New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2023 Mar 9- Apr 8 (2 Tests, 3 ODIs & 3 T20s)

[NYRB]

Date	Match Details	Time
9th Mar 2023, Thursday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test 2023 Hagley Oval, Christchurch	03:30 AM IST​ 10:00 PM GMT / 11:00 AM Local
17th Mar 2023, Friday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test 2023 Basin Reserve, Wellington	03:30 AM IST​ 10:00 PM GMT / 11:00 AM Local
25th Mar 2023, Saturday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI 2023 Eden Park, Auckland	06:30 AM IST​ 01:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM Local
28th Mar 2023, Tuesday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI 2023 Hagley Oval, Christchurch	06:30 AM IST​ 01:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM Local
31st Mar 2023, Friday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI 2023 Eden Park, Auckland	06:30 AM IST​ 01:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM Local
2nd Apr 2023, Sunday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20 2023 Eden Park, Auckland	05:30 AM IST​ 12:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM Local
5th Apr 2023, Wednesday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20 2023 University Oval, Dunedin	05:30 AM IST​ 12:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM Local
8th Apr 2023, Saturday	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20 2023 John Davies Oval, Queenstown	05:30 AM IST​ 12:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM Local

It kicks off this Thursday the test series.

Looking forward to the limited over formats as well.

Bucket list in life is to watch a cricket game at John Davies Oval. Queenstown is a magnificent part of the world.

 

[NYRB]

Sri Lanka Test Squad

The squad

1. Dimuth Karunaratne – Captain
2. Oshada Fernando
3. Kusal Mendis
4. Angelo Mathews
5. Dhananjaya De Silva
6. Dinesh Chandimal
7. Kamindu Mendis
8. Niroshan Dickwella
9. Nishan Madushka
10. Ramesh Mendis
11. Prabath Jayasuriya
12. Chamika Karunaratne
13. Kasun Rajitha
14. Lahiru Kumara
15. Asitha Fernando
16. Vishwa Fernando
17. Milan Rathnayake

 

[PhatBoy]

That’s actually a pretty decent Sri Lanka squad

 

[NYRB]

NZ playing with pretty much the same squad against England.

New Zealand Test squad: Tim Southee (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Blair Tickner, Neil Wagner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson, Will Young

Will Young

Age

33

Ht

194cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.0

1star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

4star

 

[corbies]

The ODIs in this are also crucial for Sri Lanka. Win 3-0 and they'll leapfrog South Africa and West Indies in to 8th spot in the Super League and the automatic qualifying spot for the World Cup. Win 2-1 and they'll need Netherlands to take something from South Africa in their 2 remaining ODIs.

Anything else and they're heading to the qualifier.

 

[ioppolo]

No one interested? Not even Plugger35
Sri Lanka motoring along at 1/80, Kusal Mendis striking at over 100.

 

[corbies]

I feel worse about Kusal Mendis doing well than I did about Scott Kuggeleijn.

 

[Sphynx]

How the mighty NZ (former #1 test side in the world) has fallen inside of 12 months.

Almost completely turned over by the poms and getting hit all around the park at over 4 RPO by the visiting Sri Lankans.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Wagner keeping it nice & tight.

3 overs, 0/30….

 

[corbies]

How the mighty NZ (former #1 test side in the world) has fallen inside of 12 months.

Almost completely turned over by the poms and getting hit all around the park at over 4 RPO by the visiting Sri Lankans.

They've been an average Test team ever since the WTC final. Haven't won a series and that includes playing Bangladesh at home. They're currently 8th in the WTC and that's about where their play has been for the past 18 months.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

SL 1/120 at lunch.

Kiwis have been carted in the 2nd hour.

 

[Trojan90]

Nice innings by Mendis. He's just turned 28, he's been around for years, thought he'd be mid 30's.

 

[Plugger35]

Looks like bowling first has been a mistake again with Sri Lanka 1 for 120.

How the mighty NZ (former #1 test side in the world) has fallen inside of 12 months.

Almost completely turned over by the poms and getting hit all around the park at over 4 RPO by the visiting Sri Lankans.

That series against England finished 1-1, we were hardly turned over by them, had it been 2-0 you might have a point.

 

[The 747]

Wagner's late wickets saved his bacon against England but again he is getting carted.

 

[PhatBoy]

Looks like bowling first has been a mistake again with Sri Lanka 1 for 120.



That series against England finished 1-1, we were hardly turned over by them, had it been 2-0 you might have a point.

Bowling first wasn’t a mistake. Bowling poorly was

 

[PhatBoy]

Wagner's late wickets saved his bacon against England but again he is getting carted.

To be fair to him - and the commentary sort of addressed this in reverse regarding Southee, Wagner’s forte is not bowling in these conditions. There are part timers around who would be more effective when it’s seaming. He’s there for when the pitch inevitably flattens out as they tend to do over there. Southee is the other way around


Mendis is a very unique player. He’s simply never going to be consistent enough to be a great batsman. But he is a player of great innings

 

[Sphynx]

Looks like bowling first has been a mistake again with Sri Lanka 1 for 120.



That series against England finished 1-1, we were hardly turned over by them, had it been 2-0 you might have a point.

It would have been if England didn't declare despite scoring at 5 RPO.

 

[PhatBoy]

I don’t think just yet that England are going to completely revolutionise the game but I do think that they are going to revolutionise top order (1-4) batting to a degree. I think every side will start looking for at least 1, probably 2 batsmen to bat with genuine aggression early and try and take conditions out of the equation. There is a lot more bowling depth about at the moment than perhaps there has been a few years back and making sure that teams with 3,4 good bowlers can’t just settle in on the back of 1-20 off 10 overs will be a real goal I think.

 

[Gethelred]

Matt Henry channeling a young James Anderson at present. Getting them to jag and swing away, nigh completely unplayable, before dragging one down leg and going for a few.

 

[Gethelred]

Walking at the bowler into a hook shot.

That's some good s**t.

 

[Gethelred]

Should've reviewed that. Going over, missing the stumps?

 

[010203]

New Zealand burnt their 3 reviews in the 48th over. Crag McMillan said New Zealand have had 1 successfull review out of 16 this summer. Tim Southee's use of DRS is pretty shite.

 

[Gethelred]

New Zealand burnt their 3 reviews in the 48th over. Crag McMillan said New Zealand have had 1 successfull review out of 16 this summer. Tim Southee's use of DRS is pretty shite.

He's a bowler, and they shouldn't be trusted with anything.

 

[Gethelred]

Who's this Tickner fella?

I like the action, hate the haircut.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

50 overs in 2 sessions, assuming there were no delays, is a fair plod.