Black Caps v England
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I see we have lost a few wickets but the bulk of the batting in this team is in the mid-lower order.
From here these two just need to settle in and if they can both get big hundreds we may eak out a small lead. Either that or be close enough to the England total.
That way if we bowl well in the third innings we can chase a small total in the fourth.
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@nzzp said in Black Caps v England:
We are now getting destroyed.
Pope is some fielder in close, but still. FFS.
Indeed. The follow on looks a million miles away and really, what are the odds of Blundell getting any sort of decent score twice in a row ?
This is some depressing shit.
Looks like FIVE consecutive losses to the same side that got fucked up the arse by Australia barely a year ago.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
You can't please everybody.
3 nicely taken singles in this over. Turning the strike over in sensible fashion.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
You can't please everybody.
3 nicely taken singles in this over. Turning the strike over in sensible fashion.
That’s exactly how good all rounders bat
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@Rapido said in Black Caps v England:
The only surprise in a game going totally to script is, how on earth is it not raining in Wellington?
It's not going to my script!
England's first innings wasn't far off expectation - though at 21/3 I hoped we might deviate from expectations.
But, we had stacked the batting and on paper it looks a powerful line-up - a deeply disappointing effort.
edit: Bracewell at 8 for this test is about the quality you'd expect.in that position. England has Broad.
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Last throw of the dice is Mr. Southee. After watching his 77* on debut I'd never have thought he'd play Test cricket for this long without scoring a Test Century. Thus, he is due tomorrow along with the in-form Blundell to bat us to a first innings lead.