williamjm Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 6 hours ago, ljkeane said: Apparently Joe Root is still good at cricket. Good that was cleared up. Harry Brook also seems quite good at cricket, it is an impressive start to a career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 He looks like anthony gordon under the helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Good to see a bit of fight from New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) i typed that and williamson got out next ball. i'm sorry. *Mitchell, even Edited February 27, 2023 by Raja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Williamson is also pretty good at cricket! Nice to have King Kane back in form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Yes good fightback by NZ after the one-way traffic of the first couple of days. Good job from Blundell to hold up an end with Williamson too, Blundell looked like one of the guys with fight in the first innings.' Set up for an intriguing last day if NZ can set a target around 300+. Despite England's big score in the first innings NZ still have a decent bowling attack and could make it interesting. Depends if NZ want to make a game of it or if they're happy escaping with a draw after following on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Looks like England will take it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) Onya Kiwis! One of the all-time great test matches. Very, very rarely does a team win after following on. Edited February 28, 2023 by Paxter Mr. X and The Winged Shadow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 What a thriller! Only the second game in history to be decided by a run, and I think only the 4th after following on. Thought England would have had enough to see it through with wickets in hand but NZ were tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Say what you like about the new England team, but whatever they are, they are not boring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Watching the highlights it was even closer that just the score tells you, that last delivery was there to be knocked round the corner for the winning runs by Anderson. You're probably talking a feather more contact on the ball being the difference between the two sides in the end. Good test match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) Ahhh New Zealand! I was unable to watch more than a few hours on day 2 & day 3 but really happy to see them win. Edit - Also, kinda love neil wagner. He looks like a character actor thats been in about 1000 movies who has turned up to play cricket. That Brook runout though - he seemed to have given up pretty quickly, but I realize he was pretty far out Edited February 28, 2023 by Raja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 With a game as close as that, you could point to any number of tiny close calls during the game that would've made a difference. There was a dropped catch near the end, there was a ball in the last over that could have easily been called a wide (went high and down the legside), so on. Southee's 70-odd where he flayed half a dozen 6s in a follow-on innings looms pretty large as a little blinder that made a difference to the overall result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Another disaster for the Indian top order. Up to the lower order to potentially bail them out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) That descended into pure farce for India. Great chance for Australia to nail the hosts now. Edited March 1, 2023 by Paxter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 India definitely in trouble here. Although I also thought they were in the last test. It’s interesting how India have decided that playing on very bowling friendly pitches is the way to go since they lost the first test in the England series. It’s clearly worked for them so far and the bowling is their stronger suit these days but the conventional wisdom is it’s a bit of a lottery to play on real minefields. England playing the first ODI already in Bangladesh already so presumably there won’t be any crossovers from the test squad. No Rehan Ahmed in the team which is a little disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Australia doing well so far in pressing the advantage but we all know how quickly that can change. You'd expect they would be a bit more ruthless now that they know how easily it can turn on them (pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Surely there is no coming back from here. As LJ said, these minefield pitches can easily backfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) Me: Well, I'm sure India will still be batting when I wake up India: Hold my beer Edit: Think Khawaja has always been class so nice to see him get runs Edited March 1, 2023 by Raja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Match finely poised, India leading by 39 runs and only 4 wickets in hand, but that's stronger than it looks with Axar Patel still to come and any total over 100 looking like it will be a tricky chase. Australia's tail once again collapsing, 6/12 I think it was. They are getting no runs at all out of numbers 8-11 and it's really hurting them, throwing away strong positions and letting India back into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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