Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final

[canefan]

Great session for NZ

[sparky]

Lunch 164 for 6. NZ's session.

[No Quarter]

Good session to get the upper hand. Southee absolutely superb.

[ACT Crusader]

@no-quarter said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Good session to get the upper hand. Southee absolutely superb.

Washed up, past it, too slow, too many 4 balls, doesn’t swing it any more...

[Kruse]

Okay, I've finally seen the mullet which was mentioned earlier in the thread.
Goddamn magnificent.
An atypical colour for a mullet, I was expecting to see some sort of dirty-blonde neck-protector, but... that just adds a touch of exoticity. Very well done.

[canefan]

@kruse said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Okay, I've finally seen the mullet which was mentioned earlier in the thread.
Goddamn magnificent.
An atypical colour for a mullet, I was expecting to see some sort of dirty-blonde neck-protector, but... that just adds a touch of exoticity. Very well done.

And to top it off Colin is looking very likely. Two no balls at his pace is unacceptable though. England's run rate has ground to a halt

[canefan]

BJ you schmuck! Muffed a stumping chance off Mitch. It was Burns

[canefan]

Tim starting where he left off with the new ball

[canefan]

Michelle for Timmy. Well deserved

[canefan]

A bit of tit for tat. Wood clipped Devon, Southee returns fire getting Burns flush on the side of his cover just by his ear. Fire and brimstone to go with the skill swing and guile

[sparky]

Mark Wood gone for a duck. 207 for 8.

[canefan]

@sparky said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Mark Wood gone for a duck.

Tim and Kylo are making good use of the new ball again. As much as Burns deserves a ton for saving his team, let's spoil things by taking the last two wickets and stranding him short 😁

[Bones]

6 for 43? Not bad for an old bastard eh.

[sparky]

England all out for 275. Last stand was 52.

[sparky]

Williamson fails with the bat again. NZ 62-2 at the close with a lead of 165.

Draw looking the most likely result.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Donsteppa]

That was a difficult stumping chance for BJ, but a costly miss in the end

[nzzp]

@sparky said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Draw looking the most likely result.

Frustrating to lose a day for rain, and for the tail to really wag for england, and for us to collapse in the first innings, and for KW to not really contribute. And we're stlil ahead in the game

Seriously, though, for a result we'd need to score 150 quickly I think, and leave them 60 overs to chase it. And even then a draw would be the odds on.

Not sure that an aggressive declaration is what we need, particularly with a slow pitch. offering 250 at 4/over would be more tempting, but could too easily see a quick 50 losing the game.

Is this KW's lowest match aggregate? Must be amongst them, surely

[nzzp]

@nzzp said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Is this KW's lowest match aggregate? Must be amongst them, surely

not even close, just feels like it

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[canefan]

Kane will be very keen to get in the runs next match after failing twice