Black Caps tour of England 2022
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@NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
England’s top order failed again but because we completely shat the bed when we were batting they’re in the box seat.
Only slim chance is getting Root early, otherwise we’re fucked and due to give them their first test win in 17-18 tests ( I think )
Yeah, we especially need to get rid of Root early before he gets his eye in... we were disappointing in our home test series, now we put in a shite performance in this 1st test against the poms... also got to wonder about the fitness of Williamson, for such a class batsman he's batted poorly in both innings.
It's going to take a miracle morning session for us to win this. England have enough batting to finish us off, and the target is so close that tail enders like Broad could smash a small deficit to win
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@NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
England’s top order failed again but because we completely shat the bed when we were batting they’re in the box seat.
Only slim chance is getting Root early, otherwise we’re fucked and due to give them their first test win in 17-18 tests ( I think )
Yeah, we especially need to get rid of Root early before he gets his eye in... we were disappointing in our home test series, now we put in a shite performance in this 1st test against the poms... also got to wonder about the fitness of Williamson, for such a class batsman he's batted poorly in both innings.
Why his fitness? That's just weird. He's been back training and playing for ages now.
He's lacking form for sure (and was during IPL) but the time out from his elbow means he is scratching to get some flow back. He's class, it will come.
His elbow isn't rooted, it was a tendon thing that needed time to fully recover.Apart from all of that we are fucked barring a collapse of a similar level to the one we had.
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
England’s top order failed again but because we completely shat the bed when we were batting they’re in the box seat.
Only slim chance is getting Root early, otherwise we’re fucked and due to give them their first test win in 17-18 tests ( I think )
Yeah, we especially need to get rid of Root early before he gets his eye in... we were disappointing in our home test series, now we put in a shite performance in this 1st test against the poms... also got to wonder about the fitness of Williamson, for such a class batsman he's batted poorly in both innings.
It's going to take a miracle morning session for us to win this. England have enough batting to finish us off, and the target is so close that tail enders like Broad could smash a small deficit to win
Yeah given the England top order already crapped out the law of averages dictate it’s extremely hard seeing them struggle to get these runs especially with Root still in.
The British press are gonna be fucken unbearable after this.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
England’s top order failed again but because we completely shat the bed when we were batting they’re in the box seat.
Only slim chance is getting Root early, otherwise we’re fucked and due to give them their first test win in 17-18 tests ( I think )
Yeah, we especially need to get rid of Root early before he gets his eye in... we were disappointing in our home test series, now we put in a shite performance in this 1st test against the poms... also got to wonder about the fitness of Williamson, for such a class batsman he's batted poorly in both innings.
It's going to take a miracle morning session for us to win this. England have enough batting to finish us off, and the target is so close that tail enders like Broad could smash a small deficit to win
Yeah given the England top order already crapped out the law of averages dictate it’s extremely hard seeing them struggle to get these runs especially with Root still in.
The British press are gonna be fucken unbearable after this.
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@NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
England’s top order failed again but because we completely shat the bed when we were batting they’re in the box seat.
Only slim chance is getting Root early, otherwise we’re fucked and due to give them their first test win in 17-18 tests ( I think )
Yeah, we especially need to get rid of Root early before he gets his eye in... we were disappointing in our home test series, now we put in a shite performance in this 1st test against the poms... also got to wonder about the fitness of Williamson, for such a class batsman he's batted poorly in both innings.
It’s the ebbs and flows of cricket. I’m sure he’s due one ( hopefully more ) massive score this series.
We do rely on him but England rely even more on Root.
Williamson's has had serious injury problems with his elbow, just wondering if it's affecting him ?
A part of what made/makes Williamson great is his work ethic. Apparently he would spend a lot of time drilling his batting. Unfortunately I read a few weeks ago Stead saying his elbow will need to be managed from now on, meaning his training workload is perhaps not what it once was. Maybe that is why he is struggling a bit now.
I said a while ago it would be a shame if his career was hampered in it's twilight like Crowe's was.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
If this test goes more than three and a half days, I’ll be surprised.
Bump…
Southee was getting nothing out of the wicket, making it fairly easy going for the home side.
One almighty collapse needed from England for us to get out of this one
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
If this test goes more than three and a half days, I’ll be surprised.
Bump…
Southee was getting nothing out of the wicket, making it fairly easy going for the home side.
One almighty collapse needed from England for us to get out of this one
Definitely possible. It is England.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Worth pointing out that Patel has bowled two shitty overs all test. What a typical “let’s play a spinner for the sake of a spinner” waste of a selection.
Maybe he would have been more useful on the final day... I still would have taken Wags
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Worth pointing out that Patel has bowled two shitty overs all test. What a typical “let’s play a spinner for the sake of a spinner” waste of a selection.
Maybe he would have been more useful on the final day... I still would have taken Wags
I think you get banned from the fern for saying anything otherwise
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
So @Booboo has been sent to bed. Now time for some desperate attempts at reverse jinxes?
We are done for. Even if we get Stokes and Root out the guys to come can easily smash the winning runs
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
So @Booboo has been sent to bed. Now time for some desperate attempts at reverse jinxes?
We are done for. Even if we get Stokes and Root out the guys to come can easily smash the winning runs
We’re halfway there
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Root is on 87*, that would jinx him if he was an Australian...
13 away from test hundred number 25 and 13 away from 10,000 test runs.
Jinx the fucker !!!!!!!
If there are any more straws left to clutch please let me know
