Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series

@nzzp said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 I want someone with tactical nous, not the current 'paint by numbers'. Southee's issue is he is a bowler. IT's damn hard to both bowl and captain at the same time. My strong preference is therefore a batsman - not bothered who that is.

Feels likeLatham actually has a skillset to both bat and then captain. But then again it looks like a new keeper may be needed soon too... we're really at the changing of the guard.

So yeah, Mitchell, Latham - whoever's got a decent cricketing brain!

Yeah the thought of Southee leading the team in three matches against India is fucken ugly.

But he’s probably set until at least the home summer despite the results.

I’m a fan of Southee, at his best he was terrific particularly alongside Wags and Boult but he’s gone on too long. My guess is he wants 400 test wickets ? At this rate that could take him years !

If India win 3-0 which is very likely they will be totally justified in not giving a crap team like us another three test series in the future too.

Be one of the first names on team sheet at the moment.

Not sure if his personality type would be really good, or really dire. He's certainly enthusiastic. Bat, bowl and captain though? Tough ask.

@Snowy said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Bat, bowl and captain though? Tough ask.

worked for Vettori. I think he coached the side as well

@Snowy said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

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Be one of the first names on team sheet at the moment.

Not sure if his personality type would be really good, or really dire. He's certainly enthusiastic. Bat, bowl and captain though? Tough ask.

Backup keeper too.

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@nzzp said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Not Latham either.

why not Latham?

He’s not exactly in vintage form either. Then again he does justify his spot more than Southee, especially with how his opening partner has gone of late.

Mitchell is more ‘new blood’ which I think the team needs

Problem with Mitchell is it could be Southee all over again... not sure a team in need of invigoration should be turning to a 33 year old.

Latham? He is 32, so hardly inspiring either though I think he probably has a good 4-5 years in him... but his captaincy record thus far leaves a lot to be desired.

Phillips? Not sure I would want to burden him with the captaincy, and furthermore, there is nothing about him which suggests captain.

I think the long-term option could be Ravindra?

@frugby said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@nzzp said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Not Latham either.

why not Latham?

He’s not exactly in vintage form either. Then again he does justify his spot more than Southee, especially with how his opening partner has gone of late.

Mitchell is more ‘new blood’ which I think the team needs

Problem with Mitchell is it could be Southee all over again... not sure a team in need of invigoration should be turning to a 33 year old.

Latham? He is 32, so hardly inspiring either though I think he probably has a good 4-5 years in him... but his captaincy record thus far leaves a lot to be desired.

Phillips? Not sure I would want to burden him with the captaincy, and furthermore, there is nothing about him which suggests captain.

I think the long-term option could be Ravindra?

Based on no other options ( assuming you rule out a horribly out of form Conway, Blundell and the terminally not up to it Santner ) you could be right

40/3 and unfortunately the man out early wasn’t the night watchman, it was our best batsman.

MASSIVE score needed by Ravindra or Mitchell just to make them bat again. Fuck this is awful stuff

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

40/3 and unfortunately the man out early wasn’t the night watchman, it was our best batsman.

MASSIVE score needed by Ravindra or Mitchell just to make them bat again. Fuck this is awful stuff

……and this post aged poorly. 40/4 now with Ravindra gone.

Poor old Ajaz Patel faced with holding the innings together after a massive bowling stint in the first couple of days

Patel gone. 52/5

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Patel gone. 52/5

53/6

Ouch

Aw just fucken stop it will you ? 53/6 !!!!!!

53/7. Wow.

If you’re Sri Lanka what do you do ?

Enforcing the follow on doesn’t seem to be the done thing in cricket these days. How’s the weather looking ?

Their bowlers have barely turned their arms over to reduce us to 55/7 so fatigue shouldn’t be a factor.

It’s depressing to say but every member of our XI has been varying degrees of utter shithouse so far this test.

Time for the spineless lemons to be told to swim home.

Splitting hairs probably, but I’ve often found the idea of a night watchman a bit weird.

Someone is in the team as a specialist batsman, in some situations he will find himself needing to bat for a few niggly overs at the end of the day. I think it’s rough they get a guy who has bowled 41 thankless overs padded up and sent out to “protect” him.

Jason Gillespie will definitely disagree with this though.

Though it's not clear to me that there's any difference between our top order batsmen and our night watchmen...

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Though it's not clear to me that there's any difference between our top order batsmen and our night watchmen...

Haha, was just thinking that.

Flipside of that is that they could have gotten Latham, Conway etc to send down lots of innocuous pies for the Sri Lankans to rack up a cheeky six hundy for five declared…..

Back to the match…..

66/8. Mitchell ( Daryl, not Santner ) gone.

Debut hundred from Southee would be nice late in his career.

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Back to the match…..

66/8. Mitchell ( Daryl, not Santner ) gone.

Debut hundred from Southee would be nice late in his career.

Bugger, falls just 98 runs short.

Am struggling to remember a more utterly worthless and spineless NZ cricket performance in our lifetimes. 1995 v the West Indies was up there.

At least 26 all out was in the days of uncovered pitches.

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Am struggling to remember a more utterly worthless and spineless NZ cricket performance in our lifetimes. 1995 v the West Indies was up there.

At least 26 all out was in the days of uncovered pitches.

This match ?

Walsh went ok, shit he is underrated for whatever reason. Fantastic bowler.

My memory of the scores was out, I just remember the second innings being like men v boys.

Turns out Santner is there as a specialist bat.

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

My memory of the scores was out, I just remember the second innings being like men v boys.

Yeah shameful performance at home.

I sat on the bank and Curtly Ambrose did a lap of the ground to thunderous applause from all of us ( he had a lot of time to fuck around and have fun while the Windies were batting to be fair )

All those middle order left handers just took the piss against our attack from memory. The one who actually looked the best that day wasn’t Lara, it was Keith Arthurton, I was always surprised he had such an average career compared to the “Prince”

Just saw the score.

The.
Fuck.
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If the All Blacks do a Wellington tonight, there will be rioting on top of this.

Santner justifying his spot by more than doubling the next best batsman’s score.

…..and this “fighting” innings will be enough to keep him in the team for the next ten tests at least.

…….and that’s that.

Sri Lanka may as well enforce the follow on and try and wrap it up before the end of the day.

Even I have got nothing.

Latham looool.

Cancel the Indian series.

@Damo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Even I have got nothing.

I was hoping for a cheeky 900-3 declared after the wicket settles down then Santner gets 8-42 and we win by 114 runs.

Has someone hacked your account ?

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@nzzp said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

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The team that got rolled for 26 are all resting a bit easier in their graves now.

Even hiding behind the couch seems an exercise in futility in avoiding this wreck.

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@Damo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Even I have got nothing.

I was hoping for a cheeky 900-3 declared after the wicket settles down then Santner gets 8-42 and we win by 114 runs.

Has someone hacked your account ?

900/3 is unrealistic. I always keep my comments grounded in reality, as you know.

@Damo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@Damo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Even I have got nothing.

I was hoping for a cheeky 900-3 declared after the wicket settles down then Santner gets 8-42 and we win by 114 runs.

Has someone hacked your account ?

900/3 is unrealistic. I always keep my comments grounded in reality, as you know.

750/4 will do.

It’s high time KW had a crack at Laras record.

We shouldn’t lose a wicket for a good half hour I reckon.

Lunch is handy like that.

What's the weather doing?
No sudden typhoon pending?

@booboo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

What's the weather doing?
No sudden typhoon pending?

Just an avalanche……

…..of New Zealand wickets.