ljkeane Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Okay, that was quite good to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 that was a lot of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 I pleased but amazed at how poorly my post has aged. Magnificent batting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Hereward said: I pleased but amazed at how poorly my post has aged. Magnificent batting! I'm not. I'm also not pleased at how my pessimism has aged quite nicely. I do believe NZ cricket fans would always have claimed that spectacularnewzealandbattingcollapseespeciallyonabattingfriendlywicket is actually the longest word in the English language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 England's other team (it is weird that there is an ODI series in the middle of the Test series) beat their own world record by scoring 498 against the Netherlands. A 500+ score is surely only a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 another grim start for NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 This is less than ideal for New Zealand on a sunny first day at Headingley. On the other hand pretty good day for Jack Leach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 It hasn’t taken long for the wheels to come off for England then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 All is once again right with the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Bairstow's gone a long way towards bailing England out again. I think it's safe to say he's nailed down his spot for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 That was… unexpected. I’m not sure I approve of this attitude to Test cricket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I feel bad for Jamie Overton coming so close to a debut hundred then missing out. Fantastic effort from him anyway but you could see the nerves had kicked in for him this morning after, presumably, spending last night thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Going to watch cricket after eons...IND VS IRE T20I ( i can feel the grimaces) Back from exile too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Great test for Jack Leach. Fair play to him, I thought swapping him out for Ali might not be a bad idea but he’s really stepped up. Stokes’ captaincy of the spinner looks a real improvement on recent captains too. Great effort from Blundell and Mitchell again to put New Zealand into what should be a very strong position as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Not only has Crawley perfected giving his own wicket away for peanuts, he’s going for the 2 for 1 deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 As expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 New Zealand are looking a bit ragged here. England are obviously still capable of a horrendous collapse but it really looks like the Kiwis got their selection wrong not going with a front line spinner. Not traditionally a major concern at Headingley to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Another bravura performance from England. I imagine that notably level-headed ginger, Jonny Bairstow, will be more than a little pissed off to miss out on the player of the match and series, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Serves him right for not letting Joe Root get his century ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 that was an interesting series. I'm legitimately surprised that NZ couldn't manifest a win or draw out of any of the Tests, especially given some of the run totals they managed to create. But now I'm stoked for the Test series in Sri Lanka because of the HIGH QUALITY BIRDS Actually, that reminds me -- @Hereward during the Leeds Test the camera showed an all-brown raptor flying over the grounds. No other really good distinguishing marks, except that the underwings looked like they had lighter/white patches at the "wrist" area on each wing (base of the primary feathers, basically). Any idea what bird that might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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