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Tickets are free but yes full house tommorow!Sold out tomorrow!
Superb.
Tickets are free but yes full house tommorow!Sold out tomorrow!
Superb.
Here’s hoping it spurs them on and nerves don’t spread like wildfire when a collapse inevitably beginsSold out tomorrow!
Superb.
Yep, or New Zealand can declare on whatever score they want (not very likely, they’ll get to a score they’re comfortable with and start slogging if they want to put England in), if England are still batting and don’t make it then it’s a draw, if they make it they win and if they lose all 10 wickets then New Zealand winSo how does the final day work scoring wise ?
Do NZ get to keep going until all out and then England have the rest of the day to surpass the total?
I wouldn't be surprised. It does feel like England are trying to be something not seen before in test cricket and there's a good reason it's not been seen.i think england will go all t20 and be skittled for 120.
Forgot the tie.Yep, or New Zealand can declare on whatever score they want (not very likely, they’ll get to a score they’re comfortable with and start slogging if they want to put England in), if England are still batting and don’t make it then it’s a draw, if they make it they win and if they lose all 10 wickets then New Zealand win
Thats confused me even more.Yep, or New Zealand can declare on whatever score they want (not very likely, they’ll get to a score they’re comfortable with and start slogging if they want to put England in), if England are still batting and don’t make it then it’s a draw, if they make it they win and if they lose all 10 wickets then New Zealand win
yesThats confused me even more.
If England are still batting by the end of the day then its a draw - even if they dont get to the run total?
What is confusing about that? If England don’t get the required runs and NZ don’t get the required wickets then there is no winner.Thats confused me even more.
If England are still batting by the end of the day then its a draw - even if they dont get to the run total?
NZ will have more runs and England fail to catch them. Surely its unfair on the team in the lead if they have done well enough to have a chasing team still chasing on day 5What is confusing about that? If England don’t get the required runs and NZ don’t get the required wickets then there is no winner.
It'd be way too easy to bat first and make the game very boring if all you had to do was stop the other team winning in time.NZ will have more runs and England fail to catch them. Surely its unfair on the team in the lead if they have done well enough to have a chasing team still chasing on day 5
That’s probably a bit harsh. It was only really Stokes that played a bit too aggressive. The only reason England even have a shot right now is the run rate they managed. If they had to bat for another two hours to get to that score, the game would be a certain draw or NZ win.I wouldn't be surprised. It does feel like England are trying to be something not seen before in test cricket and there's a good reason it's not been seen.
i think you’re underestimating the effect baz will have had on the team in the 17 days he’s decided he’s a test coach. lucky we haven’t batted first yet otherwise i reckon we’d have racked up 1,000 runs in a first innings and new zealand would have already flown home, leaving behind their test champions cup for the real test champions.I wouldn't be surprised. It does feel like England are trying to be something not seen before in test cricket and there's a good reason it's not been seen.
As DOTA said, that would just incentivise teams to bat first and make it as boring as possible, you could just as easily flip it and say England took more wickets so it’s unfair on them that they lose just because time ran out.NZ will have more runs and England fail to catch them. Surely its unfair on the team in the lead if they have done well enough to have a chasing team still chasing on day 5
It's Stokes and then yesterday morning that's got me concerned, at other times it's been nicely balanced aggression, but Root reverse scooping the second ball he faced that day when we were still quite a bit behind was pretty extreme.That’s probably a bit harsh. It was only really Stokes that played a bit too aggressive.
I've only just caught up on the score, but looking at the timings this post must have been a proper reverse jinx.I would have liked to have seen at least one wicket by now for England to be really in this. Hopefully the new ball will provide the breakthrough/s as I think 300 is the absolute ceiling for us and even that is a massive ask on a day 5 pitch with some players in iffy form and a long tail.
Only trouble is, we don't have a white ball team out there! Crawley and Bairstow in particular are under enough pressure as it is without scoreboard pressure.Come on, get this last one out, we've got a chance of winning this. It's a fairly easy 50 over 1 day target, don't piss about now.
He’s ensured England won’t win. Now to see how badly we can feck up survivingfecking Boult is smashing it around.
Very damaging to England this, we're so bad with getting the last wicket.
Injuries, inconsistency the main issues. Seems to have stepped up a level this season though now he's working with Azhar Mahmood at Surrey. Concussed his brother and Josh Davey in the current championship match!Our tail is one of the most comically inept we've had for a while. Yes, they are in the side to bowl first and foremost, but with the bat in hand they have a job to do and if nothing else they should be putting some kind of price on their wicket like Hoggard did. No-one is anywhere near as bad as Chris Martin, but they just look so easy to dismiss.
From 8-11 you can get away with having a few rabbits at 10-11, but you've got to have someone there who knows which way round to hold the bat or someone who will try and support Ben Foakes or whoever is the senior batsman.
Maybe we should bring in Jamie Overton from Surrey for an experiment in the 3rd test. I've never understood why England have not given him a go, especially given that he looks a bit quicker than most in the CC.
Crazy, yet so obviousOur best bowler, the new ball and bowling properly at a tailender and oh look 4 balls later it's all over.
What happened, I was in a meeting for work? I saw NZ smacking it around. Looking at the scorecard we didn’t take the new ball at 80 overs?Our best bowler, the new ball and bowling properly at a tailender and oh look 4 balls later it's all over.
Ignore what I said, this is a bit stupid. There’s no need to attack so hard before lunch. We’ve seen throughout the innings how easy it is to hit the soft ball.It's Stokes and then yesterday morning that's got me concerned, at other times it's been nicely balanced aggression, but Root reverse scooping the second ball he faced that day when we were still quite a bit behind was pretty extreme.
Bounced out Henry and Jamieson, who is on one leg anyway, and then just sent down short ball after short ball at Boult who was smashing it all over the park. With the old ball.What happened, I was in a meeting for work? I saw NZ smacking it around. Looking at the scorecard we didn’t take the new ball at 80 overs?
Only took it at 83 overs. Got too caught up in the short ball ploy... Every single ball banged in with all the field out.What happened, I was in a meeting for work? I saw NZ smacking it around. Looking at the scorecard we didn’t take the new ball at 80 overs?
That sounds familiar…Only took it at 83 overs. Got too caught up in the short ball ploy... Every single ball banged in with all the field out.
I'd drop Crawley for Compton for the last test. 3 left handers and 3 right handers would bring a nice balance to the top order as much as anything else. Might as well give Brook a run out over Bairstow while we're at it. We can make it clear he's not been dropped, just giving the new lads a go.Bounced out Henry and Jamieson, who is on one leg anyway, and then just sent down short ball after short ball at Boult who was smashing it all over the park. With the old ball.
Last wicket partnership added about 35 , we finally took the new ball gave it to Jimmy who got Boult in 4 balls.
Crawley is really struggling.