Black Caps v England Test series

[hydro11]

@canefan said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Now it's over I can say the English spinner was not great. Where were Moeen and the other joker from the ODI series?

Moeen has had a poor tour. Rashid only plays the shorter stuff.

[canefan]

That was one of the greatest escapes

[No Quarter]

As if I didn't already have enough man-love for Wags. I'm about ready to have his kids. What a man.

[canefan]

@hydro11 said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@canefan said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Now it's over I can say the English spinner was not great. Where were Moeen and the other joker from the ODI series?

Moeen has had a poor tour. Rashid only plays the shorter stuff.

There wasn't a lot of variation at the end there, but to be fair the pitch held up really well

[KiwiMurph]

Sensational from Sodhi and Wagner

[Cyclops]

Even when Kane gets a golden duck (first in tests too) nz still has one of its great days of test cricket.

[antipodean]

@no-quarter said in Black Caps v England Test series:

That's one for the record books lads. Ish and Wagner, absolutely un-fucking-believable!

I am lost for words.

31 overs according to cricinfo. Amazing stuff.

[canefan]

"Which one of you useless bitches is going to carry my bags?" - Ish Sodhi

[mariner4life]

well, she's a funny old game, cricket.

That's a gutsy gutsy display from a few blokes today. Ish and Wagner earned their beers. Good by Latham, Beej and CDGH as well.

Fuck, nothing says NZ cricket like a bit of backbone out of the tail.

Series win!

[Mokey]

Ish batted for 3 hours and 10 mins. Monster effort.

[Donsteppa]

First home series win vs England since 83/84!

[canefan]

@cyclops said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Even when Kane gets a golden duck (first in tests too) nz still has one of its great days of test cricket.

That's payback for the game in Auckland that England saved on the last tour 😉

[MN5]

@mn5 said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Hard to see our top order shitting itself so badly two times in a row. I'm extremely confident we can hold on to win the series.

Second sentence was correct at least.

[Virgil]

It’s par for course that a lower order black cap wins/saves a test with the bat rather than the ball..

[canefan]

@donsteppa said in Black Caps v England Test series:

First home series win vs England since 83/84!

First ever Warriors team to start season 4-0 and first time Spurs beat Chelsea at the bridge in 27 years. What a sporting weekend!

[canefan]

@mokey said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Ish batted for 3 hours and 10 mins. Monster effort.

After copping a bone breaking hit on the lower arm no less

[canefan]

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

It’s par for course that a lower order black cap wins/saves a test with the bat rather than the ball..

Jerry and Chats would be proud

[Gunner]

Wow what innings from the lower orders.

Guts, determination, selfless.

And great call by Wagner to go for the review, he probably knew he’d be out but it chewed up enough time for bad light to be called.

I really thought we were fucked 6 down with almost 2 sessions left.

Great stuff, will go down in history as one of the great escapes.

[Donsteppa]

Best Dad Joke of the Day as seen on Cricinfo earlier:

‘Ish is Sodhi termined to save this game’

[mariner4life]

People who don't know cricket just would never, ever understand what happened today. How pumped you can get about a team not even trying to win, just doing everything to salvage a draw. There is so much drama, and such riveting viewing in watching a team deadbat their way to save a test. Faf batting for about 9,000 deliveries to save that test in Aus a few years back is the most i have ever been glued to cricinfo, and i wasn't even supporting either team.

Test cricket is weird