Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final

[Donsteppa]

Need a much more consistent second over from Boult.

[sparky]

England 27 for 2. Both openers gone. 58 behind. NZ need to stop Crawley or Root getting away.

[sparky]

Crawley gone. England 30 for 3.

[Godder]

I can't say I really expected us to actually roll them for less than 200, but it would certainly be convenient. Henry the destroyer so far!

[sparky]

Pope having a bit of a hit. 16 runs from 11 balls. Not much batting after these two.

[sparky]

Wagner, Boult and Henry have got some big swing.

[Godder]

Wagner gets Pope LBW, England 57/4. Pope reviewed but Umpire's Call.

[sparky]

England 58 for 4. Still trailing.

[rotated]

Five now. Very professional bowling performance here.

Still just under 30 overs left today.

[sparky]

Lawrence out second ball. England five down and in all shades of shit.

[Godder]

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

I can't say I really expected us to actually roll them for less than 200, but it would certainly be convenient. Henry the destroyer so far!

Add Wagner to the list of destroyers...

[sparky]

NZ radar off a bit again. Bowlers have lost a bit of intensity.

[sparky]

Another one. Bracey. Bowled Patel. Six down.

[sparky]

England 71 for 6. Still one hour left today. England need 14 runs to make NZ bat again. The crowd are now very, very, very quite.

[sparky]

Jeremy Coney "The bowling has been tidy, but England have been a wee bit culpable as well."

[rotated]

This in part is why I didn't think they were up for chasing at Lords basically everyone in that top order is under serious pressure aside from Burns and Root (who has the weight of the side on him).

A couple of early wickets and they have just carved through them.

Zaltsman was saying on TMS that England already have the second most ducks in the Top 6 in a calendar year in history and it's not even June.

[sparky]

Root out. Caught behind off Patel. 11 from 61 balls. 76 for 7. Still 9 runs behind.

[sparky]

Looks like this might be over and dusted inside 3 days.

[Godder]

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

Looks like this might be over and dusted inside 3 days.

That would be nice...

[rotated]

If they don't bowl them out before close of play I can't see the extra half hour being useful. If the lead is 30+ hard to chase that down in 20 minutes.