**Official** England in New Zealand

[Smudge]

Wow - what's with batsmen playing dumb, dumb shots down the ground straight to fielders? Styris in the last game, now Bell in this one. Bell didn't even really follow through that far...

 

[Richard]

Bloody hell, 'tis quiet today.

Vettori bowling 2 overs in the Powerplays, ITSTL.

 

[Smudge]

NZ looking rather sluggish in the field, although credit to Pietersen and Cook for putting the pressure on.

 

[Richard]

Cook gooooonnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeee. First thoughts looked pretty plumb.

 

[Zinzan]

Cook's wicket could well be a good thing for England at this stage.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Cook's wicket could well be a good thing for England at this stage.

Exactly. Bad wicket for NZ

Wouldnt have minded Cook batting right through. Now Collingwood and KP. Look to see England up the R/R now.

 

[Richard]

Except for Martin and those 3 overs from Oram, the Kiwis have been excellent so far. 30 overs gone now, 118 for 3. Patel on. And on that note, I retire to bed.

 

[Zinzan]

Huge moment !

 

[NUFAN]

Huge moment !

Richard retiring to bed or Patel getting Pietersen second ball?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Sheez, yet another Englishmen caught in the deep.

 

[superkingdave]

Richard retiring to bed or Patel getting Pietersen second ball?

both itbt, i'll now be blissfully unaware of the music being played at the ground and the series is now decided.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Good to see that Vettori has shaved off the beard, after his bad game in Napier.

Ryder = gun

 

[Halfpast_Yellow]

Cricinfo has taken a cue from Richard in regards to the music commentary

Sounds like an interesting over or two from Ryder.

 

[superkingdave]

Luke Wright tonking a bit, but too little too late

and out now. Shah still playing test cricket (Wright probably would have had 50 if Shah could run)

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Cricinfo has taken a cue from Richard in regards to the music commentary

Dicko was probably just copy-pasting

 

[Zinzan]

Great keepers catch McCullum 134kms up to the stumps

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

McCullum takes a catch like that, yet drops an absolute regulation one days back.

Mills now got 4 :o

 

[Smudge]

Mascara smacked Ryder all over the joint in the last over.

 

[NUFAN]

Dire choice making Ryder bowl the 48th and 50th over. Patel would have been a better choice.

 

[James]

Dire choice making Ryder bowl the 48th and 50th over. Patel would have been a better choice.

Certainly seems odd when Martin, Oram, Styris, Patel all had overs to spare