Cricket: NZ vs England

[canefan]

Three slog sweeps and that's 100 for Rosco. Not a moment too soon

[Donsteppa]

Sensational! Nervous nineties not.

[No Quarter]

I'm very comfortable with it pissing down from here on leaving our two best players not out in the 100s. Perfect end to the series.

[No Quarter]

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

@No-Quarter I missed the Pope drop, but I'm guessing it's not as bad as the one that Denly just dropped off Kane.

You'd get abused for dropping that one in tenth grade!

I normally keep but once when I was fielding at mid wicket I dropped a catch just like that. The batsmen was so surprised he was half way down the pitch walking off meaning I could easily run him out, so I proceeded to throw the ball way above the keepers head conceding an overthrow. That piece of fielding will stick with me for the rest of my life.

[bayimports]

well, although Jeets didnt get time out there, im very happy the rest of our top order has got time out there. Need as much batting time as possible as prep for the next tour. Pity this series doesn't count for WTC.

[Chris B.]

Looks like there's a couple of hours of rain and they may get back out there late in the afternoon - if anyone can be bothered.

Good to see Kane and Ross both get some runs, though not quite vintage Kane - in that he had two lives and also got clanged solidly on the helmet by Stokes.

[Bovidae]

The rain is heavy now, and only getting worse later this afternoon. They won't be back on the field.

[Bovidae]

From cricinfo:

Williamson's hundred was the 299th century for NZ in Tests and now Taylor gets the 300th ton.

[Cyclops]

So Kane and Taylor now have 40 test tons between them. The next best pair would be Crowe and Wright with 17 and 12 respectively for a total of 29. Alternatively if you allow one partner to be repeated you could have Baz and Kane and Taylor and Kane

Just to reiterate ham special this bunch is, we have three of our top 5 test centuries makers, one more in the top 10, plus Nicholls two tons away from the top 10.

By the time we get to Ross's final test (my guess at the first of our current lineup to retire), we will probably have 5 of our top 6 in the top 10 for most NZ test centuries.

[Donsteppa]

150 test runs for Taylor to move to the top of the ladder for NZ.

Interesting to see how high (and low) some players are on this list. Southee with more test match runs than Styris, Sinclair, and Jeff Crowe among others.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=1;id=5;type=team

[Cyclops]

@Donsteppa

It really is a disgrace how low Tim Southee's test average is. He should really be pushing 30 not 20.

[mariner4life]

@Cyclops said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Donsteppa

It really is a disgrace how low Tim Southee's test average is. He should really be pushing 30 not 20.

ah, now it's summer!

[Cyclops]

@Donsteppa

Also, there are 14 guys on that list with a 40+ average and six of them (counting Colin de Grandhomme) are in this side.

[Hooroo]

I know this appears to be hindsight but I wasn't even slightly worried that we would lose this match.

Days gone by we would have capitulated but this team isn't that flaky team pre McCullum era

[Godder]

@Siam said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Poms'll have to roll us in about less than 50 overs tomorrow to win.

If they do, all credit to them and we'll have to sing Led Zepps "Nobody's fault but mine" all the way to Perth.

Up to our best in Kane and Ross to complete the series win by batting the entire 1st session ( he types jinxingly!)

A few more of those jinxes please!

[Gunner]

@mariner4life said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Cyclops said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Donsteppa

It really is a disgrace how low Tim Southee's test average is. He should really be pushing 30 not 20.

ah, now it's summer!

The staples of a kiwi summer; The four B's

Beach, beers, BBQ's and bitching about Tim Southee's batting average.

[Siam]

@Hooroo said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

I know this appears to be hindsight but I wasn't even slightly worried that we would lose this match.

Days gone by we would have capitulated but this team isn't that flaky team pre McCullum era

I doubt we'll ever truly rid ourselves of those shudders

[NTA]

Only three innings per match and 21 vs 30 wickets taken?

[gt12]

@Donsteppa

Christ, how far ahead of every other Wicket keeper is Watling? Look at Parore and Smith by comparison :anguished_face:

What was McCullum's record as a keeper?

[rotated]

@Hooroo said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Days gone by we would have capitulated but this team isn't that flaky team pre McCullum era

I hope we return to the days where we won tests in Australia pre-McCullum.