SL NT - The New Era

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Lesvosace
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by Lesvosace » Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:54 pm

rkpny wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:48 am
With that, I am going to take a break from NATs. Hopefully someone (paulc or levosace?) will step in and take us to the next level.

I'd like to thank all the Managers who have trained the NAT players and my assistants - TopManager, Weldone and Lesvosace for all their help.
Thank you for having me this season. It's been fun. It has been a bad run of luck but that is how it goes sometimes.

I'm happy to support Paul in the election. I appreciate the support from within the communtiy to run. It's always an honour but as we have some other great candidates I'm happy to support or assist for now. Paul's a great manager. I don't really know hadders or the other guy (sorry for forgetting your name) that well. I'm sure they are good managers as well.

Whoever wins will have my support in whatever way they need it. :thumbsup
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by Cynic » Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:57 pm

The other guy at least runs a team playing in SL so I'm fine with that.
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by paulc » Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:26 pm

Thanks for your votes and support guys.
Really hard luck for weldone who was part of the very competent previous team and for a few minutes seemed to have won this election.
Hard on hadders and the other candidate whose candidatures were deleted due to lack of a forum post.

For assistants my priorities are always (i) continuity (ii) interest shown eg. as election candidates (iii) fresh blood.
Lesvosace has agreed to continue lending his extensive experience and distinctive style.
Weldone has decided that his future is with India and that Sri Lanka was a stepping stone to help him to that ultimate goal.

So that means we have two spots opne - anyone interested?
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by Lesvosace » Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:30 pm

The 2 world cup winning sri lanka managers working together. What can possibly go wrong? :lol:
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by paulc » Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:30 pm

Lesvosace wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:30 pm
The 2 world cup winning sri lanka managers working together. What can possibly go wrong? :lol:
well when you put it like that...at the very least we're going to need an umpire.

I remember SL management dream teams in the past with Qadir, sector, walkertexasranger, powerbug and the likes.
I'm not sure how successful they ever were.
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by Lesvosace » Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:07 am

paulc wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:30 pm
Lesvosace wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:30 pm
The 2 world cup winning sri lanka managers working together. What can possibly go wrong? :lol:
well when you put it like that...at the very least we're going to need an umpire.

I remember SL management dream teams in the past with Qadir, sector, walkertexasranger, powerbug and the likes.
I'm not sure how successful they ever were.
You're the umpire that's why you get the big bucks. I'm just a low paid assistant.
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by paulc » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:06 pm

First friendly --> first win.
I accidentally put a poor batsman in at no.3 but got away with it!

Rescued by wristspinner Oshini with a 5 for

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Batting - Top Order 14,325 12,774
Batting - Middle Order 13,052 13,800
Batting - Tail 6,041 5,658
Bowling - Seam 13,881 (40) 14,398 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,731 (10) 14,862 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,125 18,031
Overall 249,263 250,282
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by Lesvosace » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:46 pm

paulc wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:06 pm
First friendly --> first win.
I accidentally put a poor batsman in at no.3 but got away with it!

Rescued by wristspinner Oshini with a 5 for

Canada Sri Lanka
Batting - Top Order 14,325 12,774
Batting - Middle Order 13,052 13,800
Batting - Tail 6,041 5,658
Bowling - Seam 13,881 (40) 14,398 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,731 (10) 14,862 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,125 18,031
Overall 249,263 250,282

High hopes for that young fellow
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by rkpny » Thu Mar 04, 2021 3:00 am

Lesvosace wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:46 pm
paulc wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:06 pm
First friendly --> first win.
I accidentally put a poor batsman in at no.3 but got away with it!

Rescued by wristspinner Oshini with a 5 for

Canada Sri Lanka
Batting - Top Order 14,325 12,774
Batting - Middle Order 13,052 13,800
Batting - Tail 6,041 5,658
Bowling - Seam 13,881 (40) 14,398 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,731 (10) 14,862 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 17,125 18,031
Overall 249,263 250,282

High hopes for that young fellow
Yeah. He is pretty much ready for prime time
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by bura » Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:00 am

yeah Oshini is something. Had to add him to the squad at 22 I think! :lol:

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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by Lesvosace » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:45 pm

bura wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:00 am
yeah Oshini is something. Had to add him to the squad at 22 I think! :lol:
Just to make sure he doesn't vanish :lol:
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by bura » Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:14 am

These are so rare that had to keep constant eye on him. :lol:

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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by paulc » Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:02 am

A win in game 2 as well with uneven/windy proving perfect for our bowling mix.
There's a nice right-up on the Bangladesh forum for those who are interested in reading more.

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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by paulc » Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:14 am

Friendly game 3 and another win against Bangladesh with another great write up on the Bangladesh forum. Squad for the first tour is picked and pitches are known:

Hard, flat, flat, flat, dry. Not great since dry was the most likely pitch and spin bowling is our strength but we’ll give it a whirl.
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Re: SL NT - The New Era

Post by paulc » Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:46 pm

after 3 wins on the bounce we lost our 4th friendly to Ireland on St. Patrick's day which may not have been the best of scheduling.
Nonetheless Lesvo's allrounder Bowen had a stormer taking 4 wickets and getting us close to defending the measly total of 116, the bats suffering in difficult (uneven/humid) conditions.

With hard and windy weather in our first tour game next week, coincidentally against Ireland, followed by 3 flat pitches, its likely to be very different on tour.
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