Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand (2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 1 T20I)

[PhatBoy]

Williamson on 70-odd, with a strike rate of 107, and a control percentage of 95.

Ridiculous.

 

[Kyptastic]

Williamson on 70-odd, with a strike rate of 107, and a control percentage of 95.

Ridiculous.

It's crazy how easy he's made it look this innings. You'd be happy with that in a ODI match. It's just pure batting.

 

[The Speaker]

King Kano.

 

[The Speaker]

King Kano.

Spoke too soon.

 

[Doss]

Spoke too soon.

Still as sparkling a 91 as you’d ever hope to see. I was enthralled.

 

[Doss]

New Zealand are 311/2 at the end of day two. Latham on 121 and Taylor on 50.

About as dominant a day as you'd see really.

 

[red+black]

Spewing that Kane missed his 100

 

[The Speaker]

Watling will be kicking himself for not cashing in.

 

[red+black]

Overdue that Latham farms the strike. Taking a single off the first ball indicates he wants some red ink.

 

[red+black]

after his poor judgement in the 149th over, he has taken my advice

148.1 - Perera to Latham, 1 run, tossed up full on middle stump, clipped to deep square leg
149.1 - Rajitha to Latham, no run, back of a length, slanting away from off stump, punched to the right of extra-cover. Refuses the single that was available

 

[red+black]

Kiwi 200s - http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...=5;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

200s against SL - http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ns;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

 

[red+black]

Lowest score never scored in Test cricket - 229, 238, 252, 264-265, 272-273, 276, 279, 282-284, 286, 288-289, 292, 295-298

 

[PhatBoy]

In latham’s defence, strike farming is a tactic that should not be uniformly used, and this is at the extreme end of the spectrum in terms of situations where it definitely DOESNT need to be used

 

[red+black]

Latham 245* passes Williamson's best of 242*

 

[red+black]

with 9 down, I'd be farming the strike on 248 if I wanted to get to 250

Then again Boult is no bunny

 

[FKASC]

Latham's really got a firm grip on this test match

 

[ioppolo]

264*, that is something

 

[red+black]

Passed his highest 1st class score of 261

 

[010203]

All I'll say is i hope Sri Lanka improve as the tour goes on or the test series they have here will be noncompetitive.

 

[Sammo360]

All I'll say is i hope Sri Lanka improve as the tour goes on or the test series they have here will be noncompetitive.

NZ are way better than us. It will be a competitive series.

 

[Doss]

NZ are way better than us. It will be a competitive series.

I still think Australia will beat Sri Lanka very comfortably.

But, yes - NZ are a damned good side. This may well be their best side ever. Have a look at their record in the past couple of years; it can't be denied.

 

[PhatBoy]

I still think Australia will beat Sri Lanka very comfortably.

But, yes - NZ are a damned good side. This may well be their best side ever. Have a look at their record in the past couple of years; it can't be denied.

Yet criminally, the tour of the uae was their first overseas trip in nearly two years

 

[red+black]

If as expected NZ win the series 2-0 against Sri Lanka, they will be the #2 Test side behind India.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/rankings-predictor/test

 

[red+black]

Australia’s next tour of NZ? According to the Future Tours Program, nothing scheduled within the next 5 years.

http://i.imgci.com/db/DOWNLOAD/0000/0045/ftp_2018_2023.pdf

 

[PhatBoy]

Lankans digging in here.

Matthews has been a criminally underrated batsman for so long now it’s not funny