New Zealand V Sri Lanka Test Series

[swooperman]

Squads: NZ - (1st test only) Cumming, Marshall H, Fleming, Marshall J, Astle, Vincent, McCullum, O'Brien, Mills, Wiseman, Franklin, Martin. SL - (touring) Attapattu, Jayawardene, Jayasuriya, Sangakarra, Dilshan, Samaweera, Kalavitigoda, Chandana, Vaas, Herath, Maharoof, Killasekara, Malinga, Perera. Test Series between the 2 - 9, record of 3 - 3 - 3 Series in NZ - NZ 2, SL 1, drawn 1. Overall tests - 20m, NZ 7, SL 4, drawn 9. Tests in NZ - 9m, NZ 4, SL 1, drawn 4. records between the 2 - Fleming 9m, 946r, hs274*, avg 72.26, 2x100 Jayasuriya 9m, 390r, hs82, avg 27.85 Jayawardene 5m, 405r, hs167, avg 57.85, 1x100 Vettori 7m, 31w @ 22.16 Muralitharan 10m, 52w @ 23.69 Vaas 6m, 28w @ 20.21 Vettori misses the 1st test, Muralitharan the both. 1st Test, Napier, McLean Park, 4/4 (sunday 22:30 GMT) overall record - m3, won batting first - 1, batting second - 0, drawn - 2. ave runs per wkt - 32.34. Breakdown 1) 31.0, 2) 32.8, 3) 45.0, 4) 18.5 78/9 PAK 36 (104.5) & 234-3d (86). NZ 402 (101.3) drawn. no play 3rd day. 89/90. IND 358-9d (146). NZ 178-1 (71) drawn. 2 & 1/2 days lost. 94/5. SL 183 (69) & 352 (144.3). NZ 109 (42.5) & 185 (84.4). SL won by 242 runs. This was Sri Lankas 1st victory overseas. There have been 4 individual 100s in the 3 tests here, none by current players. The 94/5 match was played in mid-march, but I cant find any tests played in April, as this is deep in NZ autumn, I gather. Kiwi? Weather I've seen said rain for a lot of this week, but clearing over the weekend & long range says ok for test. Result wicket?? Vettori a big miss though, surely.....thoughts??

[davidmphill]

Re: New Zealand V Sri Lanka Test Series The way Vettori has been batting of late he looks a good bet to be top NZ run scorer in either innings. His games improved drastically of late and the Aussies found him a tough nut to crack. Could be worth small stakes. Aaah shame, just noticed they've rested him for this match! Maybe later on in the series then!!:loon