Cabinet96
Global Moderator
Came in quite a bit (reverse swing I think) at a very full length, tough ball to get early, but Bluey didn't cover himself in glory with the shot, that's for sure.
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***Official*** New Zealand in England series 2013
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Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
Not sure how serious Bells illness is but you've got a top order batsmen at the crease to worry about before Swann.
Tail hasn't offered much in any innings of the test so far, so unless its sunny at the start of play I'm not expecting them to get us the 50+ we really need here. Englands best chance of getting a 250 lead is for Finn to put up the wall while Bell makes a patient 40 odd.
Great test match this.
tooextracool
International Coach
Probably a combination, everybody including Bairstow's dog knew that the field was set up for the ball angled into the pads, especially given his own tendency to play around his front pad. In the end, he just played around a straight ball. It was well executed by Southee and NZ and credit to them.
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
I don't mind that at all. An ex England cricketer and presumably now a supporter of English cricket......I don't think anyone is ever in any doubt who's side Sir Geoffrey is on when he commentates.
That sort of bias I can handle, so long as his reporting of proceedings is balanced and even. Boycott gets that right for mine, no one rips into England harder than him when deserved.
Where biased commentary goes wrong is when you have someone like Healy in the box, it's like there is only one team on the park.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
You're kidding right?
You're talking about Geoffrey Boycott. The guy who refuses to recognise the fact that NZ actually played better than England across 3 tests. The guy who continues to call NZ's bowling attack workmanlike and is still talking about England's "complacency" rather than giving credit to the opposition.
Bumble is great. Boycott is one of the most one-eyed analysts out there.
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
I didn't listen to any TMS during the last series or this test, so can't say I've heard Boycott say any of that. If he did then I certainly don't agree with him and you'd be right.....that does smack of one eyed commentary.
From my years of listening to him though he doesn't come over to me like that. Calls a spade a spade and tells it like it is.......for both teams playing.
the big bambino
International Captain
I hope he's got a good singing voice.
Jezroy
State Captain
And that is despite 2 of those tests being very poor wickets wise.
Jezroy
State Captain
That's the word.
Loving a nice low scoring test where it's actually difficult (though not impossibly so) for the batsmen to make runs.
Jezroy
State Captain
Gonna have a love fest here.
I know we haven't won anything yet, but after what happened to us in South Africa and all the Taylor/McHesson rubbish that was swirling around, plus the fact that NZC stated they would be focusing on ODI cricket, I am so stoked at how we have performed over the last 4 tests.
Yes, our batting can be dire. Yes, we need a spinner who is better than Kane. Yes, we may still lose this test. But I'm really impressed by the way this team has turned around. We had an "NZ Doom and Gloom" thread not that long ago. It hasn't really needed to be used in recent times.
Good on youse fellas.
I know we haven't won anything yet, but after what happened to us in South Africa and all the Taylor/McHesson rubbish that was swirling around, plus the fact that NZC stated they would be focusing on ODI cricket, I am so stoked at how we have performed over the last 4 tests.
Yes, our batting can be dire. Yes, we need a spinner who is better than Kane. Yes, we may still lose this test. But I'm really impressed by the way this team has turned around. We had an "NZ Doom and Gloom" thread not that long ago. It hasn't really needed to be used in recent times.
Good on youse fellas.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Pity that Finn survived that lbw shout before the close. KW's wicket was awesome, but it probably also spells doom for NZ. Anything over 150 will be a nightmare to chase with Swann aiming at those footmarks. Even if we run through England for 20 or 30 runs tomorrow morning, we'd need Rutherford to get in and make a big score to have a chance.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Ross doesn't make 66 in that first dig and Kane gets caught on 23 - and we would have been out for around that.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Promote Timmeh and boult to open imo
BoyBrumby
Englishman
French.
Although Boycs has had sand in his vadge about NZ ever since his one crack at test captaincy ended in ignominy down there. Despite him being quite probably temperamentally the worst suited man for skippering any kind of cricket team, much less a test XI.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Highlights England v New Zealand - Day 3 Evening Session at Lord's - YouTube
Kane really feeling it apparently, giving hair-dryers to teammates in a way Kippax didn't expect...
Kane really feeling it apparently, giving hair-dryers to teammates in a way Kippax didn't expect...