Black Caps vs England Series
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I'm too annoyed to comment further really. We should be fucking smashing them but instead they are ahead.
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@No-Quarter We've given them six lives to specialist batsmen. That's an extra innings for their top order - and we may not be finished with Christmas yet!
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England's day. NZ were able to score a few runs this morning, but weren't able to push onto close to 400 to put significant pressure on England.
Excellent NZ bowling reduced England to 71-4, but then the counter-attack happened. Harry Brook is far too good a batsman to drop four times and get away with it. England have the possibility of posting a really big score, but if NZ get both Brook and Stokes out early tomorrow they are right back in it.
Advantage England, but the first session tomorrow could be fascinating.
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How’s that series win against India aye….
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps vs England Series:
How’s that series win against India aye….
Looks like we'll have to savour it like Hobart 2011
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps vs England Series:
How’s that series win against India aye….
Looks like we'll have to savour it like Hobart 2011
Absolutely! We are Black Caps Fans!
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Managed to watch the highlights of the first two days and my observations are:
- Williamson is a lovely batsman to watch when he is in the groove. He was looking in complete command before he was out. Great for us but a shame for the purist.
- The stats will show day 2 as a win for England but in truth we rode our luck quite a bit. Several streaky shots which could have resulted in wickets but some overly defensive fields (IMO but without any idea of how the game was progressing) leaving gaps where those streaky shots usually fell.
- The NZ catching. My God that was woeful and very costly. If England go on to win, or even if it is a draw, you can look at the dropped sitters on day 2 to find the reason why.
- Though lucky on the day Harry Brook rode his luck and played beautifully in between the odd streaky shot and is a joy to watch. Not as classically elegant as Williamson (or Root for that matter) when on song but very entertaining.
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Did we just drop another one?
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@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Did we just drop another one?
From CricInfo:
78.6 O'Rourke to Brook, no run
another drop! Oh my, it's Phillips again! He's taken a screamer and dropped two sitters now... this came fast and low at gully, a back-foot flash through the wider line, but straight into his breadbasket. He stooped with his left hand, but couldn't close his fingers around the rebound
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Did we just drop another one?
From CricInfo:
78.6 O'Rourke to Brook, no run
another drop! Oh my, it's Phillips again! He's taken a screamer and dropped two sitters now... this came fast and low at gully, a back-foot flash through the wider line, but straight into his breadbasket. He stooped with his left hand, but couldn't close his fingers around the rebound
FFS
