Cricket: NZ vs England

[Virgil]

200 up for BJW

[Gunner]

Well done BJ Watling, first 200 from a NZ keeper

[Yeahtheboys]

Bmac?

[Bovidae]

@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Just out of interest, what is the longest ever team innings in terms of overs faced?

This is a mammoth effort, 191 overs and counting

A long way to go.

[NTA]

@Bovidae said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Just out of interest, what is the longest ever team innings in terms of overs faced?

This is a mammoth effort, 191 overs and counting

A long way to go.

What about Kiwi innings?

[NTA]

Bring them out for 2 overs after tea then declare

[Bovidae]

@NTA When NZ scored 543/3d vs WI in 1972 (in Georgetown) they batted for 268 overs.

In NZ, 220.3 overs vs Sri Lanka when scoring 671/4 in the 2nd innings in Wellington. This was the test that Crowe got 299.

[Gunner]

@Yeahtheboys said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Bmac?

Didn’t get his as keeper did he?

[SynicBast]

@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Yeahtheboys said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Bmac?

Didn’t get his as keeper did he?

Nope, all as a specialist batsman, free of the significant additional mental and physical fatigue of keeping wickets. The difference that tends to make is significant even with outliers like Andy Flower or Gilchrist who the rule-proving exceptions

[booboo]

@NTA said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Bring them out for 2 overs after tea then declare

You're Gary Stead?

[Mokey]

Hats off to Watling and Santner, outstanding partnership that has put us in a really strong position. Now just need the bowlers to get pissy and create something out of the wicket.

[Virgil]

Holy shit Santner took a wicket!

[Virgil]

Holy fuck now he has 2!

[Virgil]

Fuckity fuck now he has 3!

[Gunner]

This bloody Santner, why is he in the team?

120 odd runs and 3 late wickets to have NZ in the box seat. Pffffft, you’re gonna need to bring more than that to satisfy The Fern pal....

[sparky]

Stumps. England 55-3. 207 behind.

[Donsteppa]

Ha!

Defend Santner against @MN5 for ages, finally turn on him in the test side after Day 1 and...

The reverse jinx is strong on this one...

[sparky]

@nzzp said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@booboo Important for Santner to get some runs. Needs to contribute with the bat consistently to stay in the side

Not bad from Santner today.

[sparky]

@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Santner is a waste of a place in tests.

I thought he went okay today to be fair....

[KiwiPie]

@Donsteppa it's been a test match for it - selections and tactics proving correct!