**Official** England in New Zealand

[Somerset]

England aren't very experimental with their batting order are they?!

Would've thought that Wright or Mascarenhas would've been promoted...

 

[James_W]

Nope, Shah in as per card.

Yeah, I saw Wright with his pads on so thought he would, but not in the end. Surely Mascharaneras (sp) could be worth a go about now?

 

[Richard]

Shah and Collingwood can and have smashed the ball in the past too.

Oram drops a c&b off Collingwood for the 2nd time in their careers. One previous hugely costly.

 

[James_W]

Collingwood isn't messing about tbh.

 

[Somerset]

Shah and Collingwood can and have smashed the ball in the past too.

Oram drops Collingwood for the 2nd time in their careers. One previous hugely costly.

Only half a chance, really. Hope Oram's fingers are all ok, hes had a history injuring them with return catches.

Another six runs for Collingwood off Vettori.

 

[Richard]

Shah slogs Vettori to long-on.

 

[James_W]

Shah unselfish dismissal, it looked like the ball had disappeared but twas a skier.

 

[superkingdave]

no point hanging about with less than 5 overs left really

 

[Richard]

Only half a chance, really. Hope Oram's fingers are all ok, hes had a history injuring them with return catches.

Seems fine, but there's no such thing as a half chance. Something either should be caught or it shouldn't. Thought that should have been, far-from-easy though it was.

 

[Somerset]

Vettori picks up Shah, good catch from Fulton. Not a huge loss for England though with two clean strikers still to come.

 

[Somerset]

Seems fine, but there's no such thing as a half chance. Something either should be caught or it shouldn't. Thought that should have been, far-from-easy though it was.

With the reaction time Oram faced, personally I wouldn't expect him to catch it, though there was a chance of him catching it - therefore a half chance.

 

[Richard]

I'll take the pin-and-eyes-closed approach and guess at 331 for however-many.

Mills bowls a dot-ball.

 

[Richard]

With the reaction time Oram faced, personally I wouldn't expect him to catch it, though there was a chance of him catching it - therefore a half chance.

If he could have caught it, 'twas a chance. Not an easy one, sure.

The lack of Yorkers has been poor indeed, but with the likes of O'Brien, hardly surprising.

Wright mishits a six 2nd ball.

 

[James_W]

Luke Wright smacks Mills for 6.

 

[superkingdave]

323 i reckon

 

[Somerset]

Wright mishits a six 2nd ball.

Thats actually the longest boundary so its a fair effort for a mis hit. :P

300 up for England too.

 

[superkingdave]

boo, bring obrien back!

 

[Richard]

Wonder if England will bowl as abysmally as New Zealand have?

 

[Somerset]

Quick note that Collingwood has smashed five sixes but is yet to hit a boundary four.

Edit: Make that six and 50.

 

[superkingdave]

Wonder if England will bowl as abysmally as New Zealand have?

problem for England is, anything short is getting mullered, and if there's anything you can bet on England doing, it's bowling short.