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NZ vs SL 2nd Test Wellington
NZ vs SL 2nd Test Wellington
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Shows the benefit of playing all that first-class cricket in England year after year.
If only England allowed their own international players to do that. |
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Lead of 189 now, another 160 in last two sessions.. gives SL 349 to get on last day. Sounds plausible to me
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Angelo seems to have other plans. reminds me of mo yousuf at sydney this
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NZ will not declare until game is v safe. They are 1-0 up in a 2 match series on a pitch that is getting better not worse. For there to be a result NZ need to be bowled out.
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Don't know Mister Fish, McCullum can be attacking and he will be keen to see how Craig performs. But ok maybe my scenario was a bit aggressive.
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Draw look a great bet on this surface imo
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Williamson and BJ Watling playing the Hussey/Siddle roles, Darkforces?
Mo Yousuf after THAT Sydney Test: "We tried to contain Hussey and put pressure on Siddle. But he batted very well, didn't give us his wicket and batted two-and-a-half hours in the morning session to take the game away," Yousuf said. There will also be scrutiny over the performance of Kamran Akmal, who dropped Hussey thrice and Siddle once, apart from failing with the bat. Yousuf defended Akmal after yesterday's performance and did so again today. "Dropped catches are a part of the game," Yousuf said. "They batted very well after that. But it's difficult to win when you drop them. If we hadn't dropped catches we could have won it. We have dropped a lot over the last few months, but we can't help it. We try hard in practice." |
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Hopefully New Zealand go into One-day mode after a lead of 320 or so.
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pxb, you still have some of that draw at 23-26 left?
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It's doubtful Tyco. He said laying the draw was free money this morning
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ah ok, must have missed that... cheers.
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This match really is very similar to last years's test at The Basin.
It's a shame really, the days of Oz and NZ producing seaming bowler friendly wickets seems to be almost gone Aggressive declarations are often needed to get a result these days |
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Look at Oz v India today, perfect example.
Only reason they'll be result will be fast batting and an agressive declaration. Really makes for boring cricket |
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To be fair.. this was a seamer friendly wicket on day 1.
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But its more than a road now.
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anyone fancy kiwis 4 world cup...im looking at getting a bag on at 8/9 - 1...obvs for a bak 2 lay. can see them getting to the semi's...anyone wanna put me off????
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Talking about giving sri Lanka an hour tonight... gives them 2 shots at new ball.... what do others think?
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Have to have a go at them tonight, at least 10 overs.
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Well being 1-0 up in the series there's no real incentive for them to make an aggressive declaration here. They may well just bat and bat and bat
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Agree with you BJT, but not enough runs at this stage I think. 25 to go. So say they get 45 runs in the next 15, gives them a lead of 400 for SL to get in 10+90 overs... Yeah on second thoughts, that is workable. THat probably is what it will be.
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To be fair.. my position is hoping for a draw as that is my biggest green by far. So I will be ready to lay the draw if and when necessary.
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wow just saw on screen that these two have batted 107 overs together.
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looks like they have been given the word to go for a bit of a hit.
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I would expect they play for a result. NZ are an aggressive team like Aus, and without being stupid about it, will back their bowlers to do a job. Especially against a mob that has been simply going through the motions of 300+ run partnership, their minds won't be ready, so spring a declaration on them and give them 10 minutes to get out there. Probably skittle 2 of them tonight and all of a sudden 8 wickets, 90 overs to get 370 or so tomorrow.
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150/250 first targets before doing anything.
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yeah that was my initial though too. Get the 150/250 give them a 400 run lead and retire the innings.
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declared already
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wow that is very generous. 17+90 overs for 389 runs. Lay the draw I say.
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Strange. Would have thought given how close they both were, and how many overs left to give them the chance to get a little more personal glory....
Probably enough, but certainly had a few overs left they could have utilised. Were scoring at 6 an over after all. But then I guess if they get an extra wicket in that extra 3 overs, then all worth it. Probably need to be at least 3 down here by close of play. Obvious play, is to be laying NZ. If batsmen look in any way comfortable, then that is the price that will drift quickest. Would wait and see how they are going though. |
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Thats the way I am viewing it. I managed to lay some draw at 2.18 on the dec, but that was totally unexpected. Gonna be hard to win this one for NZ I think.
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10 minutes gone, so what 16 overs left today? 106 overs, 3.68 runs an over, and the game is theirs. Fully expect them to start off by playing for the win, not going silly, but playing as if they are chasing a score, not batting out time.
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Well done McCullum, nice and aggressive. Should be more of it
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5 overs, 0/20, NZ 2.10?
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gotta keep the McCullum aggro declaration in mind when laying the team in the field.
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bet the ppl laying SL at 28's etc are not happy with Brendon.
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Gee, maybe 2.30 lol
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Pitch looking like a road... Maybe the NZ lay is the play..
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Run rate is key really. Only so far draw can go, has to really go up and down depending on RR and RRR. Wickets likely to slow the RR down cancelling out. Play has to be laying NZ, and getting out before a wicket. All about timing, when they start making runs.
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Good bowling though. Tough to face.
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Way too high ffs.
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