Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final

[Crucial]

It’s a tie. Quick, count the boundaries

[MN5]

@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Right at the moment, BJ Watling (37.89) has just the 10th highest batting average of NZ players on this tour.

Behind, Conway, Mitchell, Williamson, Jamieson, Taylor, Nicholls, Young, Latham, and Blundell.

Another cross through Santners name if our coach had half a brain.

[Chris B.]

Of the 25 players Cricinfo lists as current England players only Root and Ollie Robinson have batting averages higher than BJ.

Ben Stokes is only a few decimal places behind.

[MN5]

@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Of the 25 players Cricinfo lists as current England players only Root and Ollie Robinson have batting averages higher than BJ.

Ben Stokes is only a few decimal places behind.

Which backs up what I said about us being a much better team.

I will admit that some of our guys with inflated records are pretty early in their careers although this doesn’t take away from the fact that England are full of bog standard test cricketers.

[MN5]

Fuck. Time to shine son of John….

[Damo]

We're losing our way a bit now. Our tail is longer than normal. I was hoping to bat all day but that looks unlikely now.

[Chris B.]

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Fuck. Time to shine son of John….

Gary Stead, "Fuck, I wish I had Mitch Santner padded up, right about now!"

[gt12]

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Fuck. Time to shine son of John….

I have a feeling you and your positive attitude are somehow to blame for this.

[MN5]

@gt12 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Fuck. Time to shine son of John….

I have a feeling you and your positive attitude are somehow to blame for this.

We’re leading with wickets in hand. Quit complaining.

[Kruse]

Okay, I'm going to be a Grumpy Old FluffyBunny... I'm not cool with sponsorship on the white Test-kit.
I don't know why, it just seems wrong.

[Kruse]

@kruse said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Okay, I'm going to be a Grumpy Old FluffyBunny... I'm not cool with sponsorship on the white Test-kit.
I don't know why, it just seems wrong.

Seeing the NZ guys with the "anz" - I felt "ugh. yuck"
But then a second later seeing a pom, with whatever they've got - I felt "yeah... nah, fuck, yuck"

[No Quarter]

Pretty even session. England will be happy to have gotten Ross and Nichols, but they still have some work to do.

We really need these two to knuckle down. There's no rush, just need to bat time. Henry is in next so early wickets next session will bring England right back into it.

Intriguing test so far. Bed time for me, hope to wake up to 80 for Blundell and 80 for Mitchell.

[MN5]

@kruse said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@kruse said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Okay, I'm going to be a Grumpy Old FluffyBunny... I'm not cool with sponsorship on the white Test-kit.
I don't know why, it just seems wrong.

Seeing the NZ guys with the "anz" - I felt "ugh. yuck"
But then a second later seeing a pom, with whatever they've got - I felt "yeah... nah, fuck, yuck"

Replying to your own posts is a sure sign of extreme grumpiness and senility

[Kruse]

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@kruse said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@kruse said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Okay, I'm going to be a Grumpy Old FluffyBunny... I'm not cool with sponsorship on the white Test-kit.
I don't know why, it just seems wrong.

Seeing the NZ guys with the "anz" - I felt "ugh. yuck"
But then a second later seeing a pom, with whatever they've got - I felt "yeah... nah, fuck, yuck"

Replying to your own posts is a sure sign of extreme grumpiness and senility

I am extremely grumpy.
I wouldn't say senile, but...
Edit... I had something...

[Crucial]

@no-quarter said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Pretty even session. England will be happy to have gotten Ross and Nichols, but they still have some work to do.

We really need these two to knuckle down. There's no rush, just need to bat time. Henry is in next so early wickets next session will bring England right back into it.

Intriguing test so far. Bed time for me, hope to wake up to 80 for Blundell and 80 for Mitchell.

80 is the new 100

[Bones]

Got to love the English commentators absolutely tearing into the technique of our spin bowler batting at ten.

"I can see both middle and off!"

[Donsteppa]

Average batting so far today. The middle order didn't make the most of their starts. Not sure why Wags was batting at the dizzy heights of 8 ahead of Henry, but Wags quickly solved that one without troubling the scorers.

[Donsteppa]

And now Blundell adds himself to the list of batsmen who made good starts and didn't carry on. Though he was lucky to survive the Poms having a poor keeper early on...

[sparky]

Poor batting this afternoon lets England back in this game.

[Donsteppa]

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@gt12 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Fuck. Time to shine son of John….

I have a feeling you and your positive attitude are somehow to blame for this.

We’re leading with wickets in hand. Quit complaining.

Having now lost 6/69, I wonder if we have to ban you from posting during the Final...