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Loading ...Well, that just goes to show how wrong I can be. Thought highly of the Kiwis chances without Malinga the Slinger in the SL squad. Oh dear.
New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Super Eights, Grenada
By Scott last year, mid-April Leave a comment on this post
This could be the match of the tournament so far, at least in terms of form, although Australia vs South Africa was right up there as well. That old war-horse Chaminda Vaas has a couple of wickets already and in the 6th over, New Zealand are 4 for 2.
Oh dear. They’re now four down…
Tags: 2007-world-cup, chaminda-vaas, live-coverage, new-zealand, sri-lanka |
12 Responses to “New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Super Eights, Grenada”
April 12th, 2007 at 3.00 pm
April 12th, 2007 at 5.15 pm
McCallum extremely unlucky there. I think everyone (including me) thought the bloody umpire gave him caught bat-pad. Turns out to be LBW. I can’t tell which call is worse.
April 12th, 2007 at 5.47 pm
Didn’t Scott Styris score a hundred like this in World Cup 2003? No one else batted around him yet he scored something like 140 out of some low number.
Going to have a look.
April 12th, 2007 at 5.52 pm
My God. Eerie. It was against Sri Lanka.
Chasing 273, New Zealand were bundled out for 225. Styris scored 141 of those runs himself.
This boy has a terrific half century conversion rate to boot. With this hundred he now has six 100’s and six 50’s.
Really, really well played mate.
April 12th, 2007 at 5.54 pm
Crap, I read his Test conversion rate. 
It’s 4 tons and 18 fifties.
April 12th, 2007 at 9.30 pm
Ah well, Sri Lanka bat pretty far down - Murali’s not half bad with a bat these days! I’m a bit surprised Shane Bond’s not got a wicket, though his economy rate’s pretty decent.
April 12th, 2007 at 10.17 pm
I just have to write this post. It brings up my hundred!
NZ and SL were my second favourite groups and in the end I plumped for NZ to win. Game now over and the Lankans have completely outplayed the Kiwis. This means (hidden agenda) that the Lankans in my team are gonna have a party tomorrow night at our local team meeting. Hoowee!
April 13th, 2007 at 6.36 am
See. They do it again. They trip before the end. Story’s not over yet. Makes England’s just-about score against the Sri Lankans look a little less shabby.
April 13th, 2007 at 8.31 am
I am viewing this site for the first time and as an ex-cricketer any info on the current World Cup has to be interesting.
So keep up the good work thanks for your effort. Cheers David
April 13th, 2007 at 2.10 pm
Kathy - fully agree,
the NZ boys put up a poor performace and it just goes to show people just how close the england boys pushed the SL lads, and its not just england who put in poor performances.
PLUS we had to face the FULL bowling squad of SL, so i go away happy knowing that we are not really as bad as everyone makes out…. well not all the time anyway LOL.
NZ have thier work cut out now… soft ride over
April 18th, 2007 at 11.05 am
Why all this pundits are worried about Sri lanka resting two of their major bowlers. That’s purely a team decision and may be some sort of a tactic. Let the Sri Lankan team to play the way they want to play. If you think that the crowd was not attracted because of this, first you blame the tournament organizers and then the ICC. Not the teams. They have all the right to play in their own way.
April 18th, 2007 at 12.24 pm
Because, Naresh, people paid a LOT of money to see the teams play, and those people deserved to see Sri Lanka give a 100% effort. They didn’t, and they got spanked, and they deserved to get spanked too.
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