Black Caps v England Test series

[canefan]

All that pressure and Anderson succumbs to a poor ball

[Paekakboyz]

Yuuuus!!! Congrats guys, bloody well played

[Bovidae]

Never in doubt.

[Gunner]

Yeeeesssss!

Bloody glad I tuned in on skygo 10 minutes ago.

Spanked England inside 3 days, beautiful!

[Mokey]

Now that was a test match. Tension and pressure and outstanding bowling and great batting, screamer catches and dropped chances...

...and no cheating.

[No Quarter]

NZ spinners rarely get a chance to be part of bowling us to victory in the 4th innings. Astle was superb, massive props to him.

Wagner is one of the top 3rd seamers going around. Flat pitch, old ball, doesn't make a difference to him. He'll steam in all day long, will bowl himself into the ground if he has too. My favourite player right now.

That's a seriously good win in a rain affected match. The masterclass from Boult and Southee in the first innings. Kane and Nicholls absolutely superb, ramming home the advantage. And then Wagner and Astle getting us home in the 4th innings.

Just. Fucking. Awesome.

[Gunner]

@no-quarter said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Wagner is one of the top 3rd seamers going around.

Fixed it for you bro

[Bovidae]

@no-quarter

Although 2 of Astle's 3 wickets were from short and/or wide deliveries. They all count though.

[canefan]

@bovidae said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@no-quarter

Although 2 of Astle's 3 wickets were from short and/or wide deliveries. They all count though.

The pressure told and they made mistakes

[Virgil]

Good to win a test with nothing but guts, heart and skill

[hydro11]

@bovidae said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@no-quarter

Although 2 of Astle's 3 wickets were from short and/or wide deliveries. They all count though.

True but he created quite a few chances.

[canefan]

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Good to win a test with nothing but guts, heart and skill

David Lloyd said it was a good pitch. We batted just fine, Stokes Root and Woakes all batted fine. Most of the crucial wickets in the final innings were forced by our bowling, our aggression and menace. Brilliant

[Virgil]

@canefan
I was going to add without the aid of masking tape and sandpaper

[Bovidae]

I'm not saying Astle didn't bowl well, he did, just that there was a touch of irony that two of his worst deliveries took wickets. Likely the eyes of the batsmen lit up.

[Donsteppa]

Great win.

Got the declaration spot on, too

I wondered if they should have picked Sodhi ahead of Astle, but Astle nailed it when it counted.

[Bovidae]

@donsteppa

I see Sodhi took 7/30 and 5/32 vs Wellington at the Basin.

[Paekakboyz]

Would love to see us take both Sohdi and Astle into a match, but that is likely a pipe dream.

[canefan]

@paekakboyz said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Would love to see us take both Sohdi and Astle into a match, but that is likely a pipe dream.

When's the next tour to the subcontinent?

[MN5]

@paekakboyz said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Would love to see us take both Sohdi and Astle into a match, but that is likely a pipe dream.

At who's expense?

Good God man, that is crazy talk

[KiwiMurph]

That's a brilliant win.

So many contributors - Boult, Southee, Astle, Wagner, Williamson and Nicholls - that is more than half the side.

Oh and not acting like fuckwits like a certain other test side.

Good job.