best for NZ v SL ...

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283597.html

[canefan]

All of Kane's 200s scored in NZ

[booboo]

Partnership 6th on NZ all time list, and gunning for higher.

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_for_any_wicket.html?class=1;id=5;type=team

[KiwiMurph]

@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

dropped

Hey, works for Buschange and we'd have him in a heart beat

Yeah cos Nicholls and Marnus are in the same class......

[booboo]

@KiwiMurph said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

dropped

Hey, works for Buschange and we'd have him in a heart beat

Yeah cos Nicholls and Marnus are in the same class......

Would they be if they didn't survive the dropped chances?

[booboo]

Partnership now top 30 all time all wickets.

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_for_any_wicket.html?class=1;id=5;type=team

[booboo]

Aaand that's it for Kane

[booboo]

Mitch comes and goes for an entertaining 18.

Henry and Blundell obviously batting for an imminent declaration.

[booboo]

Will be fun or over quickly

[booboo]

@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Will be fun or over quickly

Or both

[booboo]

Hank gets 2 hundy and Timmah declares.

580-4d

[No Quarter]

Nicholls scoring a double ton is downright hilarious