Cricket: NZ vs England

[Bovidae]

Based on test runs it is Astle or Watling. Of the old-timers, Donnelly or Dempster for average.

Hadlee never captained NZ in a test either.

[Bovidae]

@SynicBast said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

we were talking about doubles not daddy centuries - Bmac got all his as a specialist

I know. I just posted BMac's highest score as a wicketkeeper/batsmen.

[Cyclops]

Boult gone for the day apparently, pain in his right rib and getting an MRI.

[Bovidae]

Go Timmy!

[Chris B.]

Stokes dragged on. I think we need at least another one this session.

I think 1/2/4 wickets per session is do-able, but it's asking a lot to get five in the last session with Denly, Pope and Buttler to get through - and Curran, Archer and Broad all able to hold a bat.

[Chris B.]

And Wagner clips Denly on the gloves caught behind given on review - here we go, here we go.

Would be great to get one more before tea!

[Cyclops]

@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Stokes dragged on. I think we need at least another one this session.

I think 1/2/4 wickets per session is do-able, but it's asking a lot to get five in the last session with Denly, Pope and Buttler to get through - and Curran, archer and Broad ll able to hold a bat.

Agreed.

I was thinking this morning that the target would have been two wickets a session with 3 in the third. England would have given themselves a 'budget' of one in each session.

Got number two for the session! Denly caught behind off Wags.

[Bovidae]

Good catch that. One more and we are into the bowlers.

[SynicBast]

So much to like about this team of players

[Bovidae]

Speaking of good catches - Santner takes a screamer to remove Pope.

[Chris B.]

Great catch Santner - shit ball by Wagner.

Pope putting the lie to Papal infallibility!

[Cyclops]

Wags doing the job for us yet again. Is he the most underrated bowler in test cricket at the moment? It feels like everyone always writes him off as 'just' short stuff, like any batsman worth his salt won't be troubled by him at all. Yet match after match after match he breaks down teams with the old ball doing exactly what they were expecting.

[Hooroo]

@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Great catch Santner - shit ball by Wagner.

I don't know about that, it utterly deceived Pope.

[Bovidae]

The other thing about the catch was that Santner took it with his right hand.

[Godder]

@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Great catch Santner - shit ball by Wagner.

Pope putting the lie to Papal infallibility!

This is what the English get for rejecting the Pope in 1532...

[Virgil]

New ball did alright.. fat lady can start warming up!

[SynicBast]

I'm very tempted to get T-Shirt made with the phrase: We don't need no steenking Dukes ball

[Chris B.]

Archer, Curran, Broad and 38 overs remaining!

[Crucial]

Not offering a shot to a yorker that hits leg.

Yep, all those balls getting your eye in worked a treat.

[Chris B.]

@Crucial said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Not offering a shot to a yorker that hits leg.

Yep, all those balls getting your eye in worked a treat.

I just wonder if he might have been expecting a short one!