Black Caps v England
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Not many tests would have been more of a rollercoaster than this one. Momentum shifts...
England 21/3
England 323/3
England 435/8 NZ103/7
NZ 209/102nd innings
NZ 455/5
NZ483/10England 53/1
England 80/5
England 201/5
England 215/8
England 251/8
England 256/10Phew!!!
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Our second innings also went from 149 for no loss to 167/3.
Blundell is quietly building himself a pretty bloody handy record. 4 tons, an average of 45 from 40 innings with only 4 not outs.
I remember after Parore retired we had a real period of purgatory until Baz settled the wicket keeping position down, and since then it feels like we've had a bit of an conveyor belt with Baz, BJ and Blundell all looking absolutely world class.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/64776695
As England blast the ball to all parts (or at least try to), are Smith and Marnus Labuschagne really going to keep leaving it in more and more ridiculous ways, like two men pretending to have a lightsabre fight with a couple of baguettes?
Brilliant!
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
Our second innings also went from 149 for no loss to 167/3.
Blundell is quietly building himself a pretty bloody handy record. 4 tons, an average of 45 from 40 innings with only 4 not outs.
I remember after Parore retired we had a real period of purgatory until Baz settled the wicket keeping position down, and since then it feels like we've had a bit of an conveyor belt with Baz, BJ and Blundell all looking absolutely world class.
Absolutely.
Not an exaggeration to say we’d be fucked without him.
I’m still not entirely sure which of Baz or BJ makes my all time test XI.
Blundell is complicating things further if he carries on like this.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
The talk overnight of non-wide calls is nice, good to be back on the right side of the equation for that after 2019 😊
England can take solace in the fact that they hit 86 boundaries to our paltry 75 (if my maths are correct) in the definitive metric.
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@booboo said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
The talk overnight of non-wide calls is nice, good to be back on the right side of the equation for that after 2019 😊
England can take solace in the fact that they hit 86 boundaries to our paltry 75 (if my maths are correct) in the definitive metric.
Great. We won then 😀
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Ordinarily this morning might have been a good time for the usual rant about two Test series, and if only there had been a decider scheduled for Friday at Hagley.
But in this case there seems something very satisfying about the after glow of a one run Test victory. Especially after the first Test margin, and then following on.
(I hope anyone who genuinely saw that coming also cashed in big time at the TAB!
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
(I hope anyone who genuinely saw that coming also cashed in big time at the TAB!
)Anyone know the best odds you have could picked up? End of the 2nd day?
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
Our second innings also went from 149 for no loss to 167/3.
Blundell is quietly building himself a pretty bloody handy record. 4 tons, an average of 45 from 40 innings with only 4 not outs.
I remember after Parore retired we had a real period of purgatory until Baz settled the wicket keeping position down, and since then it feels like we've had a bit of an conveyor belt with Baz, BJ and Blundell all looking absolutely world class.
Absolutely.
Not an exaggeration to say we’d be fucked without him.
I’m still not entirely sure which of Baz or BJ makes my all time test XI.
Blundell is complicating things further if he carries on like this.
15 years ago Ian Smith had a bloody good claim to being our number one all time keeper. Blundell is probably a few years away from pushing him out of the top 3.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
Our second innings also went from 149 for no loss to 167/3.
Blundell is quietly building himself a pretty bloody handy record. 4 tons, an average of 45 from 40 innings with only 4 not outs.
I remember after Parore retired we had a real period of purgatory until Baz settled the wicket keeping position down, and since then it feels like we've had a bit of an conveyor belt with Baz, BJ and Blundell all looking absolutely world class.
Absolutely.
Not an exaggeration to say we’d be fucked without him.
I’m still not entirely sure which of Baz or BJ makes my all time test XI.
Blundell is complicating things further if he carries on like this.
15 years ago Ian Smith had a bloody good claim to being our number one all time keeper. Blundell is probably a few years away from pushing him out of the top 3.
After a shaky start he seems to have settled into his batting role nicely. He is the anchor of the lower order now, the way BJ used to be
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@canefan said in Black Caps v England:
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
Our second innings also went from 149 for no loss to 167/3.
Blundell is quietly building himself a pretty bloody handy record. 4 tons, an average of 45 from 40 innings with only 4 not outs.
I remember after Parore retired we had a real period of purgatory until Baz settled the wicket keeping position down, and since then it feels like we've had a bit of an conveyor belt with Baz, BJ and Blundell all looking absolutely world class.
Absolutely.
Not an exaggeration to say we’d be fucked without him.
I’m still not entirely sure which of Baz or BJ makes my all time test XI.
Blundell is complicating things further if he carries on like this.
15 years ago Ian Smith had a bloody good claim to being our number one all time keeper. Blundell is probably a few years away from pushing him out of the top 3.
After a shaky start he seems to have settled into his batting role nicely. He is the anchor of the lower order now, the way BJ used to be
It’s like BJ never left. Blundell seems to have the same uncanny ability to get runs when needed ( which is often as of late )
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@canefan said in Black Caps v England:
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:
Our second innings also went from 149 for no loss to 167/3.
Blundell is quietly building himself a pretty bloody handy record. 4 tons, an average of 45 from 40 innings with only 4 not outs.
I remember after Parore retired we had a real period of purgatory until Baz settled the wicket keeping position down, and since then it feels like we've had a bit of an conveyor belt with Baz, BJ and Blundell all looking absolutely world class.
Absolutely.
Not an exaggeration to say we’d be fucked without him.
I’m still not entirely sure which of Baz or BJ makes my all time test XI.
Blundell is complicating things further if he carries on like this.
15 years ago Ian Smith had a bloody good claim to being our number one all time keeper. Blundell is probably a few years away from pushing him out of the top 3.
After a shaky start he seems to have settled into his batting role nicely. He is the anchor of the lower order now, the way BJ used to be
It’s like BJ never left. Blundell seems to have the same uncanny ability to get runs when needed ( which is often as of late )
Yeah. In his first few innings he looked a little unsure. But now he pretty much does what BJ did, and he can go into attack mode as well
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
Ordinarily this morning might have been a good time for the usual rant about two Test series, and if only there had been a decider scheduled for Friday at Hagley.
But in this case there seems something very satisfying about the after glow of a one run Test victory. Especially after the first Test margin, and then following on.
(I hope anyone who genuinely saw that coming also cashed in big time at the TAB!
)I assume @Damo walked away with a pile of cash
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
Ordinarily this morning might have been a good time for the usual rant about two Test series, and if only there had been a decider scheduled for Friday at Hagley.
But in this case there seems something very satisfying about the after glow of a one run Test victory. Especially after the first Test margin, and then following on.
(I hope anyone who genuinely saw that coming also cashed in big time at the TAB!
)I assume @Damo walked away with a pile of cash
I fear he may have over estimated the winning margin by a factor of 100
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I certainly thought they left the door ajar for us when they enforced the follow on, but not enough to put money on it, damn it.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v England:
I certainly thought they left the door ajar for us when they enforced the follow on, but not enough to put money on it, damn it.
It was quite unusual. Conventional wisdom these days seems to be pile on a total and bowl the opposition out on a failing wicket
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