Black Caps v England
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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.
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I assume they enforced the follow on due to the forecast. It's left the door ajar for us to set them a tricky total.
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@No-Quarter This would be a good innings for both Kane and Henry both to pay us what we're owed in terms of runs!!!
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v England:
@No-Quarter This would be a good innings for both Kane and Henry both to pay us what we're owed in terms of runs!!!
Nice opening stand but Young did himself no favours again. Hardly beating down the door as an alternative for Nichols
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris-B said in Black Caps v England:
@No-Quarter This would be a good innings for both Kane and Henry both to pay us what we're owed in terms of runs!!!
Nice opening stand but Young did himself no favours again. Hardly beating down the door as an alternative for Nichols
Yeah - we didn't need to give up a cheap wicket.
Need to bat all day tomorrow and probably 90 minutes on Tuesday. Book in for bed and breakfast boys!!!!
I reckon England will chase whatever we set and our best chance is to set something steep and have them chase hard longer than they should.
