Black Caps vs England Series

[Cyclops]

Southee looks a bit cooked. Last test?

[MN5]

Good to have them four down but there are still three test century makers waiting to bat

[Chris B.]

O'Rourke's bounce causing some problems. A few balls flying to the boundary, but not always controlled.

[Cyclops]

Great, now Pope has taken over from Duckett getting jammy boundaries. We're bowling well, just need to stay disciplined and the wickets will come.

The Duckett drop wasn't too expensive, but Brook might be a different story.

[Cyclops]

I reckon it's worth giving GP a couple of overs here

[Donsteppa]

Our slips fielding is dire.

[Chris B.]

Catch the fucking ball, Tom!

[dogmeat]

@Donsteppa Whereas in India everything stuck. Fine margins etc

[Donsteppa]

@dogmeat said in Black Caps vs England Series:

@Donsteppa Whereas in India everything stuck. Fine margins etc

True, but arguably over the last 18 months, the Indian series was a bit of an outlier in the field.

[No Quarter]

Catches win matches, and dropped catches lose matches. You can't give players as good as Brook chances. We're letting ourselves down this test with poor shot selection and now poor catching.

[1kiwi]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Pope and Brook are both still at the crease come the end of the days play. Those dropped catches are embarrassing really.

[Cyclops]

O'Rourke's pace is good and looking dangerous. Hopefully he's fired up after tea and we can hold some catches.

[bayimports]

Thanks to our feet for hands this partnership is looking like it will take them past 400 by end of the day ..

[No Quarter]

Jesus fucking Christ another sitter. If this was Pakistan I'd be 100% certain of bookies being involved. We don't deserve to win if we field worse than a club side.

[Cyclops]

Oh dear. Another catch goes down. That one probably the easiest of the lot, but all should have been taken.

[Cyclops]

Of course we hold on to the toughest chance.

[No Quarter]

Well that's how it's fucking done, gezz

[1kiwi]

GP you ripper!

[No Quarter]

So we drop what, four sitters? And then take the catch of the century

[MN5]

My boy Phillips just took THE best catch I have seen in ages.

Freakish.

Got Southee another wicket.

Unfortunately they’ve dropped Brook three times !