New Zealand v Sri Lanka | World T20 | Trent Bridge | 16/6/09

[syd_pak]

if New Zealand win, it will 100% be after 16 overs.....it will be a tight game....please please please as I dont wanna go to Trent Bridge and I have tickets to Lords....

 

[insaftak]

malinga is unplayable

 

[Amoeba]

if New Zealand win, it will 100% be after 16 overs.....it will be a tight game....please please please as I dont wanna go to Trent Bridge and I have tickets to Lords....

That's a tad unfortunate because the other semi-final is at the Oval..................

 

[Mohsin]

)))

 

[insaftak]

redmond was clueless and he is gone

 

[hasanb]

lasith malinga coming on from the other end SL bringing on their big guns, he was spot on in that over...yorkers, slower balls and bouncers, redmond cant get him away and hes caught on the legside NZ 39/2 after 4.5 overs

 

[Mohsin]

SL will win this easily now

 

[asian_rulez]

444444444

 

[hasanb]

Umar gul is leading the bowling charts in this tournament so for with 12 wickets...malinga has 11 come on kiwis dont let him catch up!! last ball of the over clipped away for 4 so its 43/2 after 5 overs.

 

[161]

Malinga has to be the most intelligent T20 bowler.

So much variation that the batsman can never really be confident when facing him.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Kiwis need to just go for Broke here!

 

[asifp]

yaar why is NZ hell bent on spoling my Friday evening

 

[hasanb]

mendis relaces murali now so sangakkara rotating his bowlers, mendis right on the money straightaway and NZ can only manage 3 singles off him, they are now 46/2 at the end of their 6 PP overs.

 

[asifp]

with 9 overs left from the 3 M's one has to think Lanka are the favorites

McCullum's wicket was huuuuuge

 

[Sparhawk]

Good to see someone taking the attack to Malinga

 

[karachiite]

Kiwis are in with a big chance here. Murali was taken for boundaries and now Malinga has also gone for 2 boundries so far.

 

[asifp]

yaar T20 game hai, all they need is for one guy to do something special

 

[Sparhawk]

with 9 overs left from the 3 M's one has to think Lanka are the favorites

McCullum's wicket was huuuuuge

These two batting right now are really dangerous.. as i say Guptill hits an exquisite 4444444444

If this partnership is broken soon then SL will be ahead

 

[pak4life]

Finally someone has worked out how to play malinga

 

[insaftak]

what a shot!!!!!!!!!

 

[karachiite]

Guptill taking malinga to the cleaners.

 

[asifp]

11 runs already of Malinga

this is big

 

[hasanb]

Guptill playing malinga very very well here loft driving him for two boundaries in the over and NZ score 14 of it. 60/2 after 7 overs.

 

[Sparhawk]

Run rate very manageable for NZ.. they dont have to take any more risks but knowing Taylor he really wants to take M&M to the cleaners

 

[161]

Less than 100 runs to get in 13 overs with 8 wickets in hand.

This is how you got to chase.

Score quickly early on and don't leave it to the death.

 

[insaftak]

lucky edge just passed first slip

 

[hasanb]

ross taylor cant seem to run well here...due to his hamstring injury, he cant get a runner though can he since he came into this match already carrying the injury.

 

[karachiite]

These 2 struggling to get runs off Murali.

 

[asifp]

Comeon NZ

 

[161]

95 runs from 72 balls.

8 wickets in hand

 

[karachiite]

Taylor misses a huge swipe and goes

 

[asifp]

Sanga going all out

 

[hasanb]

stumping appeal...taylors is walking off, to be honest he wasnt playing all that well out there.

 

[Sparhawk]

Taylor goes stumped to Mendis

 

[karachiite]

why was he batting so far outside his crease with keeper standing up???

 

[asifp]

Game Set Match!!

What a gadha Taylor

 

[Sparhawk]

stumping appeal...taylors is walking off, to be honest he wasnt playing all that well out there.

His injury is clearly bothering him

 

[Oxy]

64-3

95 off 71 balls...

 

[karachiite]

Guptill is the main man now. He's looked good out there.

 

[asifp]

What a stupid stupid shot

 

[asifp]

Sri Lanka will win by 30 runs guranteed

 

[hasanb]

Game Set Match!!

What a gadha Taylor

yeah SL definitely have the advantage now but even kyle mills can bat so NZ actually bat all the way down to number 10!

 

[161]

That's not how you play Menis

 

[asifp]

play Mendis like a medium pacer

 

[Sparhawk]

Styris has been pretty useless with the bat all tournament i think. He needs to play an anchor role today.

Never mind.....

 

[asifp]

yeah SL definitely have the advantage now but even kyle mills can bat so NZ actually bat all the way down to number 10!

if performance against Pakistan is anything to go by....

 

[hasanb]

ah crap...styris gone NZ slipping fast here

 

[karachiite]

styris flopped again.

 

[Oxy]

Just seen an Indian fan with a banner:

"Where are We.....Where are we???"

and another one with:

"We are going home, I say we are going home"

and another one could have said:

"You're not Singhing anymore...."

You get the jist.....

 

[Khabri420]

Scott Styris is useless

 

[asifp]

yaar bara bad scene hogaya

 

[asifp]

NZ 100 all out again looks like that

 

[asifp]

why do they play him like a spinner, use your feet get to the pitch of the ball

 

[Oxy]

I'd rather see the gentleman of Sri Lanka in the semis than the whinging NZ team!

 

[hasanb]

why do they play him like a spinner, use your feet get to the pitch of the ball

exactly...he hardly turns the ball at all, that last dismissal he just played inside the line of the ball

 

[Sparhawk]

Dilshan getting ridiculous turn.. almost got Guptill

 

[Sparhawk]

66666666666

Guptill is very impressive.. despite all the wickets hes keeping the runs flowing

 

[hasanb]

I'd rather see the gentleman of Sri Lanka in the semis than the whinging NZ team!

true that, but id rather go through as group winners...even if we have to play SA i dont mind that, but seeing pakistan as group winners would be great.

 

[karachiite]

Guptill replies with a 6

 

[hasanb]

Dilshan getting ridiculous turn.. almost got Guptill

thats interesting because if we do have to play SA on this ground it might be a good indicator for ajmal for example.

 

[Sparhawk]

Jayasuriya coming on to bowl.. this could be a bad move for SL

 

[karachiite]

Sanga trying to get rid of his 5th bowler quickly

 

[Sparhawk]

thats interesting because if we do have to play SA on this ground it might be a good indicator for ajmal for example.

NZ also have a couple of very good spinners though so it would still be pretty evenly matched

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Lets think what will be Vettori's excuses.

Is it fair that Mendis spins the ball both ways when he is mentioned as an offspinner?

 

[hasanb]

this appealing from the sri lankans especially sangakkara is highly irritating and way over the top

 

[asifp]

I'd rather see the gentleman of Sri Lanka in the semis than the whinging NZ team!

I have tickets for the Oval yaar and want to see Pakistan play

 

[hasanb]

I have tickets for the Oval yaar and want to see Pakistan play

lol you can enjoy the womens match instead

 

[asifp]

Oram is being Jadeja part II

 

[insaftak]

NZ is losing because of Cheating mendis ability to reverse swing the ball in 8th over

 

[karachiite]

couple of cheap overs for srilanka. Pressure bang on NZ now. They need to go for it soon.

 

[hasanb]

73 runs from 48 balls required i cant seen new zealand pulling that one off, not with the 3 M's having 5 overs left between them.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sri lanka slight favourites to win this from here...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

its getting tough for kiwis.

 

[Sparhawk]

Fearless hitting from Guptill.. almost got out though

 

[Amjid Javed]

Oram needs to start smashing ball around here if Kiwis want a sniff!

 

[asifp]

Dropped!!!

could that be a big one?

 

[hasanb]

difficult catch dropped on the boundary and its possibly a boundary as well a crucial one for NZ

 

[insaftak]

dropped and it might be 4444444444

 

[161]

Oram is a T20 disaster.

He should have ripped Jayasuria apart in that over !

 

[karachiite]

Lucky guptill but good start to the over.