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    Plumb as they come.

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    Good boys!!!! What a wag!!!

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    Excellent from the Black Caps and nice timing of the lunch break, almost considering loading up both games on different screens.

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    That could easily be enough - though the pitch doesn't look like it's causing insurmountable problems!

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    @Chris-B said in Tour of Sri Lanka:

    That could easily be enough - though the pitch doesn't look like it's causing insurmountable problems!

    I think we've got enough that this will be a tough chase in any conditions. But looking at how we went it's definitely not an unchasable target.

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    So while we've been distracted by the Bledisloe, the Sri Lankan openers have snuck along to 52 off 26 overs.

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    @Donsteppa said in Tour of Sri Lanka:

    So while we've been distracted by the Bledisloe, the Sri Lankan openers have snuck along to 52 off 26 overs.

    We’re in big trouble.

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    @ACT-Crusader said in Tour of Sri Lanka:

    @Donsteppa said in Tour of Sri Lanka:

    So while we've been distracted by the Bledisloe, the Sri Lankan openers have snuck along to 52 off 26 overs.

    We’re in big trouble.

    Somerville and Patel seem to have swapped economy rates from the first innings.

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    @Donsteppa said in Tour of Sri Lanka:

    So while we've been distracted by the Bledisloe, the Sri Lankan openers have snuck along to 52 off 26 overs.

    And by stumps, they're halfway there - and we're living on a prayer.

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    At long last! The first breakthrough (an LBW given on review) and the Sri Lanka's need just over 100. Wickets have fallen in clumps in this test, but you'd have to say Sri Lanka are warm favourites still.

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    @Cyclops said in Tour of Sri Lanka:

    At long last! The first breakthrough (an LBW given on review) and the Sri Lanka's need just over 100. Wickets have fallen in clumps in this test, but you'd have to say Sri Lanka are warm favourites still.

    A second wicket fell as well, so that's something at least. Agree that Sri Lanka are still warm favourites, especially as Dimuth Karunaratne has scored a good century.

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    Beyond warm now you'd have to say. I haven't watched much of this live, but looking through the cricinfo commentary it looks like there's been a mix of good batting, good luck and poor catching/stumping by us. The first two are beyond our control, but the third is really frustrating. We should win this series comfortably as even with the home advantage we're a much stronger side.

    Looking back on our third innings, the top order (bar Latham), looks particularly poor, Kane and Ross especially. We probably should have score 350+ on this pitch.

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    Yep, our top order hasn't done the job in either innings. I enjoyed seeing Somerville do well with the bat, but it was also a bad sign more widely.

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    Got another one, but less than 50 runs required, so feels like too little, too late.

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    Any sign of the monsoon rains intervening this afternoon?

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    Rain dance time.

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    Bugger

    Thought that Dilmuth looked pretty calm even when we were squeaking a "that should do " lead of 250. Little did I know that he'd lead the chase no worries.

    Well played Sri Lanka, that's a good win

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    I seriously thought we’d trouble Sri Lanka with them chasing 250+, got to hand it to them though and take a 1-0 lead in the series.

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    Rain delaying the start of the 2nd Test

    https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19430/preview/1192874/sri-lanka-vs-new-zealand-2nd-test-icc-world-test-championship

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    Lots of rain forecast. Should be a draw.

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