From cricinfo:
Kane Williamson calls right, New Zealand opt to bat. No prizes for guessing. Boult, Southee and their spin trio of Santner, Somerville and Ajaz Patel form their bowling attack. No place for Neil Wagner, Colin de Grandhomme, Todd Astle and Tom Blundell.
@Siam said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
Wahhaaey!! Kane gets to sit down for the first 10 overs of a New Zealand cricket match !
And hopefully for quite a few more overs - as opposed to standing in the field! 
@Donsteppa said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
Dreadful review from Nicholls.
Just saw the replay on TV. If he didn't think he hit the ball why review?
@Donsteppa
It's a teasing sort of score. If Taylor doesn't get out and the tail bat around him effectively then we could be looking at a scenario where we only bat once in the match.
If he goes early we fold then it could get very uncomfortable. One guy got real nip and turn and took 5 wickets but no one else threatened. Which category will our spinners fall into. Can Boult and Southee get anything out of it.
Was surprised Wagner wasn't picked until I watched some play. Not his sort of wicket at all.
When Australia played in Galle in 2016, 281 was a winning first innings score
Sri Lanka won all three tests batting first, with scores of 117, 281 and 355. So arguably we're on track (although we don't have Herath to take 28 wickets at 12. Or Starc with 24 at 15).
@Bovidae said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
As long as Ross doesn't try to run himself out on day 2.
don't care if he tries (most games!), only that he fails consistently.
@dogmeat said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
@Donsteppa
It's a teasing sort of score. If Taylor doesn't get out and the tail bat around him effectively then we could be looking at a scenario where we only bat once in the match.If he goes early we fold then it could get very uncomfortable. One guy got real nip and turn and took 5 wickets but no one else threatened. Which category will our spinners fall into. Can Boult and Southee get anything out of it.
Was surprised Wagner wasn't picked until I watched some play. Not his sort of wicket at all.
History tells me our spinners will fall into the non threatening non turning category.
@Crazy-Horse said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
History tells me our spinners will fall into the non threatening non turning category.
Patel got a 5-wkt haul in the only pre-test tour game and they did well against Pakistan in the UAE. If the English spinners can bowl them to victory in Sri Lanka there is no reason ours can't be effective too.
