Wonder how much this is as a result of SL actually playing a test series in England just before. Play test cricket, get better at test cricket etc. these days, all the other cricket these guys play is so far from the concept of test cricket and valuing your wicket etc that it takes time to get used to it again.
I’m desperate for the survival of test cricket and finding some superstars in the nations outside of the Rich 3 would incentivise that I reckon
Williamson now four runs ahead of Virat on the all time top test run scorers.
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Most of these guys can't bat at Test match level. India is going to be horrendous.
Well, no thats not true.
Latham and Conway average 40 each.
KW speaks for himself.
The jury is out on Ravindra as to how good he’ll be.
Mitchell has had a fantastic start but is probably petering out to his level.
Blundell is in bad form.
It’s a far cry from the days where the ONLY hundreds in the team belonged to numbers 7 and 8 ( McCullum and Vettori ) back when How, Fulton, Papps etc were in the top order.
I think it’s a perfect storm of guys being a bit past it, being found out or not being good enough.
So um yeah, I agree, India will be horrendous.
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Williamson now four runs ahead of Virat on the all time top test run scorers.
That’s pretty handy. In quite a few less tests too.
Of course the fuck you bloody crowd will mention his amazing ODI record but fuck that, Test cricket is the ultimate and KW is better at that !
I'm not feeling completely contradicted: on that writeup - 'KW, and two guys averaging 40' about to visit Jasprit in home conditions. 
Now fractionally rounded to 40 in Conway's case.
Mitchell's start to test cricket was the stuff of dreams, but there feels like a regression in the mix. Always had slight CdG vibes of 'how long will this last'.
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
I'm not feeling completely contradicted: on that writeup - 'KW, and two guys averaging 40' about to visit Jasprit in home conditions.
Mitchell's start to test cricket was the stuff of dreams, but there feels like a regression in the mix. Always had slight CdG vibes of 'how long will this last'.
I hear ya.
There is also the definite prospect of KW declining in a Tendulkar/Dravid/Ponting fashion too…….they all went from late to mid to early 50s in terms of batting averages too.
I saw that score without actually opening the scorecard, and thought they were doing alright. Expected them to crumble after racking up such a big total in the field. That is the usual way.
This morning I learned that was their second innings
291 behind, four wickets in hand……..and if they somehow got the 291 then Sri Lanka get another bat.
This is as big a fucken hiding as I’ve ever recalled.
Phillips and Santner may as well have a swing, still an opportunity for Southee to get a century late in his career…………
…….and yeah, may as well pick a team for the next test vs India.
Latham
Young
KW
Ravindra
Mitchell
Blundell
Phillips
Henry
Southee
O’Rourke
Patel
Definitely shuffling the deck chairs a bit but something has to change after this atrocious effort.
I’d drop Southee for Sears but that won’t happen.
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Bugger, woulda been nice for Phillips to get a debut ton.
It's on for Southee! 10% of the way there...
I think there is a lot of negative Nellie's on here. If these 2 bat for the next day and a half we should easily be able to secure a draw.
@Damo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
I think there is a lot of negative Nellie's on here. If these 2 bat for the next day and a half we should easily be able to secure a draw.
love the optimism.
Aged like milk.
What sort of target do we think we should set?
There are 5 sessions remaining. We are 179 behind with some number of wickets remaining. We are also 1 down in a 2 match series so we can afford to take some risks in pursuit of outcome..
I think aim should be to bat sensibly through to drinks in morning session tomorrow and assess run rate from there.
If Mitch would've scored these runs in the first match, we'd have won.
Good on him for earning some redemption, but Matt Henry has to take his place.
It's like Danny Morrison's last stand!
@Chris-B said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
If Mitch would've scored these runs in the first match, we'd have won.
Good on him for earning some redemption, but Matt Henry has to take his place.
It's like Danny Morrison's last stand!
If he hadn’t sucked arse as a test bowler we might have kept them under 450.
Mitch needs to go.
Jason Gillespie got a double ton in his last test match
I think Southee, Santner and the coach should go permanently.
Southee has been great but he's done enough now.
Need fresh blood and new enthusiasm.
@Damo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
I think Southee, Santner and the coach should go permanently.
Southee has been great but he's done enough now.
Need fresh blood and new enthusiasm.
I assume Southee is hanging around trying to get to 400 test wickets?
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@Chris-B said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
If Mitch would've scored these runs in the first match, we'd have won.
Good on him for earning some redemption, but Matt Henry has to take his place.
It's like Danny Morrison's last stand!
If he hadn’t sucked arse as a test bowler we might have kept them under 450.
Mitch needs to go.
Jason Gillespie got a double ton in his last test match
If Santner gets a double ton I would give him another game.
@Damo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@Chris-B said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
If Mitch would've scored these runs in the first match, we'd have won.
Good on him for earning some redemption, but Matt Henry has to take his place.
It's like Danny Morrison's last stand!
If he hadn’t sucked arse as a test bowler we might have kept them under 450.
Mitch needs to go.
Jason Gillespie got a double ton in his last test match
If Santner gets a double ton I would give him another game.
only 150 to go, with one partner right?
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
If we’d batted like this in the first innings and bowled a shitload better we’d be on top
jesus fuck, this sounds like 'if Scarlett Johanssen something something'. If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle (until the trans activists showed up).
reality is we're limited. We need a few things to go our way. Santner is currently looking like Bradman V1.1 after a shedload of shitty innings. Fucked it I know, I've been on the garage projet, but I think we're going to get smoked in India.
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Santner's innings also puts Conway's 'return to form' into some perspective.
Easy to score runs when the result is a foregone conclusion.
@African-Monkey said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Santner's innings also puts Conway's 'return to form' into some perspective.
Easy to score runs when the result is a foregone conclusion.
Yep, much of the second innings batting card has a vibe of aiming to score quick runs before they inevitably misread one.
@nzzp said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
If we’d batted like this in the first innings and bowled a shitload better we’d be on top
jesus fuck, this sounds like 'if Scarlett Johanssen something something'. If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle (until the trans activists showed up).
reality is we're limited. We need a few things to go our way. Santner is currently looking like Bradman V1.1 after a shedload of shitty innings. Fucked it I know, I've been on the garage projet, but I think we're going to get smoked in India.
Off the tap ?
Sorry back to the cricket.
What changes will Stead make given he has a squad of only 15.
I’ve already picked my team, anyone else want to have a crack ?
Probably good news. Latham will be a relatively passive captain from what it has looked like in the past, but Southee is far from an automatic selection now.
Southee said himself that he didn't expect to play every test this year. Stead needs to grow some balls.
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Southee said himself that he didn't expect to play every test this year. Stead needs to grow some balls.
aged like wine!
@nzzp said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@booboo said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
So, who is the new skipper?
Latham
Should have been promoted in the first place
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Southee said himself that he didn't expect to play every test this year. Stead needs to grow some balls.
Stead needs to follow him out the door...
