Black Caps v England
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
Cricinfo already broke out the by the barest of margins line, it's fairly rare. Second time in Tests (Oz v Windies 30 years ago), and second time in NZ First class cricket.
Australia have company:
I remember that game in Oz, watching cricket in the summer holidays was outstanding when Ambrose, Lara, Walsh and Richardson’s knocked over the Waugh’s, Warnieand Border ( plus a bunch of other players on both teams ) Awesome test match.
The follow on stat is just incredible. Well done BCs
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v England:
The follow on stat is just incredible. Well done BCs
Just saw a Tweet from Michael Appleton with the stats already covered, and also:
-The narrowest win after following on - the other three being by 10, 18 and 171 runs.
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Wow, that was special. One of the guys at work, (a BOP rep), pulled up Spark Sport on his spare screen and most of the office watched the last 3 overs. A bit of karma after our tough luck against England and India. Great fightback team. I am so proud of you, after watching you up against it at Bay Oval.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
Cricinfo already broke out the by the barest of margins line
It's an actual margin in this case though. Not zero runs.
Stick that ball up your Baz. More boundaries counts for fuck all in tests.
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@ARHS said in Black Caps v England:
Wow, that was special. One of the guys at work, (a BOP rep), pulled up Spark Sport on his spare screen and most of the office watched the last 3 overs. A bit of karma after our tough luck against England and India. Great fightback team. I am so proud of you, after watching you up against it at Bay Oval.
Well we won bowling first, but not quite in the fashion you would have expected!
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v England:
@ARHS said in Black Caps v England:
Wow, that was special. One of the guys at work, (a BOP rep), pulled up Spark Sport on his spare screen and most of the office watched the last 3 overs. A bit of karma after our tough luck against England and India. Great fightback team. I am so proud of you, after watching you up against it at Bay Oval.
Well we won bowling first, but not quite in the fashion you would have expected!
Perhaps bowling first and bowling last is our niche.
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Great finish. Well done the BCs. A really gutsy performance from a pretty dire position.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
Second time in Tests (Oz v Windies 30 years ago), and second time in NZ First class cricket.
That was the test with the Ambrose 7 for 1 spell to end it.
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@Rapido said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
Second time in Tests (Oz v Windies 30 years ago), and second time in NZ First class cricket.
That was the test with the Ambrise 7 for 1 spell to end it.
i reckon i watch that once every 6 months
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v England:
@Rapido said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
Second time in Tests (Oz v Windies 30 years ago), and second time in NZ First class cricket.
That was the test with the Ambrise 7 for 1 spell to end it.
i reckon i watch that once every 6 months
'watch'
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@nzzp said in Black Caps v England:
Herald borks it completely. Rates this no 1, and has the WTC victory at No 4. no, no no.
WTC 1
This a close second.Yeah WTC was a special moment and will probably never be surpassed as number 1 on these lists ever if we win another world cup final, because the WTC final was a fantastic cricket match as well as the final as well as the first win as well as the crowning moment of a golden generation that might otherwise have been remembered for losing four finals.
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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!