Cricket: NZ vs England

[Siam]

That weather forecast is going to help us. Eng apparently want a go at us today, as the tail free swinging indicates. Stopping singles right now is really important for us.
So when Eng bowl they need to display lots of energy and chirp and make pressure. 3 for 30 odd and it all changes, so their first hour of bowling has to be relentless.

In our substantial favour is that Eng will have to maintain attacking fields so sensible batting will get a steady return of runs. Massively important to run well between wickets in that scenario.

Our restricting them to 2.7 odd an over for most of the innings has been invaluable. Kudos to bowling and fielding plans and all the concentration, execution and awareness that goes with that.

[Snowy]

@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

Should that stop me from making a snarky comment about the Henry/Ferguson selection?

No.

[Gunner]

So Engerland lose their last 5 wickets for 22 runs.

Need our batsmen to dig in here.

[Snowy]

@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

So Engerland lose their last 5 wickets for 22 runs.

Thank you @booboo that worked rather well.

Best that you don't get out of bed until stumps though.

[Snowy]

The Wags legend grows too.

[bayimports]

@Gunner chance for Jeets to just bat time and hopefully find some form with it

[Snowy]

@bayimports said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Gunner chance for Jeets to just bat time and hopefully find some form with it

Ummm, that whole jinx thing...

[bayimports]

@Snowy ya, not good from a jinx perspective, ..only trying to be positive though

[Donsteppa]

@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@bayimports said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

@Gunner chance for Jeets to just bat time and hopefully find some form with it

Ummm, that whole jinx thing...

Raval is a walking wicket either way these days. Shame there's no obvious replacement, as batting with just ten in Australia is less than ideal...

[Gunner]

Jeez, Raval is a waste of space at the moment.

Although Mr Waste of Space would probably feel pretty hard done by being compared to Raval at the moment.

[Snowy]

@Donsteppa True, except he hit it.

[Cyclops]

If ever there was a scenario tailor made for Jeet. Freedom to bat without any kind of time or run rate pressure.

This feels like a black caps collapse coming on. If we're as good as we hope we are we should be able to dig in and calmly bat out the test.

[Snowy]

@Cyclops said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

This feels like a black caps collapse coming on.

Psychologically scarred (we all are) and justifiably nervous.

[Cyclops]

One thing about DRS is that it gives a much better idea of form. No way an in form batsman doesn't instantly review that.

Do we have a warm up before the Perth test to try and get Raval back into nick?

[Hooroo]

Well, I am on board to what the comms are saying. He is so out of form and confidence so shot he can't even tell if he gets a thick inside edge.

We have to try someone else in Aussie. Take a chance and if it fails it makes no difference.

[Chris B.]

@Cyclops said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

One thing about DRS is that it gives a much better idea of form. No way an in form batsman doesn't instantly review that.

Do we have a warm up before the Perth test to try and get Raval back into nick?

Unfortunate thing with Jeet is that he's hardly played this "summer". - at least, not at first class level. Three innings for Auckland and now three for NZ - 48 runs in total. No short form cricket.

Looking closer - one of Auckland's games was rained out and the other two were low scoring affairs. Hopefully, he's played a bit of club cricket or he's badly underdone for test cricket.

[mariner4life]

Raval v Starc/Cummins/Hazlewood is just men against boy type stuff. It'll be a bloodbath.

[Bovidae]

Aussie have set us up by going from one pink ball test to another, while NZ has no warm-up game under lights.

[Chris B.]

@Bovidae Even if they'd given us a warm up game it would have been at the Coober Pedy Domain on a pitch of rolled opal mine tailings!

We're probably better off practicing at home rather than at the mercy of those deck stacking w@nkers!

[Bovidae]

@Chris-B I'm sure they will practice at Seddon Park under lights.