***Official*** England in New Zealand series 2013

[Flem274*]

When/if it is Southee's turn to bat, do you let him go out for the Southee slog? If I were England and presented with a New Zealand bowler atm I'd be trying to kill them.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

NZ strike rotation level 99

 

[Mike5181]

When/if it is Southee's turn to bat, do you let him go out for the Southee slog? If I were England and presented with a New Zealand bowler atm I'd be trying to kill them.

If we need the runs, I would. Southee wears all the protective gear anyway.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

southee gonna southee

 

[Jono]

Taylor has been poor this series itbt

 

[Flem274*]

So what have the three wickets been down to? Genius bowling, ****e batting, the pitch or a combination?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Everybody calm the **** down.

We got this!

 

[Bahnz]

So what have the three wickets been down to? Genius bowling, ****e batting, the pitch or a combination?

Great bowling and a bit of life in the pitch, though Kane's dismissal was a bit ****.

 

[straw man]

So what have the three wickets been down to? Genius bowling, ****e batting, the pitch or a combination?

All three wickets from combination of testing bowling, a little swing and help from the pitch which as much as anything just puts doubt in the batsman's mind, and small errors from batsmen.

i.e. good test cricket

 

[grecian]

Good stuff from the Kiwis here, batting for the draw.

 

[BeeGee]

Loving this test match. So awesome.

 

[Bahnz]

Finn really let the pressure off. The only times he managed to make the batsmen play was when he served up some juicy half volleys.

 

[straw man]

Can we have some runs please?

 

[NZTailender]

Turtle mode!

 

[Bahnz]

Can we have some runs please?

No point in chasing any tonight, especially given how fast Southee and McCullum could score tomorrow.

 

[BeeGee]

What's the record for consecutive maidens?

EDIT: awwww, Brownlie ruined it.

 

[BeeGee]

NZ need 150 minimum, 200 would be perfect.

Awesome game.

 

[Bahnz]

While there's now an outside chance of losing this match, the more irritating aspect of those wickets was how it's completely stalled New Zealand's momentum. Ideally would've liked to have finished with 70 runs on the board. Even if we don't collapse tomorrow, New Zealand will struggle to make enough runs to declare any sooner than tea tomorrow. And that's not that long to bowl such a good batting side out, even with the pitch starting to deteriorate a bit.

 

[social]

Dont really understand why NZ didnt enforce the follow on

By not doing so, they have let Eng into the match whereas they would be absolutely ****ed if they had lost a few wickets tonight

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Because bowlers aren't robots and statistically speaking it isn't a wise move.