Excellent final over but at least Black Caps have given themselves a chance here. Take a bow Mitchell and Bracewell
Good recovery. If it's close that brilliant last over could be crucial. Masterful last over from a spin er.
All a bit easy for Sri Lanka. Missed the start of our innings - were conditions much tougher?
I'm a bit sceptical when I see a scorecard like our innings - the lower order cashing in can often be a sign that the top order bungled things, rather than a miraculous recovery than saves the game.
Missed our innings, Sri Lanka looking pretty damn untroubled so far.
78 from 60 should be a piece of piss.
Santner on though, he’s made things happen lately.
Bit of a limp wristed performance. Visiting team, and we can't even take a bloody wicket. Weird Santner hasn't used Phillips
First ball success for NZ with the attempted ramp. .I wonder when teams will start placing fielders to combat the ramp?
@1kiwi said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Why do they insist on trying to bounce these guys out? Bowl some yorkers!
To be fair. Duffy's three wicket over featuring short and back of a length deliveries turned the match
@SouthernMann said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
@1kiwi said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Why do they insist on trying to bounce these guys out? Bowl some yorkers!
To be fair. Duffy's three wicket over featuring short and back of a length deliveries turned the match
Yup, definitely. Bracewell and Mitchell also kept us in it with the bat and made a game of it.
Some leg side full tosses that the batsmen would have put into the stands in the last over there, but it was their tail batting due to the flurry of wickets we took.
Sri Lanka dominated the first and third quarters, we dominated the second and fourth. We did well to stay in the fight and win it at the death, though Sri Lanka will feel they should have won and will take some confidence.
@Canes4life said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
@SouthernMann said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
@1kiwi said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Why do they insist on trying to bounce these guys out? Bowl some yorkers!
To be fair. Duffy's three wicket over featuring short and back of a length deliveries turned the match
Yup, definitely. Bracewell and Mitchell also kept us in it with the bat and made a game of it.
It was a weird match. Shouldn't mask issues with the side though. Beat thing is we are playing some young lads. There are still a lot of lads in the side who started together in NZ U19 sides from between 2008 and 2011. Good to get some new faces in there
Prior to Duffy's triple wicket over, they were 120/0 needing 53 from 42 and Santner (our best bowler to that point) had just bowled his last over. There really should have been no way back.
@Cyclops said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Prior to Duffy's triple wicket over, they were 120/0 needing 53 from 42 and Santner (our best bowler to that point) had just bowled his last over. There really should have been no way back.
The beauty of T20 cricket.
You can thank me. I stopped watching when SL had just brought up the 100 opening partnership. I did not expect to hear this morning that NZ had won.
A real game of 4 quarters with Black Caps winning quarters 2 and 4.
Incredible that Sri Lanka weren't able to go on with it after being in such a dominant position after 3 quarters.
Foulkes looks like he could be a handy death bowling option.
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
A real game of 4 quarters with Black Caps winning quarters 2 and 4.
Incredible that Sri Lanka weren't able to go on with it after being in such a dominant position after 3 quarters.
Foulkes looks like he could be a handy death bowling option.
Yep Foulkes specialisies in bowling at the death.He has come over to Brisbane for the last 2 years and played in the 20/20 Club Competition bowling at the death he has gone pretty well.
Normally the Australian players are playing in part of that comp.
@four-more-years Hasn't Hay been a consistently good performer at domestic level and is excellent with the gloves? Hay deserves a decent chance first.
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
@four-more-years Hasn't Hay been a consistently good performer at domestic level and is excellent with the gloves? Hay deserves a decent chance first.
Yeah 100% Hay is a better WK and has been good with the bat he made 49 in the last ODI in Sri Lanka.
Hay is a better WK than Blundell he was very tidy last night behind the stumps 3 catches including a 30 metre run to grab one of them.
I am surprised that Chu hasn't been given an opportunity.
And given that Stead is on yet another "holiday" there should be a separate coach for the T20I team at least.
@Bovidae said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
I am surprised that Chu hasn't been given an opportunity.
And given that Stead is on yet another "holiday" there should be a separate coach for the T20I team at least.
I am not surprised his WK has some faults.
Great partnership from Mitchell & Bracewell, we were well fucked when those two came together.
Didn’t see the SL innings, but by the sounds of it, it was a choke for the ages.
@Gunner said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
a choke for the ages.
Apparently only two players scored more runs then letters in their name.
Black Caps logic. Pick a young bloke in the squad then at best give him one opportunity in the 3rd T20.....
@Canes4life said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Ravindra fails again opening. Why is he opening?
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@Canes4life said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Ravindra fails again opening. Why is he opening?
A swap with Phillips would be a good idea, probably not going to see it for a long time though.