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  • 8-5 since Root’s wicket.
  • Extras 3rd top score. Might be 2nd by the Close.
  • could be a 2 day test
  • edited June 2022
    116-7 at stumps. Trailing by 16.

    Foakes 6 (13)
    Broad 4 (9)


    Most wickets to fall in the first day of a Lords Test since Ireland in 2019 (20 that day).
  • 116-7 at stumps. Trailing by 16.

    Foakes 6 (13)
    Broad 4 (9)


    Most wickets to fall in the first day of a Lords Test since Ireland in 2019 (20 that day).
    I was there for that one as well  :D

    What a mad day. When Zak was at the crease, batting looked easy, but once Root went it's been a procession in our middle order.
  • I was thinking about buying a new Castore England sunhat, but not for £30!
  • That wicket's due an inspection.
  • That wicket's due an inspection.
    Nothing wrong with the wicket, just good bowling and poor batting.
  • That wicket's due an inspection.
    Nothing wrong with the wicket, just good bowling and poor batting.
    Agreed. The Kiwi batters at least had the excuse of lack of preparation
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  • So, here's the thing, most of our batsmen have played some CC matches but Crawley, Pope, Root and Bairstow all played at least two T20 matches prior to this Test - some played three and in the case of Bairstow it is months since he hit a red ball in anger. 

    If Key and the ECB are serious about a red ball re-set then four of our top six cannot be playing T20 prior to a Test match. Because they are totally different games. The "leave" is the best shot in Test cricket and the worst in T20.


    Anderson and Broad stopped playing white ball, I have no idea who's choice it was, but it has certainly prolonged their test careers.  I think the late, great, Warne did as well.

    But not many others have, loads have retired from red ball to play white ball.

    If England are ever going to be a top Test team again they need to pay players to not play franchise cricket, including the 100.
  • Cafc43v3r said:
    So, here's the thing, most of our batsmen have played some CC matches but Crawley, Pope, Root and Bairstow all played at least two T20 matches prior to this Test - some played three and in the case of Bairstow it is months since he hit a red ball in anger. 

    If Key and the ECB are serious about a red ball re-set then four of our top six cannot be playing T20 prior to a Test match. Because they are totally different games. The "leave" is the best shot in Test cricket and the worst in T20.


    Anderson and Broad stopped playing white ball, I have no idea who's choice it was, but it has certainly prolonged their test careers.  I think the late, great, Warne did as well.

    But not many others have, loads have retired from red ball to play white ball.

    If England are ever going to be a top Test team again they need to pay players to not play franchise cricket, including the 100.
    All four of the batsmen I mentioned are centrally contracted I.e.England pay their wages and previously this would have been £700k pa or in the case of Root over £1m. If that isnt sufficient for England  to dictate in the run up to a Test series that those players should be focused on the job in hand (red ball) then do away with them. It takes a lot of franchise cricket to make up the differential and the likes of Crawley, Root and Pope don't even get IPL contracts.
  • To be fair to the England players who took part in Blast matches, England players have been getting out to loose shots on a regular basis even when they've not played any white ball cricket...
  • To be fair to the England players who took part in Blast matches, England players have been getting out to loose shots on a regular basis even when they've not played any white ball cricket...
    And that has been down to technique as much as mindset. But, during our summer, we are never far away from a white ball game - The Blast, The Hundred and the Royal London. And if those batsmen are not far from a "see ball/hit ball" game then they are practising hitting the ball out of the park. Overton and Brook have been released to play T20 tonight. Is that good preparation if  Brook is asked to play in the next Test or would a Ben Compton be better prepared?
  • Surely Broad should have reviewed that?
  • It says it all about Parkinson's ability to bat that Jimmy has been promoted to 10
  • Well we were all patting ourselves on the back in dismissing NZ for 132. Who would have predicted that we might not have had a lead? Probably most of us!
  • Nasser "will Anderson start playing some shots?". What shots?
  • Nasser "will Anderson start playing some shots?". What shots?
    A wonderfully timed straight drive for a start!
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  • Nasser "will Anderson start playing some shots?". What shots?
    He has got a half decent reverse sweep.
  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Nasser "will Anderson start playing some shots?". What shots?
    He has got a half decent reverse sweep.

    Like to see him playing that to Boult or Southee!
  • It says it all about Parkinson's ability to bat that Jimmy has been promoted to 10
    Parkinson said have some of that Mr Southee.

    Meanwhile, a live look into @Leuth ‘s living room:


  • A commanding lead of 9. In the context of this game that might be the difference between the teams!
  • A commanding lead of 9. In the context of this game that might be the difference between the teams!
    Would Parkinson ordinarily come in after Jimmy or just today as he only arrived mid match yesterday?

    What's the chance of NZ having another mare and what's the chances of ENG doing it? I don't like my own answers
  • A commanding lead of 9. In the context of this game that might be the difference between the teams!
    It literally is!
  • A commanding lead of 9. In the context of this game that might be the difference between the teams!
    Would Parkinson ordinarily come in after Jimmy or just today as he only arrived mid match yesterday?

    What's the chance of NZ having another mare and what's the chances of ENG doing it? I don't like my own answers
    Anderson has a FC batting average of 9.48. Parkinson's is 9.30. They tossed a coin and Anderson lost.
  • NZ Minus 4-1
  • I understand that the ECB are selling tickets for £20 if you want to come after tea. Daylight robbery to charge that just to see the post match presentation.
  • After 40 overs NZ were 132 all out
    After 40 overs we were 130 for 9.
     
    I thought I had gone back 30 years & was watching the 40 overs matches they used to play on a Sunday. 
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