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England Cricket 2022

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  • That woke me up 
  • England win the toss and have put NZ in to bat
    PWR

    Well, that was a good decision! Why would Stokes want to bowl first?
  • No idea if it looked like the pitch was offering something yesterday morning? 

    Probably protecting the fragile batting came into the equation too. You can’t lose a Test match in the first day with your bowling, but you definitely can with your batting…
  • Oh Crawley. Times up.
  • Mike said:
    Oh Crawley. Times up.
    He'll still have the second innings tomorrow morning to redeem himself 
  • Lucky to get away with that. Another wicket now would leave us with an almost impossible task to save the game.
  • philcafc said:
    Lucky to get away with that. Another wicket now would leave us with an almost impossible task to save the game.
    I think NZ should drop Mitchell for that  ;)
  • Andy Zaltzman

    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    In Crawley's 29 innings since he scored a double century against Pakistan in 2020, he has scored one century and two other 50s. He's been out in single figures in 18 of those 29 innings.

  • Catches win matches, Mitchell scoring 187 unnecessary runs.
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  • So the big question........

    Will we avoid the follow on & if not will NZ enforce it  ?
  • 50 up for Lees. 
  • Missed opportunity for Lees that. 
  • Poor shot from lees, no reason to play at that. 
  • Well done Ollie Pope
  • Pleased for Pope because he has the ability to be a mainstay in this side. Despite me calling for him to bat at 3 for a while (and being told that because he's never done it for Surrey he can't bat there), he has to still build on this because one innings doesn't prove the case conclusively. Crawley has been allowed to live off that one big innings for too long and Pope mustn't do the same. This will give him confidence though against a very good seam albeit on a very flat pitch.
  • Pleased for Pope because he has the ability to be a mainstay in this side. Despite me calling for him to bat at 3 for a while (and being told that because he's never done it for Surrey he can't bat there), he has to still build on this because one innings doesn't prove the case conclusively. Crawley has been allowed to live off that one big innings for too long and Pope mustn't do the same. This will give him confidence though against a very good seam albeit on a very flat pitch.
    Agree with all you say there mate.
    Hopefully Surrey can be persuaded to bat Pope at three. 
    The more he plays at three the more accustomed to the position he will become. 
  • Don't get bored Joe!!!
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  • Well done Ollie Pope!
  • 116 balls, Root's fastest Test century
  • edited June 2022
    His Fastest ever test hundred from joe root 
  • Odds on a draw or still a lot of time left for 1 team to force a result..?
  • edited June 2022
    Any chance of a groundsman in this country finding a good balance between bat and ball?

    Feels like after all the criticism of the bowler friendly pitches following the Ashes, some have gone too far the other way and prepared roads.


    Thought there might be some balance coming back after the low scoring affair at Lords but after watching some of this Test, it seems like we’re at one extreme or the other.
  • 273/20 in the first innings at Lords.

    884/12 here at Trent Bridge.
  • Well done Joe Root!
  • this is especially great for Pope .. he should now develop into a 'proper' test player .. not ignoring Root, but we all know what a genius he is with the bat
  • this is especially great for Pope .. he should now develop into a 'proper' test player .. not ignoring Root, but we all know what a genius he is with the bat
    Until he changes his pad that is.
  • successful review for NZ overturning umpire decision. Bairstow out. Stokes starts with a boundary. 
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