The Silver Fern

At first glance I don't think that was Virat's call...

Virat is turning into an ageing pantomime villain.

Well, Konstas is going to either be a raging success, or an abject failure. No middle ground likely...

6 and out, & 4 and out. So cliched, and yet also so Finn Allen.

Seems interesting to throw the new kid under the bus so quickly, while still keeping the likes of Marnus, Khawaja, and Marsh on series form.

Indeed, most of us would love to be good enough to be home/flat track bullies at a decent level of cricket...

Bus Change has used up his nine batting lives it seems.

North Island winter training base is also at Bay Oval. Handy for seeing Black Caps and White Ferns around Blake Park, and nearby. My impression is that the White Ferns are there slightly more often, just with fewer T20 circuit opportunities over winter, but I could be wrong.

Bad light makes no sense with the way the Indian tail enders were playing. Tidying up a few rules like that could make a big difference.

Script would be for Timmy to finally take a wicket or three please.

Given Bazball, the lack of declaration is understandable.

That's a paid professional thing? It's usually parents near the boundary...

@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps vs England Series:

Who is the nz batting coach? Ronchi?

I'm no longer sure that there is one....

An afternoon of half assed batting.

As for Southee, at least we get to finally flush the dunny at the end of this match.

A great player who didn't know when to quit.

Ravindra once again with all of the talent and little temperament.

So the Eden Park record will stand for 31 years.

But Timmy and Conway will have to play in Hamilton because reasons. No doubt Daryl Mitchell will have some words from a PR playbook to explain it all.

These guys are inconsistent flakes. Ravindra will be the next to lose an IPL contract at this rate of up and down performance. And Conway will be a walking wicket in Plunket Shield by the end of the season. Dire.