Black Caps v England
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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.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
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.
From memory he got that score in a losing cause against England at home too.
Completely agree, Harbhajan Singh has TWO test tons for fucks sake !
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
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.
I agree.
There seems to be an air of pessimism about the forum at the moment, but the game is even stevens provided these two pile on the runs.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@canefan said in Black Caps v England:
@Gunner said in Black Caps v England:
Glad I got to see our golden period, coz we’ve come crashing back to our usual mediocre rubbish cricket pretty quickly.
From Black Caps to Black Craps in a very short time. Might have to start watching reruns of the last CTC cycle instead
We can always take comfort knowing we won the first ever WTC.
If anyone can find any more straws to clutch at I’m all ears.
Oh, there’s one, we’re 21/3 now, so were England and look how they turned out !!!!
Thankfully winning the inaugural WTC is a ginormous straw to clutch that will last at least the rest of my life. Still have to pinch myself that we pulled that off.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
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.
I agree.
There seems to be an air of pessimism about the forum at the moment, but the game is even stevens provided these two pile on the runs.
So basically a 300 run partnership ?
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
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.
I agree.
There seems to be an air of pessimism about the forum at the moment, but the game is even stevens provided these two pile on the runs.
So basically a 300 run partnership ?
We still have Matt Henry to come and then Wagner is often good for a few runs.
I don't think we quite need 300 from these two. That is stretching credibility I think.
200 is more realistic I would have thought. Then when the bowlers are tired Henry and Wagner can cash in.
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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:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
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.
I agree.
There seems to be an air of pessimism about the forum at the moment, but the game is even stevens provided these two pile on the runs.
So basically a 300 run partnership ?
We still have Matt Henry to come and then Wagner is often good for a few runs.
I don't think we quite need 300 from these two. That is stretching credibility I think.
200 is more realistic I would have thought. Then when the bowlers are tired Henry and Wagner can cash in.
This reminds me of when Sir JK coached the Blues. Endless optimism.
I’m fairly sure Southee will come out swinging and hoping for the best and we’ll see what happens.
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https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ben-stokes-paves-england-s-way-to-evolve-as-a-collective-1360692
A pretty good read this.
I’ve previously thought of Stokes as being overrated when reading some of the wankfests I’ve seen written about him but this is well thought out.
He’s obviously a hell of a captain. 10 out of 11 test wins ( and looking like 11 out of 12 cos the sun is out ) is an astonishing turnaround.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
I think it's probably fair to say that Henry is more of a bowling all rounder. Still be good to see him score some runs.
If we don't make the follow on do we think England will put us back in?
Blundell gone.
Is Wagner an all rounder too ? I hope so
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
I think it's probably fair to say that Henry is more of a bowling all rounder. Still be good to see him score some runs.
If we don't make the follow on do we think England will put us back in?
Blundell gone.
Is Wagner an all rounder too ? I hope so
He hasn't been bowling well lately. Perhaps he has been focussing his efforts on his batting.
