Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand (2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 1 T20I)

[The Speaker]

Two down, including Chandimal after he decided to move up to three.

 

[The Speaker]

Gunathilaka is not a Test match opener.

 

[Ishikawa]

Pretty good day for Southee!

 

[Doss]

Christchurch seems to be making a habit of turning out raging seamers in recent years.

 

[Ishikawa]

There he is again

 

[Doss]

Suddenly 178 doesn't look like such a disastrous total.

 

[Doss]

Three wickets in one over for Boult. A triple wicket maiden! SL 100/8.

 

[Kyptastic]

There's not much better than watching good left arm swing, and Boult's probably the best in the world at the moment.

 

[Doss]

There's not much better than watching good left arm swing, and Boult's probably the best in the world at the moment.

Boult is a beautiful bowler. By the end of his career, I suspect he will be seen as second only to Hadlee among Kiwi fast bowlers.

 

[Doss]

And another one for Boult. He has 5 for 30, SL 104/9.

 

[Plugger35]

Sri Lanka folding like a deck of cards this morning, NZ should end up with a decent first innings lead.

 

[Kyptastic]

Boult is a beautiful bowler. By the end of his career, I suspect he will be seen as second only to Hadlee among Kiwi fast bowlers.

Think it's hard to go past Shane Bond as the second best, although longevity will work in Trent's favour there.

 

[Doss]

Think it's hard to go past Shane Bond as the second best, although longevity will work in Trent's favour there.

That Bond didn't have a longer career is a great tragedy, but when Boult winds up with 350+ Test wickets I think it will be hard to make the case against him.

 

[newblueo]

How good is it to see a green pitch. I couldn't tell where the pitch ended as it was greener then the outfield lol

Feel for Taylor he batted so well an played the pitch so well little battle like that keeps test cricket alive for me.

 

[Doss]

And all out, Boult gets his sixth. Sri Lanka lost their five wickets for four runs, and their last six wickets for just ten runs. Boult's last four wickets were all LBW.

New Zealand now bat with a 74 run lead.

 

[PhatBoy]

Boult - wow.

Mathews couldn’t even get on strike to have a tonk

 

[Doss]

So 20 wickets have fallen in 91 overs. Meanwhile in Melbourne, 2 have fallen in 89!

With so much time remaining New Zealand don't need to rush here; they can bat for two days and still have two days to then bowl Sri Lanka out. Then again, with the behaviour of this pitch, I'd think NZ would be pretty much safe if they can get a lead of 300.

 

[newblueo]

We can't lose to Sri Lanka surely in the up coming tests lol there 3rd seamer has a horrible bowling action.

 

[red+black]

NZ 0/32, already the 3rd highest partnership of the match

 

[Doss]

Kiwis now 100/0; SL are pretty close to already out of the game you'd think.

 

[red+black]

This Test:

6/64
108 run partnership
14/110
111* run partnership

 

[Plugger35]

Turned into a road.

 

[Doss]

New Zealand have so much time on their hands; still three days. Leading by 250 with nine wickets still in hand. If they bat another day they'll be up to leading by 550-600.

 

[Doss]

New Zealand 231/2 at stumps, so leading by 305 overall.

Sri Lanka did amazingly well to save the first Test, but they'll need a Houdini act or the weather to intervene on their behalf to get out of this one.

 

[Kyptastic]

New Zealand 231/2 at stumps, so leading by 305 overall.

Sri Lanka did amazingly well to save the first Test, but they'll need a Houdini act or the weather to intervene on their behalf to get out of this one.

No rain until the day after the test according to the forecast. They'll need something of Atherton proportions to save the game