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New Zealand v Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | Hamilton | Dec 18-22 2015 | Match Thread

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Really poor display of batting by Sri Lanka. Appears that they gave up.
 
khalil1986 said:
Pakistan would make just as big mess of it trust me LOL

I was just casually checking scorecard every now and than.

71-0 to 133-9 LOL even Pakistan would be proud of such an achievement.
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It wasn't great bowling, the shot selection and lack of willingness to fight it out was appalling. They handed the Test right back to us.
 
"Those 2 sixes Siriwardene hit turned the match in a way - because that's when everyone thought they could just hit 30 sixes in a hurry and beat NZ."

:)))
 
Aman said:
[MENTION=95766]leatherface58[/MENTION] what do you think? NZ may win this series but 2-0 but they've been far from impressive...
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They have been sh!T. They nearly tripped on their own green carpet. Boult has been mediocre but I don't blame him. He is finally showing the effects of what happens when you are made to bowl 8 over spells consistently.

He needs rest. Southee seems to be coming back to his own even if there is lot more road to travel. Guptill is not a test batsman. At all. That 190 will really hurt us.

Anderson getting injured was pretty terrible. Santner is too bits and pieces even if he has some fight in him.

Henry has been treated roughly. Yes he has been wayward but you gotta give him games. But now that you have Bracewell, give him games. Don't snub him after a game or two.

After a joyride, the faults are beginning to show which is natural. Time to go back to work.

Plus, this Lankan team showed why it will not go the route of Windies in spite of the multitude of retirements. They are fighters and will get better with experience.

We underestimated them. We were arrogant and we got a nice kick in the butt deservedly.
 
leatherface58 said:
They have been sh!T. They nearly tripped on their own green carpet. Boult has been mediocre but I don't blame him. He is finally showing the effects of what happens when you are made to bowl 8 over spells consistently.

He needs rest. Southee seems to be coming back to his own even if there is lot more road to travel. Guptill is not a test batsman. At all. That 190 will really hurt us.

Anderson getting injured was pretty terrible. Santner is too bits and pieces even if he has some fight in him.

Henry has been treated roughly. Yes he has been wayward but you gotta give him games. But now that you have Bracewell, give him games. Don't snub him after a game or two.

After a joyride, the faults are beginning to show which is natural. Time to go back to work.

Plus, this Lankan team showed why it will not go the route of Windies in spite of the multitude of retirements. They are fighters and will get better with experience.

We underestimated them. We were arrogant and we got a nice kick in the butt deservedly.
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Summed it up nicely.

Not all rosy like the media have made it out to be, the series in England, Australia and now against SL have shown this side has a lot to work on and that we lack quality to close out games (no quality number 5 and bowling enforcer).

Right now, I would put England, India, SA, Pakistan and Australia all ahead on potential.

I guess my earlier outbursts have come from the realization this side will never be a world beater, which I initially thought they could be.
 
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lol at Ian Smith thinking we could chase this by today.

Was never going to happen with the success we had with the short ball.
 
Aman said:
lol at Ian Smith thinking we could chase this by today.

Was never going to happen with the success we had with the short ball.
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There are 50+ overs left. If New Zealand don't chase it by today then they are probably all out.
 
Sachin136 said:
There are 50+ overs left. If New Zealand don't chase it by today then they are probably all out.
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We're not going to go at more than 3 an over, the smart thing to do would be to leave and defend to tire the bowlers.
 
zabalestmsm said:
Mr. Genius ha ha :P

The unthinkable happened :P
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Hehe, I know they play bounce poorly but I wasn't expecting them to capitulate like that. Normally, you don't associate bounce with NZ pitches but this one's offering a fair bit. Anyway, my prediction was that they'd be able to compete, not necessarily win, if one or two of their bowlers stepped up. They're still very much in the game but expecting NZ to win from here unless Chameera runs through them again.
 
ChachaCricket said:
Chameera for me regardless of who wins.
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Must not be watching the chase.

Even our trundlers looked unplayable on this wicket, to score 100 here where the others have struggled is seriously impressive.
 
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Aman said:
Must not be watching the chase.

Even our trundlers looked unplayable on this wicket, to score 100 here where the others have struggled is seriously impressive.
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Chameera has carried the attack in both innings without any help.
 
Btw KW is batting injured (for those not watching the match).

Carrying a knee injury and has a broken finger, probably won't be playing in the ODI's and T20s against Lanka.
 
ChachaCricket said:
Then you're forgetting the SL bowlers who were also very generous.
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Mate, if our bowlers had gone the same way of bowling everything short we would have knocked the SL's over quicker. We started to do that to the tail, hence they fell quickly on day 2.
 
Belawal2014 said:
Maybe a shared MOM? Nah, most likely it will go to KW.
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I thought Chameera bowled well in the first innings, then I saw what our bowlers did once they started to bang the ball in short every delivery... Plenty of bounce in this pitch, and with ordinary batting from both teams its easy to take wickets.
 
Aman said:
Mate, if our bowlers had gone the same way of bowling everything short we would have knocked the SL's over quicker. We started to do that to the tail, hence they fell quickly on day 2.
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Not sure how this is related to SL bowlers being generous.
 
ChachaCricket said:
Not sure how this is related to SL bowlers being generous.
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SL bowlers were far from generous, they comfortably out bowled us in the first innings.

The fact our bowlers were able to hurry the SL's at their speed, shows how helpful the wicket is.
 
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Aman said:
SL bowlers were far from generous, they comfortably out bowled us in the first innings.

The fact our bowlers were able to hurry the SL's at their speed, shows how helpful the wicket is.
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I would've given it to KW had he scored 50+ in both innings. Regardless of SL bowler's performing better in the 1st(which is arguable apart from Chameera), Chameera was the reason NZ collapsed for 237 and once again the reason they're 4 down. His performance over the match is superior to that of KW. The pitch has also eased out as well.

Chameera is playing away from home bowling to batsmen in their home conditions.
 
People underselling the importance of KW's innings here, if he goes early we probably lose........
 
ChachaCricket said:
I would've given it to KW had he scored 50+ in both innings. Regardless of SL bowler's performing better in the 1st(which is arguable apart from Chameera), Chameera was the reason NZ collapsed for 237 and once again the reason they're 4 down. His performance over the match is superior to that of KW. The pitch has also eased out as well.

Chameera is playing away from home bowling to batsmen in their home conditions.
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If KW scores a century, it will be the reason why we win. None of our batsmen other than him have looked settled.
 
He's playing this innings while injured too lol

What does a batsmen have to do to get MOTM?
 
Aman said:
He's playing this innings while injured too lol

What does a batsmen have to do to get MOTM?
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Should KW take his team home, MOM should be awarded to him. Nonetheless, it has been a commendable effort from Chameera, MOTM or not.
 
Aman said:
He's playing this innings while injured too lol

What does a batsmen have to do to get MOTM?
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Regardless of who wins the match. I don't think we will be seeing another green top in nz against asian teams for a while.
 
battler said:
Regardless of who wins the match. I don't think we will be seeing another green top in nz against asian teams for a while.
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Has nothing to do with who tours, this is the only way we can get results.

You've seen what happens to NZ wickets from day 2 onwards, do you want to see those types of wickets from day 1?

And you shouldn't be complaining about green tops, this is the first time we've had use of a green top and that was with our bowlers far from their best form.
 
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Aman said:
Has nothing to do with who tours, this is the only way we can get results you've seen what happens to NZ wickets from day 2 onwards, do you want to see those types of wickets from day 1?

And you shouldn't be complaining about green tops, this is the first time we've had use of a green top and that was with our bowlers far from their best form.
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I actually want every non-subcontinent team to produce green tops every game, hate those roads where kohli and smith are scoring centuries for fun.
 
leatherface58 said:
Incompetence makes for really compelling viewing.
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Captain wass the biggest culprit... slowly becoming a passenger....

It's likely he'll retire after the Aus series, but I'd prefer he open and we bring in someone safer at 5.
 
battler said:
I actually want every non-subcontinent team to produce green tops every game, hate those roads where kohli and smith are scoring centuries for fun.
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That's the plan, in a country where cricket isn't overly popular you need to produce result wickets.

Otherwise you have 500 v 500 games where no one wants to watch.
 
Had the SLs batted with little bit more resolve to stay at wicket, they could have won this match !!
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Impressed with SL none the less. Playing without Dhamika as well. Lakmal and Pradeep have been very ineffective.
 
Pretty poor stuff. We had the kiwis in a similar position in the last tour and let them escape thgn as well.

Kiwis are an okay side but not an AUS or a SA that deserve to smash lanka. With a bit of luck we could have drawn this series.
 
Aman said:
Captain wass the biggest culprit... slowly becoming a passenger....

It's likely he'll retire after the Aus series, but I'd prefer he open and we bring in someone safer at 5.
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Just one weak link in NZ and that is "Solid Late middle order". If Mc Cullum is not retiring then need solid batsman in place of Santner.
 
Adnan Siddiqui said:
Just one weak link in NZ and that is "Solid Late middle order". If Mc Cullum is not retiring then need solid batsman in place of Santner.
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Nah, plenty wrong with this side atm.

No strike bowler, no pace in the attack and a lack of a genuine wicket taking spinner.
 
anuk said:
Pretty poor stuff. We had the kiwis in a similar position in the last tour and let them escape thgn as well.

Kiwis are an okay side but not an AUS or a SA that deserve to smash lanka. With a bit of luck we could have drawn this series.
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Well, we were poor in the first match and still did it quite easy.
 
I think, SRL is going to lose this Test, for one of the most bizarre of reasons in Test Cricket - 3 run outs. One of those was Jayasundra, who was on his way to charge Mac big toll on a fundamental mistake - putting opposition in to bat on a sunny morning, looking at the color of the wicket. If tomorrow morning starts under cloud, posters would realize why Mac should have batted first on a sunny Hamilton morning.

Those 3 run-outs cost probably around 50 to 75, in a tight game. Despite the 2nd innings collapse, SRL could have gone to Day 5 with 180+ at hand & 8 wickets to get.
 
Aman said:
Nah, plenty wrong with this side atm.

No strike bowler, no pace in the attack and a lack of a genuine wicket taking spinner.
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But atleast Fix which can be fix easily. Add solid batsman in the side. Then look for Pace bowler and spinner as its not easy with limited pool available.
 
Aman said:
Well, we were poor in the first match and still did it quite easy.
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It was one game bro and this is inarguably the weakest sl side in 20 years. Nz is a decent side but second tier.
 
Oh dear :facepalm: What SL have done? :(
Chameera is alone warrior and on the other hand Kane is doing it again.
 
Rubbish shots especially from Siriwardana, Mendis and Vithanage. Why were the SL batsmen slogging when even 50-60 more runs would've been a good total to defend ? It was their game to win, especially at 71-0 ! They didn't handle the short ball well either.

There's also nothing in this SL tail, they're sitting ducks.

The NZ batsmen and tail should have enough in them to chase the remaining 47 runs down but could've been a different story had the SL batsmen applied themselves better at the crease.

Can catch the highlights here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvJMp7cGFSgNHkzAIICulg
 
DRS screwed SL twice. One with Taylor's wicket and the other with Jayasundara. Poor batting my SL regardless.
 
Markhor said:
Rubbish shots especially from Siriwardana, Mendis and Vithanage. Why were the SL batsmen slogging when even 50-60 more runs would've been a good total to defend ? It was their game to win, especially at 71-0 ! They didn't handle the short ball well either.

There's also nothing in this SL tail, they're sitting ducks.

The NZ batsmen and tail should have enough in them to chase the remaining 47 runs down but could've been a different story had the SL batsmen applied themselves better at the crease.

Can catch the highlights here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvJMp7cGFSgNHkzAIICulg
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You can't apply yourself if you don't have the technique in the first place. Once NZ figured SL can't play the short ball, a collapse was inevitable. Only chance SL had was Mathews.
 
To be honest, SL aren't as weak team as they have looked at home against Ind and Pak.This team is much better than WI and not far behind the other teams.Somewhere, they are lacking confidence and hence not really able to capitalize on the chances they get.
 
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