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

[hendrix]

Could've been a touch fuller.

Should've picked Jeets over Wagner and batted on this pitch IMO

Bruce Martin is bowling nicely.

Would actually be dangerous in the 4th innings.

BTW, just saying that I stand by this.

 

[Zinzan]

Deep point for Prior please, way too easy giving his freebies outside off stump.

 

[TT Boy]

Awful from Southee. Prior in his element here. No pressure from the quicks and Finn can moderately handle Martin and just duck the quicks.

 

[TT Boy]

Hit it.

 

[straw man]

Martin looks a bit like Ian Smith.

Heh good spot; the slightly receding chin and I could imagine a solid gut developing in later life

 

[straw man]

BTW, just saying that I stand by this.

Knew you'd go claiming this

Patel would have 1/100 here ftr

 

[grecian]

So, when does Finn come in ahead of Broad?

 

[hendrix]

Knew you'd go claiming this

Patel would have 1/100 here ftr

possibly. Took a 5fer last month on this pitch though.

Can't have been any less effective than our pacers yesterday though. That said, we would be absolutely screwed if Wagner hadn't induced Cook's lovely nature yesterday.

Anyway, pretty bloody clears we should have batted, but we could have lost the toss and bowled too (reckon Cook was bluffing) so there's only so much I can harp on about a decision I guess.



Just **** of Steve Finn.

 

[hendrix]

We really can't afford these runs.

 

[Kippax]

http://metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain&region=nzni&noofdays=5

 

[Zinzan]

England to declare at 550/8 for mine with Finn falling agonizingly close to successive half-centuries.

 

[_Ed_]

These ****ing keeper-batsmen. Every ****ing time.

 

[Flem274*]

Our bowling to the tail is a joke.

This is where Adam Milne or Hamish Bennett would be useful, even if they're not the finished article. 145 - 150kph bouncers at the body. Kill the opposition bowlers.

 

[hendrix]

Steven Finn, Harbhajan Singh, Glenn McGrath...There are others on that list, fill me in here on the **** tailenders we've gifted runs too over the last decade

 

[straw man]

Yes England are past that danger time when they were 374/7 and could have been all out for 400 ish. Now looks odds on for 500, which removes any small chance of a NZ win and makes the follow-on a testing 300.

 

[grecian]

Hmm can see an annoying 75+ partnership happening here.

Played Sir.

 

[Pothas]

Little bit in love with Matt Prior.

 

[straw man]

This is where Adam Milne or Hamish Bennett would be useful, even if they're not the finished article. 145 - 150kph bouncers at the body. Kill the opposition bowlers.

Tailenders would still slash over slips, top edge hook over the keeper and generally be ****s. Milne would injured himself trying to bowl 145k+.

 

[BeeGee]

Finally, an English batsman who knows how to score at a rate above 55.

Good stuff from Prior.

 

[Flem274*]

Tailenders would still slash over slips, top edge hook over the keeper and generally be ****s. Milne would injured himself trying to bowl 145k+.

We should still try it. The current lot are diabolical.

And Wagner is in dire mode.