*Official* New Zealand in England 2015

[Athlai]

Lyth with no idea atm.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

So good that there's no longer a massive drop in danger when our third seamer comes on.

 

[NZTailender]

Henry's bowling well first up.

 

[Zinzan]

Yeah, what Athers said, Henry's beaten the bat 3 times in the over. McCullum sees it starting to go a little more and decided Henry will probably make them play more. Southee can come back from Boult's end in 4-5 overs.

 

[Hurricane]

These are some tight as leaves.

 

[CricAddict]

Terrible start by the England top order here. By batting slowly and getting their eyes in, even if they retain wickets they put pressure on the middle order batsmen to keep up with the required run rate.

NZ is playing four current or former international wicket keepers. Is this a record? I suspect Sri Lanka (Sangakarra and Dilshan) and Pakistan (Akmals) may have matched this.

Yeah, pretty sure four of Sanga, Dilshan, Tharanga, Chandimal, Kaushal Silva, Dickwella and Prasanna Jayawardene have played together in quite a few matches.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

mccullum and ronchi have murdered my attention span. You've got a bat, use it

 

[Bahnz]

It's amazing, every time a bit of cloud blows over it looks a completely different surface.

 

[Athlai]

Good stuff Ronchi. Saved us a review IMO.

 

[Furball]

mccullum and ronchi have murdered my attention span. You've got a bat, use it

Haha nah this is Cook's MO. Leave **** alone that doesn't interest you, get the bowlers bowling to you and wear them down so that whoever's at the crease in the evening session can just batter the bowlers.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

It's a Test match. I can't tell if you're taking the mick

Last time I buy a Sony LCD tv.I was told it had better colour than the Samsung teles.

 

[Cabinet96]

Really good from Boult. Such a skilled bowler.

 

[Furball]

Good stuff Ronchi. Saved us a review IMO.

Boult only seemed to go up with the slips as well, don't think he was particularly convinced.

 

[Athlai]

mccullum and ronchi have murdered my attention span. You've got a bat, use it

Na cricket is all about this. Fine swing bowling at openers capable of punishing a poor ball but unwilling to offer a chance. It'd be more enjoyable if this wasn't a bloody 2 Test series.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Haha nah this is Cook's MO. Leave **** alone that doesn't interest you, get the bowlers bowling to you and wear them down so that whoever's at the crease in the evening session can just batter the bowlers.

I know. I'm just a frustrated one eyed fan

 

[Zinzan]

Really good from Boult. Such a skilled bowler.

I know it's stating the bleedin obvious. but if Boult could just be 15% more consistent, it would make a world of difference.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

mccullum and ronchi have murdered my attention span. You've got a bat, use it

You need some of Southee's ritalin. He clearly is not taking his lately.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

mccullum and ronchi have murdered my attention span. You've got a bat, use it

You need some of Southee's ritalin. He clearly is not taking his lately.

 

[Hurricane]

At the stumps Henry

 

[Furball]

I know it's stating the bleedin obvious. but if Boult could just be 15% more consistent, it would make a world of difference.

wtf, if Boult was 15% more consistent he'd be Wasim ****ing Akram.

He's bowled really well this morning and would have been all over a batsman who has no idea where the **** his off stump is. Unfortunately for Boult, he's run into an in form Alistair Cook.