England Cricket 2022

[planetgeli]

Well I've got in on with the sound down because my gf is working (grrr) and I've read nothing but first impressions are it looks like a road, so why the hell did England field? Plus it doesn't look like there are enough fielders possible for Leach and Potts. Or Broad.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

A bit of 90mph from J Overton would be useful right now.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

I wonder how long it’ll take for McCullum’s pep talks to lose impact.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Total domination from NZ in the end. They rode their luck with marginal lbws and dropped catches, but England didn't bowl that well and dropped four catches.

NZ would have bowled as well, seeing grass on the pitch at the start. Great toss to lose.

 

[Idaho]

It's just a good test match wicket, and any talk of bowling first was clearly nonsense. The rest is just steady batting versus C+ bowling.

 

[Petcha]

They really are a good little side. The commentary in the guardian this morning rightly points out that if England lost their best batsman the day before a test they'd be utterly screwed. Nz loses KW and still score 370 in a day.

 

[Petcha]

I know I was wrong last time about the game being gone, but I think this one is already. You don't really lose if you score 500 in the first innings and they're well on course for that.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I'm just pleased no-one else has gone down (yet). As we all know, it can take several days before you test positive. I was fearing half the team might come down with it, as they were all at the same barbecue last week.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Mitchell's now scored exactly 100 runs since Root dropped him. Ouch.

 

[Petcha]

And Matt Henry's coming in at 10, with an average of 20 which isn't bad for someone batting down there. England are screwed here.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Make that five dropped catches. It's reaching 'hapless' stage. :-|

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And Matt Henry's coming in at 10, with an average of 20 which isn't bad for someone batting down there. England are screwed here.

Bracewell is a dasher as well by all accounts. Handy option with 400 on the board already.

 

[Sasaferrato]

The commentators talking about the proficiency of the England bowlers, at 472 for 5.

 

[planetgeli]

Depressing. Unless you've had a bet on a NZ win of course.

 

[planetgeli]

Anyone see Broad's pub burned down in the night?

Anderson described it as "obviously gutting".

 

[Sasaferrato]

Do you think NZ will declare at 500?

 

[planetgeli]

Do you think NZ will declare at 500?

No but they kind of gave up being too serious.

Crawley out typically, Lees dropped already. Pope's fiddling.

Inauspicious.

 

[planetgeli]

Pope dropped. After hitting two unconvincing top-edged sixes.

He could score 100 and still not have an average as good (as bad) as Lawrence btw.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Runs for Pope. This pitch must be a real dud.

 

[planetgeli]

It's a road. England really ought to draw this Test, though that may depend on Root again. Having said that Pope will probably score 185 and cement his place for eternity.

 

[Idaho]

Just watching the highlights. I thought Boult's ball to Crawley was good one.

 

[Petcha]

I can only see a draw here. Poor pitch preparation really. It's a little boring.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Due to the scoring rates of both teams, an England win still isn't an impossibility here. We're not yet half-way through the match. Get to parity and put NZ under pressure on a wearing pitch.

Teams can lose from 550 first innings. England managed it in 2006 against Aus after declaring (a certain S Warne had a hand in that). Bangladesh managed it against NZ in 2017 after declaring on 595.

 

[planetgeli]

Root averaging 50 again. Needs to get to 135 to keep that if he gets out.

It's been carnage since lunch. Old ball, four seamers doing most of the bowling, knackered.

It's a road.

 

[Sasaferrato]

England are doing very well.

 

[planetgeli]

Now that was a good shot from Pope. Ridiculous.

 

[marty21]

Rather pleasant listening to TMS this afternoon

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Stokes playing for the declaration...

Tbf he's done it a couple of times in the CC this season and gone big. But was that a good innings or a bad innings? Dunno.

 

[Petcha]

I assume McCullum had some say in that. I prefer that than dragging out a draw.

 

[planetgeli]

Stokes playing for the declaration...

Tbf he's done it a couple of times in the CC this season and gone big. But was that a good innings or a bad innings? Dunno.

He does what he does. It was better than Bairstow's.