1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 15-19 2018 - MATCH DRAWN

[TheParraboy]

They don’t look amazing with dominant India either

True, but they are considerably more than NZ regardless

with the 2 big tests to come MCG and SCG

 

[Meth]

True, but they are considerably more than NZ regardless

with the 2 big tests to come MCG and SCG

Thank God for the Indian fans, huh?

 

[TheParraboy]

We always play them very early in the summer before school holidays start.

Also the two cities with the biggest Kiwi expat populations are Melbourne and Sydney, where we never play them.

"We" is the key word

It is their summer as well, hence why we play them earlier here, and they play their tests over their summer holidays

 

[TheParraboy]

Thank God for the Indian fans, huh?

$$$ + CA = Cloud 9

 

[Meth]

Boxing Day and SCG should sell out v Zimbabwe

 

[Meth]

CA (and other bodies) do need to generate and then sell the drama of Test cricket though. Not only for the good of the game, but also for future revenue. It’s a beautiful (and surely, thus, a marketable) thing.

Maybe I am just deluded and optimistic about the marketability of Test cricket

 

[TheParraboy]

CA (and other bodies) do need to generate and then sell the drama of Test cricket though. Not only for the good of the game, but also for future revenue. It’s a beautiful (and surely, thus, a marketable) thing.

Maybe I am just deluded and optimistic about the marketability of Test cricket

Watch the bbl matches get regular huge crowds, across the 59 matches

go back 10 years you would laugh that domestic cricket would ever do that over international cricket

All about demand, the target market is huge for this format eg families/kids

 

[TheParraboy]

Boxing Day and SCG should sell out v Zimbabwe

nah

struggled (or lot less) when we played WI couple of years back, and SL before that

India and Poms is where its at here

 

[Iafeta]

Kane Bradmanson sure can beat up test minnows like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia.

Just had his stats up. His lowest average is 37, against Australia coincidentally its 49.38.

 

[Meth]

As much as I wanted Williamson to go on and get a ton there, I’m glad it’s gone back in the face of the commentators presumption that he would score 100 from the moment he strode out

 

[Hutty1986]

Wtf was that Williamson? Deadset had them on toast. Huge score thrown away

 

[JJ]

Wtf was that Williamson? Deadset had them on toast. Huge score thrown away

He seems to do that occasionally. He looked like he was playing schoolboys today

 

[WaznTheGreat]

NZ are the best team in the world

 

[hineyrulz]

NZ are the best team in the world

NZ are being coached by Zabeel now bro.

 

[JJ]

NZ are the best team in the world

At rugby union, yes

 

[JJ]

Smithy taking the cheerleader thing too far - getting annoying.

I get that he's a proud NZ cricketer, but he's supposed to be a commentator, and presumably the lead guy... he's becoming an Ian Healy/Michael Slater light - when he should be watching Richie Benaud footage...

He's much better when NZ not involved, unfortunately...

Said it before (already) this summer - God I miss Benaud!!

 

[JJ]

That was an excellent catch!!

 

[JJ]

Latham 157*, NZ 371/3

 

[TheParraboy]

Great knock by Latham,

wheres that dickwad commentator (a Sri lankan I think it was) who was laughing and having a go at Lathan for being slow when Williamson came to the crease


Now doing a S/R of around 50.00 and 157no

stick that up ya you clueless dickhead, nfi about test cricket

 

[JJ]

Great knock by Latham,

wheres that dickwad commentator (a Sri lankan I think it was) who was laughing and having a go at Lathan for being slow when Williamson came to the crease


Now doing a S/R of around 50.00 and 157no

stick that up ya you clueless dickhead, nfi about test cricket

LOL, guess that was Russell Arnold? He's usually good, might just have gotten sick of Smith's endless NZ bias