Black Caps Test Tour to England & Ireland

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps Test Tour to England & Ireland:

@canefan said in Black Caps Test Tour to England & Ireland:

Just watched the highlights. Our top order have to take a good look at themselves

And dare I say it, Kane is starting on the slippery slope that begins once they reach the career phase of picking and choosing when they'll play.

Hopefully he'll still have a few legendary innings to go, but I fear they'll be fewer and further between...

I was thinking along the same lines. Hopefully he doesn't harm his legacy

Picking Blundell doesn't look like a good decision right now either

Just seen the highlights again.

Not much wrong with the pitch. Five of the Black Caps top order (and our specialist keeper) either couldn't read or play for inswing. And Kane had little idea in his dismissal.

There goes the Test with Phillips.

This time a batter playing well inside the line, but too far inside the line of the stumps...

70/7, and 70 runs behind. Very much Livin on a Prayer time..

Shouldering arms again. There is too much in this pitch to put the bat away completely.

O'Rourke batting ahead of Henry who is obviously too injured to bat ?

Shit.

This is fast turning into a nightmare

A fit Henry might have held up an end for a while on this pitch...

Nice of Robinson to start dishing up steaming pies to Jamieson.

Kylo erupts. Do I recall correctly that Kylo scored a 50 either on debut or in his early test career?

Yep, he has a test 50. Looked like a promising all rounder initially, till his batting got exposed a bit.

@canefan said in Black Caps Test Tour to England & Ireland:

Kylo erupts. Do I recall correctly that Kylo scored a 50 either on debut or in his early test career?

Yes.

Apparently Matt Henry is padded up and will bat next. He will warm up to bowl and see if he can bowl

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps Test Tour to England & Ireland:

Yep, he has a test 50. Looked like a promising all rounder initially, till his batting got exposed a bit.

If the poms keep feeding him short pitched stuff, he might get another one

Yep. Another two half trackers like that last over, and the deficit would really narrow...

All out, Jamieson denied the Honours Board. This morning mostly playing too far inside the line.

Is Robinson the guy whose career was stalled by something he posted on social media when he was 16?

Length and line will be critical for us. Kylo has started well. As I type he bowls a wide long hop and gets away with it. Just be patient boys, and let the pitch do it's magic

Jamieson and Smith right on line. So far the English batsmen haven't been good enough to nick one!

Ravindra with a really poor dropped catch. He's been a food bill in this test so far. Does he need his eyes checked?

Fuck wake up Ravindra you have sleep walked through the game so far.
Dropped 2 sitters and a first ball duck.

We can't afford to waste chances when we are chasing the game

Who is deciding fielding positions in this test?!
Conway in the gully instead of Phillips??
Rachin at short mid wicket?! The boy has always needed to be hidden in the field as standard.

@canefan said in Black Caps Test Tour to England & Ireland:

Is Robinson the guy whose career was stalled by something he posted on social media when he was 16?

Pretty much. He also had some perceived issues with his fitness levels. The real reason though was apparently because they wanted guys bowling at 85mph average and he was considered not fast enough.

All I would say to that is that Glenn McGrath was not exactly express pace and he seemed to go OK.

Sanity has prevailed

Latham presumably set those fielding positions, and to be fair corrected the gully casting today to positive outcome.
Not exactly covered himself in glory with not reviewing an LBW off Henry that turned out to be clearly out, however.

And Conway inexplicably back in a second gully position drops another one.
HOW FUCKING THICK IS TOM LATHAM

The game is rapidly getting away from us

@canefan said in Black Caps Test Tour to England & Ireland:

The game is rapidly getting away from us

Do it again, do it again

Kylo steps up and the're 7 down, 211 in front. Needed that wicket bigly

Amazing day at Lords. Is truly a special place.

Banter with the England fans top notch.

To a man, they love our cricket team.

@majorpom any demons in the pitch? On TV it's looking flat - this pair making batting look easy

and of course the ball keeps low and we get a wicket

5 for Smith and well deserved. He's bowled well.

Going to be a tricky chase I fear

Jesus, out first over chasing a wide ball. FFS.

Bollocks, Kane gone.

He's reviewing but that looked out as anything

WOR goneski now. Lots of runs to get - will need somehting special

Heading to Lords tomorrow. Crap pitch though.