**Official** New Zealand in England

[Richard]

Either way, some good news is that the weather is OK.

The toss is won by Vettori who bats first. ITSTL.

 

[Leslie1]

O Brien must have done the exact opposite impression on Braces as Fulton did to him. NZ seamers are due a good spell. Martin to be the top wicket taker! Woot! I'll start watching when Flynn comes to the crease.

 

[chalky]

New Zealand win the toss & bat 1st.

 

[Burgey]

Aw, WHAT? WTF does Mason have to do?

I'm glad for Southee's sake he's out because I don't think playing these next 2 games would neccessarily have been good for him at all.

And I could understand it if O'Dir(Bri)en's First-Class record was obviously superior to Mason's - but it isn't.

What's the weather like? Of course. after this week's events, the sun seems to be shining on Manchester ATM.

Edit: meh. Hate it when you're typing a post and someone answers the question in it for you

 

[Flem274*]

Either way, some good news is that the weather is OK.

The toss is won by Vettori who bats first. ITSTL.

*gulps* I'm scared.

An idea i would like to suggest: Flynn at four, Taylor at five, McCullum at six. Thoughts? I think Flynn might last longer than Taylor in his current 20/20 mode.

 

[Steulen]

Either way, some good news is that the weather is OK.

The toss is won by Vettori who bats first. ITSTL.

Scared of Monty, probably.

 

[Leslie1]

"Southee has been ill the last few days, the decision to drop him is partly that and partly form."



At least he understands he's dropped.

 

[chalky]

How the **** does Anderson get a game??, He has to be the worst regular international fast bowler. He has had is customary 1 good spell for the series, in perfect conditions, so I expect him to his regular ****eness from now.

 

[_Ed_]

Either way, some good news is that the weather is OK.

Thank you Manchester. Extremely bored at work, desperate for something to watch.

 

[Flem274*]

How the **** does Anderson get a game??, He has to be the worst regular international fast bowler. He has had is customary 1 good spell for the series, in perfect conditions, so I expect him to his regular ****eness from now.

Damn you, you may have jinxed him into good form.

Oh an a curious question: Who would dominate who? O'Brien vs Marshall (J). For England Anderson vs Wright.

 

[Steulen]

How the **** does Anderson get a game??, He has to be the worst regular international fast bowler. He has had is customary 1 good spell for the series, in perfect conditions, so I expect him to his regular ****eness from now.

AWTA. Should be a failure this Test and the next.

 

[Flem274*]

Thank you Manchester. Extremely bored at work, desperate for something to watch.

What nightshifty place do you work at?

 

[Richard]

How the **** does Anderson get a game??, He has to be the worst regular international fast bowler. He has had is customary 1 good spell for the series, in perfect conditions, so I expect him to his regular ****eness from now.

Much as I don't rate him and find such a scenario perfectly conceivable, it's very grey again and the ball certainly should swing. And swing + bounce (which everyone is so far taking for granted though we've not seen the pitch yet) obviously makes Anderson deadly. There shouldn't be the constant edges-dropping-short there was last game.

Still, obviously, you'd expect Sidebottom to outperform him. And if Broad can get the outswing he sometimes managed at Lord's, he too could be very dangerous.

If it was bright skies and sunshine I'd be backing an Anderson spraypaint-utterly-harmless show.

 

[_Ed_]

What nightshifty place do you work at?

Radio Trackside.

 

[Flem274*]

Radio Trackside.

Nice. Preparing for the weekend? (or not if you're watching cricket )

 

[Leslie1]

*gulps* I'm scared.

An idea i would like to suggest: Flynn at four, Taylor at five, McCullum at six. Thoughts? I think Flynn might last longer than Taylor in his current 20/20 mode.

Looks like that IS the batting lineup. Flynn at 4 is the logical choice. He looks the most comfortable out of the top lineup. McCullum back at 7 though.

 

[_Ed_]

Nice. Preparing for the weekend? (or not if you're watching cricket )

Haha, not really paying any attention to work at the moment tbh.

Nice to see the commentators think we're evenly matched - all but two are picking an England win, and the others are going for a draw. That fills me with optimism.

 

[steds]

Raining in St Helens. Not too hopeful of Manchester remaining dry all day.

 

[_Ed_]

Nice to see Redmond underway with a decent stroke there, hope he stays in for a decent period of time today.

 

[_Ed_]

Raining in St Helens. Not too hopeful of Manchester remaining dry all day.