Black Caps v England

[ARHS]

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.

[booboo]

@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.

[Donsteppa]

Fitting the barest of margins result this time happened on Smithy's 66th Birthday.

[Damo]

I always said the game was even Stevens.

Good win but we let it get a bit close in the end.

[nzzp]

@Damo said in Black Caps v England:

I always said the game was even Stevens.

Good win but we let it get a bit close in the end.

You really kept the faith. Well done

[No Quarter]

@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!

[Donsteppa]

@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.

[Catogrande]

Great finish. Well done the BCs. A really gutsy performance from a pretty dire position.

[Rapido]

@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.

[mariner4life]

@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

[nzzp]

@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'

[nzzp]

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.

Sport, Cricket

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[Cyclops]

@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.

Sport, Cricket

Etched in history: Top 5 most famous Black Caps victories

Down and out, the Black Caps have produced a number of jaw-dropping comebacks.

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.

[Cyclops]

You'd almost think Kane planned this to distract from getting any more attention for getting the run scoring record.

[Chris B.]

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 209/10

2nd innings

NZ 455/5
NZ483/10

England 53/1
England 80/5
England 201/5
England 215/8
England 251/8
England 256/10

Phew!!!

[Cyclops]

@Chris-B

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.

[scribe]

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!

[Dan54]

@MN5 Mate it was all said in jest, jus to add to the good feeling of a great teat. I genuinely wasn't criticising any of us, just laughing at how sport can make us look like we knoe nothing at times! I don't even know who had a go at anyone. Lol

[Donsteppa]

The talk overnight of non-wide calls is nice, good to be back on the right side of the equation for that after 2019 😊

[MN5]

@Cyclops said in Black Caps v England:

@Chris-B

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.

Absolutely.

Not an exaggeration to say we’d be fucked without him.

I’m still not entirely sure which of Baz or BJ makes my all time test XI.

Blundell is complicating things further if he carries on like this.