I watched half last night & the rest this morning. We're patently under prepared & far too casual. The batting was extremely poor, most got themselves out. The English bowlers were distinctly average & not helped by Pieterson dropping a catch & also Broad off his own bowling. The pitch looks pretty dead. No pace, no bounce, no turn.
NZ bowled very well & many of their plans came off.
Our only hope is that we can bat for more than 2 days in the 2nd innings & rack up 600, to force a draw.
I can't see them getting less than 300. Probably 350-400.
Always dangerous commenting without reading the whole thread, but at the risk of repeating what someone else has already said, why is a test being played on a glorified village green?
Good news to get up to this morning. Looking forward to staying with it as long as possible tonight and hope to see us still batting at tea. Or smashing it all over the ground get a 250+ lead and then bowl the kiwis out to win. You can tell I support Charlton with that sort of fantasy:-)
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NZ bowled very well & many of their plans came off.
Our only hope is that we can bat for more than 2 days in the 2nd innings & rack up 600, to force a draw.
I can't see them getting less than 300. Probably 350-400.
some shots there that club cricketers would be ashamed of ?
secondthird day.wonder if flowers has had a word with the players? sort themselfs out.
At current rate Kiwis will be 270 in front at the close of play.
We need some solid batting and a bit more rain to save this one.
A nice, calm 25 runs off about 300 balls from Trott should do it.
Will stay watching 'till lunch but busy day tomorrow.
234/1, trail by 59.
Cook caught behind for 116.
Compton 102*
Finn 0*
If you're interested, you can clearly see him, when Cook gets his 100.
Will he go one better than Alex Tudor?
355/3 we lead by 65.