@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.
