Cricket: NZ vs England

[KiwiPie]

On the bright side, bad light won't be an issue in the final hour ....

[Bovidae]

Southee should be treating this like the final over of an ODI/T20 and bowling yorkers. They miss, you hit...

[Chris B.]

Time to give Santner a break, I think.

Williamson - or maybe even Raval - for something different.

[Chris B.]

Nice - Jofra pulls one from Wagner down Matt Henry's throat!

One to get now.

[KiwiPie]

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

Nice - Jofra pulls one from Wagner down Matt Henry's throat!

One to get now.

Wagner is the golden arm ..... 181 wickets for the man now! (EDIT: 182)

[Chris B.]

And he hits Broad on leg stump with a full toss - and it's thanks for coming, England!

[Donsteppa]

Awesome

[Bovidae]

Simple to bowl full to tail-enders. Well done lads!

[sparky]

All over.

New Zealand win by an innings and 65 runs!

[SynicBast]

This is an immensely satisfying performance for me, totally out played England in all facets of play. Less talented my arse. Played to the conditions and the situation, played smart.

[Cyclops]

Last 5 wickets all to Wagner. Was just about to post that it was his first 5fer in the 4th innings of a test when I realised we were only in the the third still.

Fantastic result.

[No Quarter]

What a fucking hiding. Take that you phony world champions.

[Chris B.]

@SynicBast said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

the delusion of some English cricket tragics is amazing - stating unequivocably that this English team is more talented than NZ

Bit optimistic when they've got a bunch of rookies and we've got:
Williamson 3
Nicholls 6
Latham 8
Rossco 13

...in the batting rankings; and
Boult 6
Wagner 8
Southee 13

...in the bowling rankings.

They've got Root, Stokes and the absent Jimmy Anderson inside the top 13s.

Maybe getting a bit carried away with the power of Jofra?

[Chris B.]

@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

What a fucking hiding. Take that you phony world champions.

Fill yer boots!

[mariner4life]

an unsurprising home win for the #2 ranked side in world cricket. Very nice to perform to expectations

[Bovidae]

Looking ahead, if Boult's back isn't 100%, Ferguson should be primed to unleash in Hamilton.

[Chris B.]

Slightly disappointing that Santner threatened today, but didn't manage to add to his bag of wickets. I think that getting five-for would've done him more good than Wagner.

The good thing is that Southee and Wagner only bowled 20 overs apiece today - so their workload in this test hasn't been horrendous - even though Trent was largely MIA today. Three days rest and they should be good to go on Friday. Santner bowled a lot more, but he shouldn't be required much on Day 1.

Yep - think it's time to Unleash the Ferg-burger! Don't need to risk Boult with a 1-0 lead.

[canefan]

Hopefully that working over in the second innings will have weakened the English bowlers ready for the next game

[Chris B.]

@canefan Wagner and Southee bowled 6 and 4 overs yesterday, so 14 and 16 overs apiece today - that's not too much worse than an ODI.

Even though we bowled more overs in this test than England, ours were nicely spaced, so I reckon significantly more damage to the English bowlers (aside from that Trent probably can't play - but compulsory rotation is not necessarily a bad thing).

And we'll be buoyed by victory, while they'll have the bitter taste of defeat in their mouths!

[Crucial]

Coney made a good point about how the Duke ball countries really struggle bowling the Kookaburra because they don't have the patience.
Bowl a fast lifting Duke and eventually it will catch the seam and catch a wicket. With the Kooka you have to work the batsman around with length and direction and can't rely on the ball to do the work.