New Zealand v Sri Lanka | 1st ODI | Christchurch | 11th January

[McGarrett]

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Start time 1100 local (2200 GMT)

New Zealand: (probable) 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Brendon McCullum (capt.), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Grant Elliott, 5 Tom Latham, 6 Luke Ronchi (wk) , 7 Corey Anderson, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Mitchell McClenaghan/Adam Milne, 10 Kyle Mills, 11 Trent Boult

Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Dimuth Karunaratne, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Angelo Mathews (capt.), 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Thisara Perara, 8 Jeevan Mendis/ Dhammika Prasad, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Sachithra Senanayake, 11 Suranga Lakmal


Pitch and conditions

Hagley Oval has hosted only two ODIs before, but the pitch is unlikely to be as green as the one the Test was played on. Expect good bounce, carry and a hint of turn. The weather is forecast to remain fine for the duration of the game.

 

[Thivagar]

Dimuth is another Tharanga like player, not consistent. He scores a 50, then 3 single digit figures, another 40, another 3 single digit figures, 100 and another 5 single digit scores and there on. If they wanted a player who was going to be there, might as well gone with Tharanga he hit a century and 50 in 2004, he was about 20 years old then. I would have gone with Mahela opening and Chandimal instead of Dimuth.

 

[desi_launda]

Southee and Taylor not playing.Easy win for SL

 

[NZcricketfan]

Southee and Taylor not playing.Easy win for SL

Not really

 

[Fire Bird]

This game has written all over it.

 

[A.M.]

guys what channel will it be on?

 

[McGarrett]

guys what channel will it be on?

Sky Sports 3

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Come on Kiwis, the form that Williamson is in, Srilankan bowlers possess no threat. Hope Milne picks up a 5fer.

 

[leatherface58]

Lankans are favourites. Excellent ODI outfit though they have a giant achilles heel in India.

They did well in Oz over the last few years.

 

[McGarrett]

Come on Kiwis, the form that Williamson is in, Srilankan bowlers possess no threat. Hope Milne picks up a 5fer.

This is LOI brah......

 

[McGarrett]

They should replace Dimuth with Chandimal and let Mahela open the innings with Dilshan.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

This is LOI brah......

If Anderson and Mcculum clicks today and the way Rohit smashed 264 against Lanka, I think history will be written today. Let Kiwis bat first, 500 here we come. Boom Boom

I don't understand why Ryder is not in the team.

 

[McGarrett]

If Anderson and Mcculum clicks today and the way Rohit smashed 264 against Lanka, I think history will be written today. Let Kiwis bat first, 500 here we come. Boom Boom

I don't understand why Ryder is not in the team.

 

[NZcricketfan]

We have to win the toss today. The number of tosses Bmac loses is ridiculous

 

[McGarrett]

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have elected to bat. [MENTION=68271]NZcricketfan[/MENTION]

 

[NZcricketfan]

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have elected to bat. [MENTION=68271]NZcricketfan[/MENTION]

Smile when your team actually does something

 

[McGarrett]

Smile when your team actually does something

Okay...hobbit. G'luck !!!!

 

[McGarrett]

NZ bowling : Adam Milne, McClenaghan , Boult ,Corey Anderson, Nathan McCullum

 

[McGarrett]

SL bowling : Kula,Lakmal, Mathews, Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Sena and Dilshan of course.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Lanka has a lot of uncles in their team, Sanga, Dilshan, Mahela, Herath etc

After they retire, wonder what will happen.

 

[IAJ]

Two very good ODI teams.

Supporting SL here.

 

[IAJ]

@ some sri lankan fans, is it ok to write only Lanka or you guys prefer Sri Lanks or only SL?

 

[McGarrett]

Two very good ODI teams.

Supporting SL here.

 

[IAJ]

*Sri Lanka

 

[McGarrett]

@ some sri lankan fans, is it ok to write only Lanka or you guys prefer Sri Lanks or only SL?

I prefer Sri Lanka / Sri Lankans. SL is fine too.

 

[NZcricketfan]

I wonder how Adam Milne will go in more favourable conditions

 

[McGarrett]

New Zealand Team

MJ Guptill, KS Williamson, TWM Latham, GD Elliott, CJ Anderson, BB McCullum*, L Ronchi†, NL McCullum, AF Milne, MJ McClenaghan, TA Boult

Sri Lanka Team

TM Dilshan, FDM Karunaratne, KC Sangakkara†, DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews*, HDRL Thirimanne, NLTC Perera, BMAJ Mendis, KMDN Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, RMS Eranga

 

[IAJ]

Milne averaging 62, but this will come down.

 

[IAJ]

Milne 4 balls around 137. Seems like he is concing on line and length.

 

[IAJ]

Review time

 

[McGarrett]

:

 

[NZcricketfan]

yay wasted review

 

[McGarrett]

wasted the only review

 

[vandokkum]

I would have picked Matt Henry in the world cup squad.... but he doesn't even get a chance in an odi? Awful selection.

 

[NZcricketfan]

I would have picked Matt Henry in the world cup squad.... but he doesn't even get a chance in an odi? Awful selection.

When you can only select 15 players somebody is bound to missout

 

[IAJ]

Milne was bowling 152 kph from ball 1 in UAEbut has not crossed 145 kph here, mostly bowling in 130s.

 

[vandokkum]

When you can only select 15 players somebody is bound to missout

Too harsh on a guy who was the best bowler in the previous series to not get a start against SL...

 

[NZcricketfan]

Milne was bowling 152 kph from ball 1 in UAEbut has not crossed 145 kph here, mostly bowling in 130s.

He can bowl fast when he needs to. Does it seem to be a problem?

 

[Thivagar]

Dimuth's inclusion is bad, if they are so keen on playing Mahela in the middle, they should have gone on with Tharanga or Kusal lol.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Boult is getting some sweet movement

 

[Amjid Javed]

Wickets got some pace and bounce in it, slow start here from SL.

 

[vandokkum]

He has done well as an opener but Dilshan looks like a complete hack against good pace bowling..

 

[IAJ]

He can bowl fast when he needs to. Does it seem to be a problem?

Yes. I want to see some 155 kph from him. Would be great!

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

I want Milne to rattle some stumps. Get Sanga bowled

 

[NZcricketfan]

NZ pitches are great for batting on these days. Pretty slow start

 

[vandokkum]

Yes. I want to see some 155 kph from him. Would be great!

More pace equals less control....

 

[IAJ]

More pace equals less control....

But he bowled with control in UAE, could have something to do with the slow wickets of UAE.

 

[Amjid Javed]

what a catch! sanga gone!

 

[IAJ]

What a catch!

 

[Thivagar]

WTH is up with these NZ players and diving catches.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Yay Sanga gone

Milne my boy

 

[NZcricketfan]

WTH is up with these NZ players and diving catches.

Second nature for us on the soft green grass we grow up on

 

[Amjid Javed]

Kiwis fielding always earns them extra wickets and saves so many runs!

 

[vandokkum]

The NZ commentator sounded delusional..... average of 33 and strike rate of 79 is not a "phenomenon" by any means....

 

[IAJ]

Need a partnership here

 

[McGarrett]

Damn.. they ain't dropping anything. That should have been a four.

 

[NZcricketfan]

Damn.. they ain't dropping anything. That should have been a four.

Surprised you are still here

 

[MRSN]

Good to see another bowling friendly pitch. much better than the last two I saw in Aus-Ind test series. Good to see because I was tired of batsmen dominating cricket for a long time.

 

[IAJ]

The NZ commentator sounded delusional..... average of 33 and strike rate of 79 is not a "phenomenon" by any means....

He avoided to mention the average, must have felt like a fool when he saw the average.

 

[McGarrett]

Run...guys..run.. They are not letting anything go.

 

[vandokkum]

He avoided to mention the average, must have felt like a fool when he saw the average.

That part of commentary was just sad... would have like to see his face during that time

 

[MRSN]

I think Mathews should be batting up the order with the form he is in.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

The NZ commentator sounded delusional..... average of 33 and strike rate of 79 is not a "phenomenon" by any means....

Kiwis have their obsession with bits and pieces players, starting from Harris to Anton Devcich. Mahela is a terrible batsman away from home, doesn't have a 50 in kiwi soil.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

If this Kiwi side doesn't win the world cup, they never can. One of the strongest contenders this WC.

 

[NZcricketfan]

Sri Lanka was so so lucky they won the toss both times in the test series

 

[IAJ]

Shot!

 

[Thivagar]

Russell Arnold needs to get fired :Facepalm:

 

[vandokkum]

If this Kiwi side doesn't win the world cup, they never can. One of the strongest contenders this WC.

NZ have their best chance of winning a world cup, ever.

 

[IAJ]

Good on Russel not taking rubbish from Doull, though Doull is sort of right

 

[IAJ]

Class Mahela

 

[Thivagar]

Mahela being cool as usual.

 

[NZcricketfan]

Russell Arnold needs to get fired :Facepalm:

Russel arnold may as well have been born on our side of the world. He seems to be european on the inside

 

[McGarrett]

: :

 

[Thivagar]

Back to back boundaries for Mahela.

 

[IAJ]

Would take Henry any day over this rubbish bowler

 

[McGarrett]

Mahela = class

 

[Thivagar]

Russel arnold may as well have been born on our side of the world. He seems to be european on the inside

He is a resident of Australia.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Why is Nathan Mcculum still playing? Is he there because he is Macca's brother? Averaging 48.21 with the ball, with a SR of 59.9. Gotta feel for Ish Sodhi

 

[Thivagar]

coriander is playing.

 

[NZcricketfan]

Would take Henry any day over this rubbish bowler

second fastest to 50 wickets in one day history. Can't argue with results.

pure wicket taker