England are 23 for 7 in 13 overs
Should prolly be in this thread.
Quite some performance from England.
England Cricket Winter 2017/18 - Ashes & NZ
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Quite some performance from England.
It was the first time New Zealand have only used two bowlers in a completed Test match innings, and only the 8th time in the last 100 years it has happened.
Bad batting and brilliant bowling and fielding from what I saw.
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Yeah. Boult was on fire.
Boult
Fast bowlers must cream themselves thinking of bowling in NZ. Great conditions for them.
Fast bowlers must cream themselves thinking of bowling in NZ. Great conditions for them.
England 58 all out
N. Zealand 175-3 (Williamson 91*)
England have got New Zealand just where they want that at stumps on day one
N. Zealand 175-3 (Williamson 91*)
England have got New Zealand just where they want that at stumps on day one
Wonder if this will be enough to feck Bayliss off or whether he will announce that he's actually going to be leaving later than originally planned?
Definitely needs some sort of refresh for the test team. They are in a rut.
Broad and Anderson bowled well but you cant defend 58. Shame Stokes cant bowl as thst would allow Livingstone to play or perhaps he should play for Malan anyway.
Real lack of preparation by England, so out of touch with the cobditions.
Real lack of preparation by England, so out of touch with the cobditions.
A 'rut' is incredibly generous on Bayliss (and Strauss) they've been pretty much awful in red ball cricket since he took over – especially away from home.
Only one series win away (South Africa) since the win vs India in 2013 and were absolutely drubbed by India and Australia (despite the latter being a fairly ordinary side for my money still) in the past year or so.
I'm not convinced any genuine fix can happen whilst Strauss is director of cricket, but my god is it irritating watching the players make the same mistakes time and time again.
Fully agree, the performances have been shocking. I think England have been struggling to do the basics. The performances in India and Australia lacked any fight. The batting still lacks grit and outside of Anderson and Broad, the back up bowlers have been poor. Think we need to play a specialist spinner e.g Leach in the team rather than Ali who offers nothing wise. There also needs to be that injection of pace with hopefully Wood getting fit. I think Livingstone deserves a shot in the team as well.
New Zealand aren't really looking like a team who knows how to win test matches, here.
If the weather holds (forecast I saw looks good) I expect England will fold. If it does but they manage to hold NZ off - I thoroughly expect them to win the next match and would have mixed feelings about this given my desire for Bayliss and Strauss to go.
If the weather holds (forecast I saw looks good) I expect England will fold. If it does but they manage to hold NZ off - I thoroughly expect them to win the next match and would have mixed feelings about this given my desire for Bayliss and Strauss to go.
When are the selectors going to grow a pair and drop Cook?
Woakes and Ali dropped for 2nd Test, Vince, Wood and Leach in the squad. Wood and Leach need to play.
We can't even get one opener to play with him, how on earth are we going to find two?
Strange decision to drop Woakes I think. Surely merits a spot over Overton.
With Stokes unlikely to bowl also it is a very strange decision to drop Woakes and Ali as that leaves England with quiet a long Tail Broad, Overton, Wood, Leach and Anderson
Glad to see Wood and Leach in. Looks a good bowling attack.
Nice first couple of overs for NZ. Looked dangerous.
Beauty from Boult to get Cook. They’ve bowled some terrific stuff so far. Stoneman looks lost out there.
The amount of trouble De Grandehomme caused Vince bowling at about 2mph in that over
Bairstow gets his century and England have passed 300 (the latter largely due to some woeful short bowling from NZ this morning).
Anything more is a bonus for England. NZ need to get this over quick.
Anything more is a bonus for England. NZ need to get this over quick.
There we go 307 all out, avg 1st innings score on this ground is 308
Is there anything better than listening to a test match on the radio at night
TMS, I assume? Who've they got on the commentary?Is there anything better than listening to a test match on the radio at night
Just switched on to hear Broad grab one. Great stuff after a pretty average batting effort? Bairstow did well, as did Wood. Cook poor again.
Quite like Swann, as an addition. His attempts at humour are generally awful but he's nerdy enough about the game to be interesting at times.
Great start from England with the ball, so far.
Latham just can’t handle Broad 5 times he has got him for an avg around 10
Really great bowling from England here, right on the money.
Right on the money from Anderson, Raval struggled from ball 1 from Anderson
England nearly had Williamson there, Erasmus gave it not out due to thinking he hit but he didn't then luckily he was outside the line.
That looked out, Williamson can count himself lucky
Taylor gone, enticed into drive.
Broad has bowled well. Kiwis in trouble.
17/3 advantage England, hopefully Williamson and Nicholls don’t bail them out
He has never played well when I have watched him
Decent average of 46 however can be inconsistent.
Another one!!!
Terrific review. I thought he got an inside edge on it but clearly not!
Terrific review. I thought he got an inside edge on it but clearly not!