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

[Jezroy]

Urgh, McMillan is so irritating. "New Zealand aren't being aggressive enough! They need to try and score faster!"
Richardson: "Like Taylor tried to do immediately before getting out?"
Changes subject.

My personal favourite is how he talks about when batsmen have brain fades (ala Rutherford yesterday), and can't comprehend how it happens.

Someone needs to make him a DVD of his dismissals.

 

[Bahnz]

Meh, it is what it is and it's not going to change. Far worse 10-15 years ago when NZ were quite good and England were actually rubbish, so sections of the English media had nothing whatsoever to justify their default position of we are England, we are good at cricket, you are little New Zealand, if you somehow beat us you were fortunate, we were unlucky, external factors conspired against us etc.

Agreed I remember before the 1999 series how Wisden was grumbling that New Zealand didn't deserve a 4 test series, and that they were the most uncharasmatic team in the world. A bit rich, given how England's headline players at the time were Andy Caddick and Nasser Hussain.

 

[Zinzan]

Blame me for Taylor's dismissal, I finally sat down to watch after a busy morning.

NZ need to be wary, If England can roll them for 350-380 they could still get a significant first innings lead.

Meanwhile..........Cook's getting away with murder in terms of slowing things down and fair-play to him if the umpiring aren't going to intervene.

Ahhh, another wicket, England have all the momentum

 

[Flem274*]

Haha, what a horrible way to get out. Might be one of those days today after a great day yesterday.

Was about the only way Finn was going to get a wicket.

 

[Jezroy]

Starting to look similar to what happened to England in Wellington on day 2.

 

[James]

Apologies James, wasn't aware of the rule......won't mention again.

Cheers

Ahh geez, and as I type this, Fulton goes. Need another McCullum classic!

 

[Bahnz]

New Zealand tossing away the good work of the yesterday here.

 

[straw man]

Goddamit, still waiting for this alleged wicket to occur.

If England bowl us out for around 400 they still have a chance of winning assuming we get 5 full days of play.

Oh now it happens - a shame to get out like that. And a good catch.

 

[Uppercut]

Loved that knock from Fulton. Ground it out.

 

[Flem274*]

nothing there. phew.

 

[Meridio]

This is turning into a bad session. England getting back into the game.

Loathe as I am to agree with some of the drivel spewed out by the commentators, I do think we've been a bit passive this morning. Not saying we should've come out all guns blazing, and England have bowled negatively, but we haven't picked up enough singles, and have hit the infield too often.

 

[Jezroy]

nothing there. phew.

He's not out ****!

 

[Pothas]

A good morning almost became a very good one there.

Must get McCullum before lunch.

 

[Flem274*]

hmm could have been interesting if it was out lbw.

 

[Zinzan]

Is there any other mode of dismissal Reiffel wants them to check while they're at it?

 

[straw man]

Good decision by DRS there. Bat quite far from ball even without hotspot.

Though interesting that the ball was only just going over the stumps.

 

[Jezroy]

Is there any other mode of dismissal Reiffel wants them to check while they're at it?

He was probably thinking "I can't be wrong... I can't be wrong...".

"It's not out, Paul."

"Check something else then, ****. I hate this short little tattooed ****."

 

[Zinzan]

I'd really like them to clarify that rule now because assuming Reiffel initially said it was LBW and then was some bat on hotspot, could they have given it out caught?

 

[Uppercut]

I'd really like them to clarify that rule now because assuming Reiffel initially said it was LBW and then was some bat on hotspot, could they have given it out caught?

In cricket we generally wait until it results in a total ****ing shambles in the middle of a tight match before we make a decision on these things.

 

[Bahnz]

I'd really like them to clarify that rule now because assuming Reiffel initially said it was LBW and then was some bat on hotspot, could they have given it out caught?

Yes, because Reiffel would've made the lbw decision on the incorrect assumption that the ball had missed the bat.