Sri Lanka tour of NZ

[Meth]

Williamson player of the series? Probably.

 

[Mr Angry]

Awesome come from behind win

Bring on the WC

Aus v NZ final!

 

[Twizzle]

Used to be back foot though, which would have been easier...

Regardless, you're right

back foot ?

fmd, you must be a fossil

 

[JJ]

back foot ?

fmd, you must be a fossil

:lol: you said from day dot... I just am aware of that rule

Great series win, team is really showing character, skill, and once we find a second opener and Milne Henry develop, plus a few fringe/young bats kick on, we'll be looking deep too

As long as injuries stay away, we can compete with pretty much anyone

 

[Eddie Rattlehead]

Great win for the Kiwis

 

[JJ]

We've just gone above Sri Lanka and India in the test rankings, rightly so - and are not far from Pakistan and England

 

[vvvrulz]

We've just gone above Sri Lanka and India in the test rankings, rightly so - and are not far from Pakistan and England

I would back us to beat England later this year, but we'd have to play consistently at this standard

 

[Mr Angry]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...in-world-cricket/story-fndpt0dy-1227178129294

Niice

 

[Meth]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...in-world-cricket/story-fndpt0dy-1227178129294

Niice

Interestingly, a couple of years ago I was exalting Williamson over Smith, and several Aussie fans were rubbishing my claims. In retrospect, they weren't paying Williamson proper regard and I wasn't paying Smith his. Someone more sensible came on and pointed out that they were both extraordinary talents and we should leave it at that.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Our year will be very interesting. England and Australia with the two playing an Ashes series in between. Will be a good gauge of where we're at.

 

[JJ]

Interestingly, a couple of years ago I was exalting Williamson over Smith, and several Aussie fans were rubbishing my claims. In retrospect, they weren't paying Williamson proper regard and I wasn't paying Smith his. Someone more sensible came on and pointed out that they were both extraordinary talents and we should leave it at that.

Yeah, that sounds right - my feeling was they were overrating Smith and underrating Williamson, they probably thought we were doing the opposite...

That said, Smith has been batting 4/5, and Williamson 3 with Rutherford opening - significant disadvantage for him :lol:

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Interestingly, a couple of years ago I was exalting Williamson over Smith, and several Aussie fans were rubbishing my claims. In retrospect, they weren't paying Williamson proper regard and I wasn't paying Smith his. Someone more sensible came on and pointed out that they were both extraordinary talents and we should leave it at that.

Agreed. Any comparison would be like splitting hairs depending on what side you're arguing.

Longevity could be the difference maker, but if they both carry on their current path then nothing will separate them but the smallest of debatable statistics.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Quinton De Kock is better than Williamson and Smith,i'll bump this thread in 10 years.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Regardless, there's a lot of good young batsmen under 30 starting to develop nicely at test level. Every nation seems to have one as well

Smith, Williamson, Kohli, De Kock, Mathews, Root etc

 

[Red Bear]

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[vvvrulz]

1st ODI of seven (!) now underway.

New Zealand right on top Sri Lanka 82/4 (23.0 ov), Milne has two so far and is getting good pace

 

[Eddie Rattlehead]

Kiwis really need to roll Jayawardene before he really starts to tee off. SL 4/139 (36.1 ov)

 

[Meth]

149/4

Sri Lankans are hardly capitalising on the power play. That being said, I'm not overly excited about the strategy of using Milne in the power play.

 

[Meth]

Good wicket. Probably at the right time. Thirimanne was great to have around during the power play.

 

[Meth]

Corey Anderson is such a plodder with the ball