*Official* Sri Lanka Tour of New Zealand 2018/19

[Flem274*]

The Sri Lankan quick bowlers have done quite well then. Collectively, 20 overs, three wickets for 54.
In contrast to the Indian bowlers in their warm up, I might add.

mate no one in the nz xi batting plays fc. robinson has a few games several years back but that's about it. an actual bowling attack would have this team out for 40.

A three legged dog would be more useful than Guptill in Tests tbh

and be pretty cute too

 

[nzfan]

Sandeep Patel playing some great looking pulls ala West Indian style. Good player...

 

[GoodAreasShane]

On the evidence of what I saw on the NZC website, Liam Dudding would have to be one of the most aptly named cricketers I have ever came across

 

[jcas0167]

Katene Clarke looked impressive in the under 19's, nice to see he's raced to 35 off 35 balls.

 

[NZTailender]

Guptill averages 21 against the same teams, tbf.

Latham is fairly well ahead Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo

 

[Migara]

Mathews appearing that he is getting inform. SL have Chandimal back. He and Karunarathne in ICC top 20 at the moment. Dhananjaya, Mendis, Roshen, all showed some form in last series. Rather than here and there erforming, I'd like everyone to register their performance in a single match. I don't care if we get steam rolled in the other match.

 

[Athlai]

2-0 and we move to #2 in Tests

 

[Howsie]

im torn on ajaz v somer"**** flem"ville. somerville gets good bounce and short finger spinners like ajaz get flayed even harder than the average finger spinner in nz, but ajaz has a long record of not getting flayed in fc cricket like most of his competitors and left arm spin seems to have some weird quality in world cricket that makes it super effective relative to what it looks like it should be

Somerville please, Ajaz isn’t a serious option in New Zealand conditions, he’s probably shorter then the wife.

Santner was back playing club cricket yesterday, he’ll be back soon enough.

 

[Starfighter]

2-0 and we move to #2 in Tests

I'd like to see this.

 

[Bahnz]

Agree, I wasn't be sarcastic, Bangers are a better test side than SL at the moment.

Disagree with that pretty heartily, especially on tour. Not only did SL stuff the Bangerz this year, they also drew a test series in the Windies a couple months before Bangladesh got thumped by the same team. Don't forget that Bangladesh lost a test match to Zimbabwe last month.

 

[Flem274*]

can't wait to hear the little bangers fans yap it up before their inevitable crushing

 

[Starfighter]

can't wait to hear the little bangers fans yap it up before their inevitable crushing

Could we see the return of Energetic?

 

[Migara]

Disagree with that pretty heartily, especially on tour. Not only did SL stuff the Bangerz this year, they also drew a test series in the Windies a couple months before Bangladesh got thumped by the same team. Don't forget that Bangladesh lost a test match to Zimbabwe last month.

On a spinning wicket, it is even between sides. On a seaming track, Bangla lineup doesn't stand a chance.

 

[SeamUp]

It's not just this. 2 more tours coming in quick succession.

2 Tests vs Australi

and a full tour to SA.

3 tours on the trot of the Southern hemisphere SENA must be a first ?

 

[Pup Clarke]

Expect NZ to win but will be tough at times. SL have some underrated seamers

 

[vcs]

It's not just this. 2 more tours coming in quick succession.

2 Tests vs Australi

and a full tour to SA.

That's a brutal schedule.

Think SL had a full tour or SA only two years back, surprising it's happening again so soon.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Could we see the return of Energetic?

I hear on the grapevine he’s predicting a clean sweep to Bangladesh in all formats.

 

[straw man]

Chandimal looked very confused after getting bowled by Coburn. Coburn next in line under the 'NZ spinners guaranteed to take a debut 7-fer' rule .

Agree with earlier comments that some very nice boundaries from Sandeep Patel and Katene Clarke. Interesting batting style from Max Chu too - a cross between Mark Chapman and a hyperactive frog.

 

[BSM]

I actually think Sri Lanka have the capacity to be competitive in this series. The Sri Lankan seamers (Chameera, Lakmal, Pradeep and Kumara I assume as the selection) are no pushovers given favourable conditions. Importantly they have batsmen capable of big game defining scores as well. Mathews, Karunaratne, Chandimal, and Mendis, once he sorts his s**t out, are four batsmen capable of playing great knocks in any conditions. I don't expect them to win either of the test matches but I don't think they'll be comprehensively outdone. As was the case in our recent tour in SL where we won all 3 games but never really dominated.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Will Young in the squad, Somerville and Blundell out.