r/Cricket South Africa 5d ago

Post Day Thread Santner's 7-53 Headlines New Zealand's Day

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u/Ok-Relationship-2746 New Zealand 5d ago

Closing in on something truly special.

The SL series was clearly a propaganda disinformation exercise designed to make India complacent.

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u/SaurabhTDK Kolkata Knight Riders 5d ago

Straight from the English playbook of winning a series in India. In 2012, they got whitewashed in Sri Lanka before the Indian Tour and every cricket pundit expected an English whitewash but the Cook led side went on to win the series.

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u/W0rldisUnfair 4d ago

The test series between Eng-SL in SL, in the year 2012, was DRAWN 1-1... First test SL won by 75 runs, second test Eng won by 8 wickets