Black Caps v England
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v England:
When does the test start? Because this is no test for England. Easy money.
the game was closer in Mt Maunganui.
FFS though, we are a distant second here. It may well be Wagner's last test too, and would be a shitty way to send him off. KJ's injury was monstrous for us; he should have troubled the Root/Brook axis of evil. Henry aside, we looked ineffective with the ball after half an hour.
Still, on the bright side we had a long way to fall. England's rise has basically mirrored our plummet
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It's on Bracewell now. He and Blundell are certainly capable of batting us into a good position.
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Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
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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:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
You can't please everybody.
3 nicely taken singles in this over. Turning the strike over in sensible fashion.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
You can't please everybody.
3 nicely taken singles in this over. Turning the strike over in sensible fashion.
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Damo said in Black Caps v England:
Into the all rounders now. Southee is due some runs and Henry has been in excellent form for NZ lately.
A first innings lead now would take some doing but be good to get within say 50-100.
Wow, I’m glad you’re not a selector. I think they’re firmly classed as “bowlers who can bat a bit sometimes”
Henry has got two fifties in his last six innings……but he’s also got three ducks in that period too.
Don't be such a negative nelly. At 27 this is the biggest partnership of the innings. Good things to come.
I’m just waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and have a go at Southee for not batting responsibly.
You can't please everybody.
3 nicely taken singles in this over. Turning the strike over in sensible fashion.
That’s exactly how good all rounders bat
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The only surprise in a game going totally to script is, how on earth is it not raining in Wellington?
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The only surprise in a game going totally to script is, how on earth is it not raining in Wellington?
@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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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.
@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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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.
@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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@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 !!!!
@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.
