***Official**** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/2015

[Athlai]

Sure are, in fact have been for a good few years now.

Hard to forget flawless effort in the cordon in Hobart.

I rate Craig in there too.

Yup Neesham was always getting that one, Prasad is terrible.

 

[hendrix]

Bowl Southee. Got 260 bucks on Southee getting two more

Baz wants to enforce the follow on so he's saving the new ball bowlers

 

[Howsie]

Crap. Gotta enforce the follow on here.

 

[Flem274*]

All we need is to drop Rutherford for Guppy and the cordon will be perfect. Taylor at first, Guppy at second, Southee third and Kane in the gully with Craig and Latham to add and Baz patrolling cover.

 

[Blocky]

Neesham has so much potential as a bowler - great action, generates good pace, gets good lift off the wicket - just suffers from Sodhi disease where he can't bowl in a consistent pattern, also suffers from not being able to take the ball off the seam despite everything being in his favour to do so. If I was NZ Cricket I'd be investing a **** tonne of Bond's time in trying to get Neesham performing with the ball because he offers us so much at 6 with the bat.

 

[Blocky]

All we need is to drop Rutherford for Guppy and the cordon will be perfect. Taylor at first, Guppy at second, Southee third and Kane in the gully with Craig and Latham to add and Baz patrolling cover.

As much as Taylor can take some blinders, he tends to drop one a series that is a complete doddle.

 

[Howsie]

Baz wants to enforce the follow on so he's saving the new ball bowlers

Can't imagine a couple of overs at 50 percent would've hurt. That's how bad the Sri Lankan tail has been.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

So chaps, to enforce or not to enforce?

Enforce because I have to go to work on Monday.

 

[Howsie]

Neesham has so much potential as a bowler - great action, generates good pace, gets good lift off the wicket - just suffers from Sodhi disease where he can't bowl in a consistent pattern, also suffers from not being able to take the ball off the seam despite everything being in his favour to do so. If I was NZ Cricket I'd be investing a **** tonne of Bond's time in trying to get Neesham performing with the ball because he offers us so much at 6 with the bat.

He's a strong lad but I wouldn't say his bowling action is great. His head drops away sooooo much he's always going to struggle with his accuracy. Not to mention he does nothing with the ball.

 

[NZTailender]

He's a strong lad but I wouldn't say his bowling action is great. His head drops away sooooo much he's always going to struggle with his accuracy. Not to mention he does nothing with the ball.

Feel as though with some tweaks he can be quite threatening. Doesn't seem to have a plan at the moment, and doesn't exploit the seam or the pitch as as well as he could. Just seems to bowl exactly the same the world over on every pitch.

 

[Zinzan]

Neesham has so much potential as a bowler - great action, generates good pace, gets good lift off the wicket

Indeed, I've been scratching my head as to exactly what it is about his action that causes him to lose shape so often. As you say, he actually has quite a classy action.

 

[Hurricane]

Bring on Mark Craig.

 

[NZTailender]

Tbh I want Rutherford and Latham to get some more runs and experience. Don't enforce, give Tim & Trent a good rest. Get 500 runs ahead.

 

[Athlai]

Bring on Mark Craig.

Captain Hurricane knows best

 

[NZTailender]

Bring on Mark Craig.

They must read CWeb

 

[Blocky]

He's a strong lad but I wouldn't say his bowling action is great. His head drops away sooooo much he's always going to struggle with his accuracy. Not to mention he does nothing with the ball.

Agree with that - I mean more so his setup, the way he gets over his front leg and his high arm action - they're all good signs of being able to generate pace and sustain it over a number of overs. He should study Dale Steyn and Allan Donald for how to keep the arm and head high through the crease which would help him.

But the nothing with the ball part comes down to wrist action and grip - very rare for an NZ bowler to not swing it one way or the other.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Indeed, I've been scratching my head as to exactly what it is about his action that causes him to lose shape so often. As you say, he actually has quite a classy action.

He's a "spearer". He brings the bowling arm over past perpendicular which ****s up his accuracy and wrist release because he can only spear the ball into the right hander.

 

[Hurricane]

OMG the lankans go all defensive against the spinner

 

[Blocky]

McCullum needs 112* to get his average up to forty. Quite incredible when you consider how long he was in the mid thirties.

 

[Blocky]

Jesus, anyone nervous looking at the scores in Ford Trophy as to what's going to happen during the world cup? One side with 400, the other was 355 and another was 385.