**Official** England in New Zealand

[James_W]

18 off O'Brien's over. Very ordinary bowling.

 

[Richard]

Haha...oh dear best to archive that topic.

Yeh apparently I fooled everyone into thinking I was older? LOL.

Yeah I was amazed when I found you were only 15, though high-class 15-year-olds on this place is certainly not unheard-of at all.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

That second one was ****in' massive.

 

[Richard]

18 off O'Brien's over. Very ordinary bowling.

Wonder if Heath will ordain to compare him to Hitchcock in rubbishness stakes now?

 

[Somerset]

FFS, consecutive sixes. To Collingwood too.

Really, what is the point in playing when bowlers just get belted wherever they pitch it? I hate the game of cricket when you get matches like this.

At least New Zealand are producing pitches that allow high scoring one day matches, compared to the pitches four-five years ago where teams batting first struggled to get past 150 (from a spectator point of view obviously).

O'Brien 0/59 from six.

 

[Richard]

That second one was ****in' massive.

Reckon it'd have been caught 10 metres in from the rope at The MCG.

 

[Richard]

At least New Zealand are producing pitches that allow high scoring one day matches, compared to the pitches four-five years ago where teams batting first struggled to get past 150 (from a spectator point of view obviously).

O'Brien 0/59 from six.

This is as bad as 150-plays-120 for mine. Every bit as bad. If, that is, NZ fall in a heap.

Cricket is supposed to be about a balance between bat and ball, not nothing but dominance from one or the other.

 

[Somerset]

This is as bad as 150-plays-120 for mine. Every bit as bad. If, that is, NZ fall in a heap.

Cricket is supposed to be about a balance between bat and ball, not nothing but dominance from one or the other.

As I said though, from an entirely spectatorial point of view, people want to go the cricket to see batsmen score runs and the pitches in New Zealand are generally such that they do now - whereas in the past (especially the Indian series before the 2003 World Cup) games were sometimes wrapped up in 70 overs.

 

[Richard]

O'Brien 0/59 from six.

*1-59.

Oram is indeed bowling at the death. *Cringe*

 

[Richard]

As I said though, from an entirely spectatorial point of view, people want to go the cricket to see batsmen score runs and the pitches in New Zealand are generally such that they do now - whereas in the past (especially the Indian series before the 2003 World Cup) games were sometimes wrapped up in 70 overs.

People who truly appreciate cricket - rather than seeing the ball battered around the park willy-nilly - hate to see rubbish like this.

I hate it when games are over too quickly too. I don't mind low-scoring, but I don't like to see teams bowled-out in 30 overs. But I hate this probably even more. It's just pointless.

 

[Somerset]

*1-59.

Oram is indeed bowling at the death. *Cringe*

Sorry, 1 for.

Vettori back on now, realistically he could record his worst ever figures if Pietersen launches - or Collingwood with another half dozen.

 

[James_W]

Collingwood smacks Vetorri for another six, making it look remarkably easy here.

 

[Richard]

Sorry, 1 for.

Vettori back on now, realistically he could record his worst ever figures if Pietersen launches - or Collingwood with another half dozen.

Stupid fielding like that not helping either. Gets rid of Pietersen though, FFS why couldn't that have been Collingwood?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Reckon it'd have been caught 10 metres in from the rope at The MCG.

Would've been six on any ground in the world. Obviously not onto the roof at most but was still big.

 

[James_W]

KP is gone. Think we'll see Luke Wright now.

 

[Somerset]

People who truly appreciate cricket - rather than seeing the ball battered around the park willy-nilly - hate to see rubbish like this.

I hate it when games are over too quickly too. I don't mind low-scoring, but I don't like to see teams bowled-out in 30 overs. But I hate this probably even more. It's just pointless.

Trust me though, New Zealand Cricket will by no means be complaining at high scoring encounters after some in the past, and neither will 95% of the spectators.

Vettori strikes with Pietersen's wicket, great comeback after being hit for 6 by Collingwood earlier in the over.

 

[Richard]

Would've been six on any ground in the world. Obviously not onto the roof at most but was still big.

Previous post was in jest TBH (hoped I'd exaggerated enough) but I don't really know if comparisons can realistically be made. Things that look big on stupidly small grounds often aren't.

 

[James_W]

Or not- Owais Shah.

 

[Richard]

KP is gone. Think we'll see Luke Wright now.

Nope, Shah in as per card.

 

[Richard]

Trust me though, New Zealand Cricket will by no means be complaining at high scoring encounters after some in the past, and neither will 95% of the spectators.

Don't doubt that.