NZ tour of SL | 2 T20s and 3 ODIs

[Nikhil_cric]

25 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

For those tracks they have Kumara Asitha Fernando who are accurate af these days & bowl at fair clip.

 

I was reading that they are trying to build backups in pace bowling under Jayasuriya and have given up on inconsistent Chameera.

 

Theekshana Hasranga and maybe Wellalage (if he develops further) will work in T20 WC in India by 2026 & that wild card leggie Hemantha.

They need to find one more credible middle order batter somehow coz Rajapaksa has regressed ever since he has entered his 30's.

We saw in the ODI World Cup.  Their bowlers don't work on Indian pitches. Especially their finger spinners. 

 

Jayawardene wanted them to play a lot more on flatter surfaces so that their bowlers can adapt 

 

But then again, Jayasuriya is proving to be a very good coach who is using the best analytics available to him to build white ball squads much like Darren Sammy is doing for Windies. 

 

And the improvements are easily noticeable. 

[Frustrated]

Lankan batters are executing rev.sweeps to perfection and getting boundaries easily.   On the other hand, Ind batters get clean bowled while executing rev.sweeps. (With the ball missing the bat by almost 1 foot ) Particularly Jaiswal looks like a joker everytime he plays rev.sweep. 

[Frustrated]

I think we need a lankan batter as batting consultant/mentor who can teach our batters how to play rev.sweep.  LOL

Edited November 9, 2024 by Frustrated

[Nikhil_cric]

Bracewell looks like a Ravindra Jadeja level fraud in this format. 

[Lord]

4 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

Lankan batters are executing rev.sweeps to perfection and getting boundaries easily.   On the other hand, Ind batters get clean bowled while executing rev.sweeps. (With the ball missing the bat by almost 1 foot ) Particularly Jaiswal looks like a joker everytime he plays rev.sweep. 

 

First let them conventional sweeps

 

[Lord]

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

Bracewell looks like a Ravindra Jadeja level fraud in this format. 

 

no wonder RCB picked him

 

or he become one there

[Nikhil_cric]

4 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

no wonder RCB picked him

 

or he become one there

Typical IPL pick.  Played a gun ODI knock against India in Hyderabad with dew coming in and they picked him for T20 format. 

[Ultimate_Game]

4 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

First let them conventional sweeps

 

 

Who's this great sage and philosopher with this mind-blowing pravachan "Muh se moongfali ttot nahi rahi hai, * se akhrot todega kya?" 

[Ultimate_Game]

6 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

no wonder RCB picked him

 

or he become one there

 

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

Typical IPL pick.  Played a gun ODI knock against India in Hyderabad with dew coming in and they picked him for T20 format. 

 

Must be on Kohli's recommendation 

[Lord]

95-5

 

NZ have some hope

[Nikhil_cric]

6 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

 

Must be on Kohli's recommendation 

Very likely. He himself got out to Santner for 8 .  In his mind, pitch was slow and Bracewell and Shubman (208) played ATG knocks. 

[Lord]

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

Very likely. He himself got out to Santner for 8 .  In his mind, pitch was slow and Bracewell and Shubman (208) played ATG knocks. 

 

Was it a full toss?

[Lone Wolf]

1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said:

We saw in the ODI World Cup.  Their bowlers don't work on Indian pitches. Especially their finger spinners. 

 

Jayawardene wanted them to play a lot more on flatter surfaces so that their bowlers can adapt 

 

But then again, Jayasuriya is proving to be a very good coach who is using the best analytics available to him to build white ball squads much like Darren Sammy is doing for Windies. 

 

And the improvements are easily noticeable. 

Even Pakistani bowlers didn't worked in ODIs in India...  But we know they are good T20 bowlers 

Folks like Pathirana become beasts in T20s in India in IPL.  And we didn't see Asitha and Kumara in ODI WC I think.  Nuwan Thushara is also decent T20 bowler.

Theekshana Hasranga Hemantha are all T20 specialists.

I see them beating likes of rebuilding Eng SA NZ easily on Paper in India if they arrive prepared.

Edited November 9, 2024 by Lone Wolf

[Lone Wolf]

Asalanka bats well on these tricky surfaces.  Plays against the spin when needed.

Glorious slog sweeper like all good Lankan batters

[Nikhil_cric]

36 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Even Pakistani bowlers didn't worked in ODIs in India...  But we know they are good T20 bowlers 

Folks like Pathirana become beasts in T20s in India in IPL.  And we didn't see Asitha and Kumara in ODI WC I think.  Nuwan Thushara is also decent T20 bowler.

Theekshana Hasranga Hemantha are all T20 specialists.

I see them beating likes of rebuilding Eng SA NZ easily on Paper in India if they arrive prepared.

Kumara was there but he was injured most of the time. Asitha wasn't 

 

SL are improving no doubt. It's evident in ODIs. So are Windies under Sammy. 

 

I think they'll both do well in South Africa. 

 

 

 

[New guy]

4 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

..  But we know they are good T20 bowlers 

 

Are they? They play ok in bilaterals against weakened teams and people start jerking them off.

 

Our bowlers completely outbowled every one of them in the T20 world cup, asia cup, ODI World cup. 

[Lone Wolf]

5 hours ago, New guy said:

Are they? They play ok in bilaterals against weakened teams and people start jerking them off.

 

Our bowlers completely outbowled every one of them in the T20 world cup, asia cup, ODI World cup. 

They carried their pathetic batting line up in two t20WC's 2020 & 2022.

Our bowlers only bowled well in 1 T20 WC which we ended up winning.

[CoverDrive]

Way too many meaningless bilaterals going on around the world. 

[New guy]

3 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

They carried their pathetic batting line up in two t20WC's 2020 & 2022.

Our bowlers only bowled well in 1 T20 WC which we ended up winning.

Did they? There batting was fairly decent in 2020 and better than india most matches. They defeated india as we played thrash and only NZ, rest were all minnows. 

 

It's not big deal to reach the last 4 when there is barely 4-5 strong team and India sucked. 

 

When it mattered in the semis their bowlers laid an egg and couldn't defend 177. 

 

In 2022, they lost against India and even zim. Their batsman then made 185 in the crucial match against SA and it was a DL rain affected match which SA lost. 

 

In the semis NZ just choked, they had 6 wickets left at the end of 20 overs. 

[Frustrated]

2nd T20 underway.   Looks like repeat telecast of 1st game. 

Same NZ batting.  Same struggle.

Typical minnow team. 

 

Only Team Ind can make them look like world beaters.