SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:11 pm
by mikesiva
Wed, 08 Mar, 10:00 PM
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Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:41 am
by mikesiva
Sri Lanka 355 all out
Mendis 87
Karu 50
Matthews 47
Dhananjaya 46
Southee 5-64
Henry 4-80
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:01 am
by mikesiva
NZ 373 all out
Mitchell 102
Henry 72
Latham 67
Asitha 4-85
Kumara 3-76
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:50 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Mitchell and Henry turning this around. Looks like it's tantalisingly poised thouh.
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:06 am
by mikesiva
Sri Lanka 302 all out
Mathews 115
Dhananjaya 47
Chandimal 42
Tickner 4-100
Henry 3-71
Target 285
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:32 am
by Arthur Crabtree
I guess SL will win, or NZ hold out. But you never know.
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:07 am
by Gingerfinch
38 from 5 needed. NZ have to win this one!
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:26 am
by Arthur Crabtree
Only just though. Cool Hand Kane is back.
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:44 pm
by mikesiva
NZ 285-8
Williamson 121*
Mitchell 81
Asitha 3-63
NZ win by two wickets.
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:24 am
by sussexpob
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Only just though. Cool Hand Kane is back.
Home pitches, crap bowling attack.... its where Kane excels.
For all said about Kane, his career record is mostly all padding.
Not great against the top teams, not great away, but give him BD, Zimbabwe, West Indies, or Sri Lanka on a feather bed at home, he delivers runs in bucket loads.
Not so great on any pitch that has a semblance of movement.
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:16 pm
by Durhamfootman
of course, this result confirms a WTC final for India
hard to believe that SL were in the running for the final given that they've hardly played any test matches. They beat WIndies at home 2-0, got hammered 2-0 in India, won 1-0 in BD, drew Aus and Pak at home 1-1 each, lost to NZ away
so for 11 tests in a 2 year cycle, 5 wins and a draw puts them in the running for the WTC final
by comparison, England drew a 5 test series with India 2-2, got mullered 4-0 away to Aus, got mugged 1-0 on 2 roads and a minefield in WIndies, beat the WTC champs NZ 3-0, beat SA 2-1, beat Pakistan 3-0 away and drew with NZ 1-1 away
24 tests with 11 wins and 2 draws gets them absolutely nowhere near the WTC final
definitely a strange state of affairs
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:33 pm
by bigfluffylemon
sussexpob wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Only just though. Cool Hand Kane is back.
Home pitches, crap bowling attack.... its where Kane excels.
For all said about Kane, his career record is mostly all padding.
Not great against the top teams, not great away, but give him BD, Zimbabwe, West Indies, or Sri Lanka on a feather bed at home, he delivers runs in bucket loads.
Not so great on any pitch that has a semblance of movement.
To be fair, while it is definitely true that Kane's record v India, England is modest, especially away, there aren't that many players that are at their best away against India, Australia, England or South Africa compared with home vs crap bowling attacks. He's got a better away record against Australia than Root does...
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:24 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Wild Doug Bracewell is back. Must be getting on a bit. Unfortunate to be around at the same time as a glut in Kiwi pace bowling. And his return maybe signifying the feast is over.
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:04 am
by Arthur Crabtree
And Kane's back to battering minnows. Though three hours for his 78* is more blunting than battering.
Re: SL tour of NZ, Mar 9 - Apr 8
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Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:45 am
by alfie
Kane - and Henry Nicholls - certainly upped the rate as they went on. Both double hundreds and NZ were 580/4 off 123 when Southee called them in...pretty much Bazball.
Good little session for the NZ bowlers too , nabbing two for 26 in 17 overs. Doug Bracewell wasted no time in getting back into Test Cricket statistics with a wicket from his third ball...
Pitch is good enough for batting. But Sri Lanka are going to be under a lot of pressure tomorrow morning - weather permitting.
I guess Sri Lanka aren't all that - especially away from home. But given their fighting effort against England - and on the tour of Pakistan - it might be reasonable to think NZ may not have fallen apart quite as much as the rather dry run they've had since the WTC final in 2021 has suggested ? They will need some new seam bowlers soon , for sure. But their batting isn't looking too bad.