Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final

Donsteppa

Absolutely fucking squandered the opportunity to bat England completely out of the game.

On the plus side, not only did Patel out bowl Shatner's first test efforts, he out batted him too.

sparky

NZ all out for 388.

Donsteppa

A cricinfo comment: "Story so far : England 85/3 to 303 all out. NZ 292 /3 to 388 all out"

sparky

Burns out. England 0 for 1.

Godder

1 down, 9 to go, Henry nicks out Burns, caught Rod's son.

Donsteppa

Need a much more consistent second over from Boult.

sparky

England 27 for 2. Both openers gone. 58 behind. NZ need to stop Crawley or Root getting away.

sparky

Crawley gone. England 30 for 3.

Godder

I can't say I really expected us to actually roll them for less than 200, but it would certainly be convenient. Henry the destroyer so far!

sparky

Pope having a bit of a hit. 16 runs from 11 balls. Not much batting after these two.

sparky

Wagner, Boult and Henry have got some big swing.

Godder

Wagner gets Pope LBW, England 57/4. Pope reviewed but Umpire's Call.

sparky

England 58 for 4. Still trailing.

rotated

Five now. Very professional bowling performance here.

Still just under 30 overs left today.

sparky

Lawrence out second ball. England five down and in all shades of shit.

Godder

I can't say I really expected us to actually roll them for less than 200, but it would certainly be convenient. Henry the destroyer so far!

Add Wagner to the list of destroyers...

sparky

NZ radar off a bit again. Bowlers have lost a bit of intensity.

sparky

Another one. Bracey. Bowled Patel. Six down.

sparky

England 71 for 6. Still one hour left today. England need 14 runs to make NZ bat again. The crowd are now very, very, very quite.

sparky

Jeremy Coney "The bowling has been tidy, but England have been a wee bit culpable as well."

The Silver Fern