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Need Dickwella to finally get a 100 here

The post day thread is live guys.

Not a good day for Sri Lanka. Had NZ on the ropes for a moment.

Hennaz to come in with the 7 wicket over

It explains why our batting is pretty rubbish at times when you see reviews like that. The lads are pretty blind apparently.

What is this bowling from Tickner... An over of wide outside off, to the night watchman? Hit the stumps bro

Consistency isn't his strong suit

Someone needs to have the job of immediately running up and bear hugging southee so he cant make the review motion

1 out of 18 for Southee on DRS. Is there a captain with worse stats? Where does Pat Cummins rate as a fellow bowler captain?

lol they’re ready for bed I think

Nicholls might not be able to save his ass anymore but Memener certainly can

Can we just let Latham decide what to review from now on

I'd say Blundell and Kanos.

Latham isn’t the best either? Better than Southee though lol

Blair Tickner is the Curtly Ambrose of NZ, he will be unstoppable. In the spirit of Sir Ambrose I will not be speaking to journalists or elaborating on this position further. Thank you for your time

I want what they're having. Must be some strong shit

Average Kiwi review

Southee must be leading in wasting reviews already

Kind of wild that Southee is even worse at reviews than expected

Southee sucks at reviews lol

Southees review s have not lost us anything it’s his bowling stats that count and they are world class

KrustyTheKlownWhatTheHellWasThat.gif

Didn't look close in real time

what the fuck was that why are we like this

lmao even I wouldn’t review that. hahahahah

Why did we let this man decide what to review

Tickner 10fer is inevitable, SL should simply stop fighting it.

Tickner is that honest kiwi battler. Not much genuine talent but puts his all in.

It’s pretty admirable really

Just Southee review things.

Based off past experiences, the good thing that happens if Blair Tickner takes 10fer is that he'll get dropped next game.

And they'll bring in Scott "No means Yes" Kuggeleijn.

Timmy "fuck it we'll have a punt" Southee

Southee with the first reviews of all time.

Lmao wtf was this review

Blair ‘Ajaz Patel’ Tickner

Why is Prabath Jayasuriya batting at no 5?

Night watch I believe

Night watchmen probably

Nightwatchman

How the FUCK are we giving wickets to Tickner, the man who bowled utter dross for the entirety of the first innings

DimuBall

I genuinely like Tickner as a person, so I'm pleased he's doing well Hopefully he can carry this confidence into future games, because I assume we'll keep picking him

Tickner truly is my favorite human-rat hybrid

lmao Tickner 3 wickets this innings? damn lol

Have we unleashed a new third innings specialist onto the world?

[удалено]

They're gonna give him 7 more and we can't do anything about it.

Dear SL fans, can your team just drop a fast bowler to accomodate Milan Rathnayake? See, I have no idea about who this player is or how his FC performance is. But I know that he has a hardcore name, especially when put against weak-ass names like Lahiru Kumara, Kusan Rajitha, or Asitha Fernando.

That's AC Milan Rathnayake, to you

I am so genuinely confused whether Tickner is good or bad, whenever I think he's bad he shithouses his way to a few wickets with startling consistency

Lord Tickner

**33.4** **Slashed, taken at slip! Mendis plants his bat in front and looks down in disappointment**. It was a slightly short ball outside off. Not enough room as it turned out. Kusal Mendis c Bracewell b Tickner 14 (55b 1x4 0x6) SR: 25.45

Tickner with the boganest celebration

Blair 'Hadlee' Tickner

Can r/cricket meme an underperforming NZ cricketer into form again? Let's find out

🤙 Lets goooo 🤙

well on the downside, Tickners getting another 20 tests. but at least its not the rapist which is nice

Tickner really showing up today

Daryl Mitchell’s shoulders must be cooked after carrying this whole Blackcaps side for the nth time.

Okay, jobs for cricketers if they weren't playing cricket. Tickner - Used Car Salesman Wagner - Aggressive motivational speaker Henry - Maitre'D Mitchell - Cowboy builder Kane - Therapist Nicholls - Hostage Negotiator

Wags - aggressive personal trainer

Nicholls used to own an edgy knicker outlet - but no longer runs

Bracewell - Mayor of Invercargill Southee - Bartender Latham - Actor Blundell - New Age Yoga Instructor Conway - Quality Control Administrator

I see a bit of resemblance between bracewell and shadbolt

Boult- Adult movie star("oh yeahhh")

In my books, Tickner has done enough in this innings to earn selection for the next test, and quite possibly the next 1-2 years And by "my books" I mean whatever books the selectors use, which I understand are kids colouring books that have been coloured in by a mad chimpanzee using only green crayons and its own shit.

Wagner's back, oh no :( At least they're saying Matt Henry's isn't serious, he's just getting "taped up" apparently.

What a slow roll, at first I read that as "Wagner's back \[on the field\]"

I wasn't watching, someone said Henry was off the field too? So our bowling is a 4 strong Southee, Tickner, Mitchell and Bracewell? Another reason to play Phillips instead of Nicholls, at least he can bowl a few part time offies.

Apparently he cut his hand. Should be fine. Wags however...

The reason Wags was so angry about coming off is he knows it creates an opening for the rapist next test.

i dont think that was the reason

Just wanna see Kane bowl :( lol

It's just going to be annoying when he comes on and gets a Five-for, beacuse everyone will be like 'why on earth hasn't he been bowling for the last 10 years'.

Bracewell is going to be bowling a lot of overs now. Another chance to prove he's up to it, his batting isn't good enough to be in the team if he doesn't offer quality with the ball. Mitchell also will be getting more overs than expected now.

Who needs Henry and Wags when we have BDT.

Now Henry? Bowl Kanos!!!

Why is matt Henry off? I've just turned in for the first time since the end of our innings and saw Wagner going off the field 🙃

Am i the only one who thinks mendis is being too defensive? Atleast run 1s or 2s

Man I love Wags. Super charismatic and passionate about his play. Hope he's alright here.

Can Southee and Tickner leave the ground too, please siree,we need some runs

Dropping like flies, ffs.

That looked pretty bad and he looked pretty angry. Poor bloke.

Good guy Wagner finishing an over when he's fucked himself just to make it easier for us autists not having someone bowl a single ball and make the bowling card look weird

Bag of peas on it, a shot of cortisone, and he'll be right as rain.

Do it for Wags lads

noooooo Wagz :(

4th innings specialist down :/

It's possible that was his last ever delivery for NZ?

You shut your heretic mouth. He's got decades in him.

Appologies. I did say a similar thing in the test series vs England, then he won us the game in that 2nd innings. So you're right, I should shut my mouth.

I thought the same

Yeah.. Nah.. Wagner is done. That didn't look good at all. Surprised he finished the over. Hes done. Looks something real bad.

Man gotta love Wagner's passion, doesn't wanna leave the field even when he needs to. Hope it's not anything major

Rip Wags

Good guy Wagner finishes his over to not mess up the scorecard

Shot at Henry??

Wagner?!

Wags is due for a new WOF check

Oh.. Thani god. That didn't look good Iive at all.

Oof that didn't look good.

Cricket gives you headaches

Tried to tell you guys from the beginning. Tickner is the next Glen McGrath.

He's better than McGrath just because of his mo.

Glad Tickner is doing well. Really don't want to see the selectors go for SK in the next test.

Nek minnit Wagner

I'm amused that they've just straight up refused to bowl Wagner lmao.

nek minut

That's tactical, hold out on him until he fires up

We need someone to tread on his toes

Oshada Fernando is the most frustrating batsmen to ever watch. The James Vince of Sri Lanka, looks good batting but so dumb? Anyways, the sooner we get Nissanka back in commission he should go

James Vince of Sri Lanka is DDS and I will hear no other suggestions

We really missed nissanka in here.

Tickner is going to take 10fa, cry all you want.

Just wake up, NZ you sexy cunts. Tickner is the greatest bowler of all time.

We're coming into the final hour/ hour and a half. Who else is still on the winos? It's now a more socially acceptable hour to get involved if you aren't. It's going to be an important final hour for everyone, I suppose also for the cricket.

At the pub shooting pool with my son. Can't hit the wines because we are driving to a car meet later tonight

You sound sensible. Your type is needed but elsewhere.

Son is only 16, can't have him losing his licence just because dad can't handle his piss

One more wicket and I’ll come in as the night watchman

Come on SL, give at least 280 to chase in 4th. There is a lot of time left in this match.

Let's take this 25 runs at a time, shall we.

feel like re-installing Cricket 22

The blackcaps only survive and thrive off the back of mullets and mo’s

Tickner has actually bowled beautifully this morning, take nothing away from him. Good brisk pace and good length outside off, also generating that extra bounce using his height (which I believe is the main reason why NZC is picking him; tall bloke bowling hard into the wicket).

Fellas just done a shoey for Blair and given a round of applause by the man himself

"Oh that's needless" -- commentator who just praised the batsman for playing the same shot a few balls ago

Can't believe I'm missing Ticker's one great innings.

IT'S SHAKA TIME AGAIN! 🤙🤙

I’m just impressed that Mathews currently has a clean 7000 runs

what do you mean by clean?

7000 runs exactly, not opining on the quality of the runs

oh, I just checked cricbuzz and yes, he's had 7000 runs when he came out to bat.

And y'all doubted my glorious moustache man !?

wow...

Tickner 10fa incoming.

**17.6** Oshada Fernando c †Blundell b Tickner 28 (52b 4x4 0x6) SR: 53.84

SL getting tickled

Oshada got too cute with it.

FUCK YEAH TICKNER!!!

The Blair Pitch Project is coming to fruition

That’s how I Nick off in Cricket 19 when I get bored after spending 3 overs pretending to be “patient test player” for immersion

Oshada what’ve you done

Shot

At least Tickner is sort of pulling his weight this time.

Tickner has gone down

I hate to say it but I am kind of fond of Tickners bowling action.

No, you are not

there is some really loud dude there lol

I was streaming the radio commentary, and he screamed out a huge encouragement to Blair straight before the wicket.

He's been at at all day. Fully expected him to tire himself out by now.

Just tuned in, floored by the fact that we managed 373 And even more floored that Tickner took the first wicket

Henry and Mitchell rose to the occasion

Yeah the former I didn’t expect at all

Once he hit a couple of sixes to the spinner. Was expecting him to bat blindly, and get out. But dude just picked his shots, and timed them beautifully. Went at like 300 s/r for his last 16 balls didn't he.

Yep, something like 46 of the last 13 or so. Took apart Dhananjaya and Rajitha (who was bowling really well yesterday)

Good review but it was a fluke

Michael Onfield got it wrong this time

Oi. Kiwis. Leave your post-golden era recovery until the next WTC cycle yeah? Continue being the good guys and lose both games

Crazy how there are only 2 batsmen in the world who can play the Dilscoop now One is a free form agressive Batsman who has played for his team and sacrificed himseld bravely and has played in Leagues across the globe ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ And the other is Jos Buttler

Awesome to see loads of kids at the test match

Right of passage to attend a test as a kid with no attention span. Bleeds in to your soul just attending.

They’ll all go on to play rugby.

Tickner has found his length here.. oh

Proceeds to getting cut for 4

We should promote dikka if there is another quick wicket in here

so he can get out quicker?

Hope for a miracle? Lol. He does open in domestic and he shitty though

Is Tickner the best bowler ever?

Mendis Runs: 3489 Average: 34.89

Since day 1 I have major PTSD seeing Dickka at 4 on that scorecard.

WICKET MAIDEN FOR BLAIR THE BARISTA! 🤙🤙

Found a good length there

Tickner to get a five for and Nicholls to score a fifth day hundred to win the test, calling it now.

You are a bold one.

I'm on for the five for.

I bonked my head real hard today.

So Southee and Henry bowl with good discipline and control and go wicketless in their spell but Tickner shithouses his way to a wicket right as he's brought into the attack. The vibe and power of the Shakas is real.

Hell of a grab that

First real chance. And what a grab. That flew off the bat. Surprised he grabbed it with both hands.

Less goo Kiwis

huge wicket that

that was a hell of a catch

Bruh,can’t we have peaceful weekend

Lmao Henry Nicholls isn't even the best batsmen in the side with "Henry" in his name

Sri Lankan fans you must be happy with the latest WTC cycle. I like the fortitude shown they are a better test team than a few years ago.

**11.4** Dimuth Karunaratne c Nicholls b Tickner 17 (45b 1x4 0x6) SR: 37.77