**Official** New Zealand in England

[GGG]

No, he wasn't plumb - but it probably should've been out, and that does make it 1-1.

God no, Pieterson = 3 Cooks.

 

[pasag]

Gone! Really not what England needed so close to stumps.

 

[Richard]

Well, that's Vaughan gone. And there's no doubt about that-'un.

Nightwatchman?

 

[Richard]

God no, Pieterson = 3 Cooks.

Considering recent form - debatable TSTL.

 

[Richard]

Nightwatchman?

Yes. Sidebottom, of course.

 

[social]

That's always likely to happen when batsmen go totally into their shell - pretty poor innings from Vaughan

 

[Richard]

No, it's not. Batsmen "go into their shell" and end-up with decent contributions ATT. In any case, it wasn't Vaughan choosing to play that way - the bowler controls the pace of the game, not the batsman. Vaughan simply had lots of deliveries he could not score off, and had he tried he'd probably have been gone much sooner than he was.

 

[Richard]

Two slips to an off-break fingerspin bowler who doesn't bowl a Doosra. And guess what? The second-slip takes the catch.

 

[steds]

D to the I to the R to the E.

 

[Richard]

Bell off-the-mark 1st ball. To a Vettori no-ball.

Super bowling for the Sidebottom wicket BTW.

 

[andruid]

Two slips to an off-break fingerspin bowler who doesn't bowl a Doosra. And guess what? The second-slip takes the catch.

Total waste of Night watchman

 

[social]

No, it's not. Batsmen "go into their shell" and end-up with decent contributions ATT. In any case, it wasn't Vaughan choosing to play that way - the bowler controls the pace of the game, not the batsman. Vaughan simply had lots of deliveries he could not score off, and had he tried he'd probably have been gone much sooner than he was.

You can rotate the strike without risk. It happens all the time

To quote Dick "Gonnnneeeee"

 

[Richard]

You can rotate the strike without risk. It happens all the time

Rotating the strike is far from risk-free, else batsmen would do it every ball. It involves opening and closing the face on defensive strokes which is never adviseable as it means catchable thin edges are far more likely to the ball that moves away or in a fraction, which with a full face would simply be a slightly uncomfortable thick edge.

To quote Dick "Gonnnneeeee"

Young invented that hactually.

 

[social]

Rotating the strike is far from risk-free, else batsmen would do it every ball. It involves opening and closing the face on defensive strokes which is never adviseable as it means catchable thin edges are far more likely to the ball that moves away or in a fraction, which with a full face would simply be a slightly uncomfortable thick edge.

Young invented that hactually.

Strike rate of 20 is totally ridiculous - they're not bowling friggin' hand grenades

 

[Richard]

No, but they are bowling very, very good areas. If they were bowling hand-grenades we'd be all out by now. Batsmen have spells of strike-rates 20 (and lower) and go on to profit with great regularity.

C'mon lads... 1 more over...

 

[Richard]

Right, that's the end of that.

These two need to put-on something considerable - 150 minimum - tomorrow for us to be in this game.

 

[Raghav]

Its good see Vettori again getting those two wickets before the close of play. Even though, one of them is the nightwatchmen's , its crucial to send him to pavilion immediately

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I, of course, never thought I'd say this, but O'Diren has bowled pretty decently here.

Back on ignore. Can't even give credit when credit's due without getting a dig in.

 

[Leslie1]

Proof NZ is actually a closet "cricket as their main national sport" fan. The news today lead off with cricket rather than the 2 semi finals of Super 14 rugby.

 

[Nutter]

I nearly choked when I saw the scorecard this morning. Mainly the fact O'Brien got some wickets.