** Official ** Sri Lanka in New Zealand tour

[anzac]

It's interesting that two of the Academy's golden boys (McCullum & Taylor) have both entered FC cricket attempting to treat provincial bowlers with absolute contempt. Perhaps rather than try to earn a black cap through weight of runs, the idea is to work on as many shots as possible, and wait for a tap on the shoulder they know is coming anyway.

problem being that the fast track to Test selection seems thru' OD performance - hence the proliferation of batting being 'here for a good time - not a long time'.................

and why I'm looking at top order players as per above.............

 

[bryce]

from memory that would mean a lot of shots going for the boundaries and not a great deal of strike rotation or cheeky singles to break up the bowler's rythmn...........

mcmillan was actually a competent strike rotater

 

[Craig]

no...Bond is a serious 'if'.

Yeah.

To be honest you had the best side.

 

[bryce]

sri lanka play their first match in NZ tomorrow vs a full strength CD, i would like to see jamie how get amongst the runs very much, michael mason will also have a point to prove, with regards to the sri lanka V ND match on thursday the ground staff have said they are going to make the pitch as flat as possible because they want bat dominating, i'm probaly going to watch that game too

 

[Kent]

Hmm...I'll be interested to see if Yarrows Stadium can finally produce a decent pitch.

I think if they do, the boundaries are short enough and both sides are aggressive enough for a very entertaining match, although the forecast isn't flash.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,0a15a24,00.html

 

[bryce]

how long have you visited stuff for Kent? there was a little article on me in late Febuary

 

[Kent]

On and off for quite a while. What was it about?

 

[bryce]

wasn't exactly about me but my name was in the title, just for taking 5 wickets in the local 1st XI comp

 

[anzac]

mcmillan was actually a competent strike rotater

hadn't seen to much of it lately from what little I have managed to see..........

 

[bryce]

well when mcmillan used to be good lol

 

[Tim]

From what I can gather, the Yarrow pitch is a shocker due to the rain & that batsmen are going to get worked over.

 

[bryce]

lol by the looks of things so far you may be right, CD 28/2 spearman and how both bowled by zoysa, taylor 11* and sinclair 3*

 

[bryce]

ross taylor 33*, i hope he's not one of those one day specialist players

 

[Tim]

Im not surprised though. New Plymouth has been notoriously bad over the years for producing green seamers.

I don't think we should be allowing Sri Lanka to get used to these types of conditions either.

 

[southern man]

He is only 20, give him time. If he is this good as a one day player at 20, then im sure he will become alot better.

But he is now going off.

 

[Kent]

I'm not sure the Lankans will be thrilled they were made part of this experiment to get ODIs at Yarrows Stadium in the near future. Not only was rain and a poor pitch always a decent chance, but they could get more of the same in Hamilton and head into the first ODI virtually cold.

Whoops, sounds like Taylor is injured. Hope it's nothing serious.
http://www.nzcricket.co.nz/fullscorecard.aspx?match=003

If you're overseas, you could get a radio commentary at the site below (at least 20 minutes delayed though, which sucks). It's 16.24 NZT as I post this.
http://www.radiosport.co.nz/twondemandtue.htm

 

[bryce]

I'm not sure the Lankans will be thrilled they were made part of this experiment to get ODIs at Yarrows Stadium in the near future. Not only was rain and a poor pitch always a decent chance, but they could get more of the same in Hamilton and head into the first ODI virtually cold.

i've mentioned it already, but i will again anyway that the hamilton ground staff are going to make the pitch as flat as possible so the batsman dominate, the weather here has also tidied up a bit aswell

 

[Kent]

Good to hear Bryce. Which leaves me wondering if the media was just short on sports news at this time of year and did a bit of scaremongering instead.

 

[bryce]

that's exactly what i thought, i'm confident the hamilton pitch will hold up this season

 

[Tim]

Im more concerned about Eden Park. It's been a horrible pitch for as long as I can remember.