Black Caps v England Test series

[MN5]

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

50 up for steady the ship

50-0 so far in the battle of the captains/best batsmen. I'll take that.

[Donsteppa]

Williamson outscores all 11 English batsmen...

[Paekakboyz]

Was there a pink ball special on match fixing or something??! just caught the wickets - jaysus you'd catch tetanus from the rust on those guys!

[Virgil]

@donsteppa said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Williamson outscores all 11 English batsmen...

Overton outscored his 10 team mates

[MN5]

Latham playing a real old fashioned battling openers innings.

Maybe he's not son of Rod but son of Trevor Franklin?

[Chris B.]

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

Fucking hell, Boult and Sothee making mincemeat of the English in just 20 overs. I know the pink ball swings a bit but that is absolutely outrageous! Gutted I didn't watch that live...

So pleased I saw almost the whole innings live...I had to leave at around 28/9!

[Damo]

@chris-b said in Black Caps v England Test series:

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

Fucking hell, Boult and Sothee making mincemeat of the English in just 20 overs. I know the pink ball swings a bit but that is absolutely outrageous! Gutted I didn't watch that live...

So pleased I saw almost the whole innings live...I had to leave at around 28/9!

What do you mean you saw almost the whole innings?

You saw less than half of the runs.

[No Quarter]

Surely the bowler knows if he touched it. If not, then no way you can give it. Inconclusive as fuck.

[MN5]

Anderson and Broad have taken 923 wickets between them. Fuck that is a lot especially considering they're hardly spoken of in the hushed tones reserved for true greats of the game.

[Bovidae]

There is no reason to back up out of your crease so much in a test.

[canefan]

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

Surely the bowler knows if he touched it. If not, then no way you can give it. Inconclusive as fuck.

Will the bowler submit to a polygraph test before the umpire makes a ruling?

[Virgil]

Gifting this back to the poms
Latham and Rosco throwing their wickets away with poor shots

[canefan]

Can Henry Nicholls give a better account of himself than he did in the ODIs? Rigor tells it like it is, Ross and Latham got out because of poor shot selection

[canefan]

Nicholls trying to get sent back to the pavillion

[nzzp]

The two england reviews have been as bad as I've seen. LBW must be absolutely plumb to get overturned. Both would be good reviews for the batsmen if given out - no idea what the hell they were thinking.

The second one was particularly bad. Wide, high and never going to hit enoguh of the stumps to overturn a 'not out'. Poor captaincy unfortunately

[nzzp]

For the cricket tragics amongst us (we live among you!!!!), don't forget the SA AUS test kicks off about half nine NZ time. Could be another cracker. Dodgy cricket streams abound, I'm sure, as i don't think Sky is carrying this.

[Paekakboyz]

@nzzp thanks for the reminder! Really hope S.A. bowl first 😁

[canefan]

Nicholls playing a solid mature innings so far

[No Quarter]

@canefan said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Nicholls playing a solid mature innings so far

Yup, he has his issues with technique, but you can't doubt his mental fortitude. Not the first innings he's dug deep, and very important in the context of this test.

Kane absolutely superb though, and has shown you can play a solid test innings against the pink ball on day one. Great to see he and Boult stepping up big time against higher quality opposition. Could not ask for a better start to the series.

And I fucking love the day-night tests. Great concept, long may they continue.

[Virgil]

Do you suppose when Kane won the toss and put England into bat he expected to reach stumps just 9 runs short of his 18th test ton..