**Official** New Zealand in England

[steds]

BTW, Watkinson > Imran > Botham > Kapil > Hadlee (who wasn't truly an all-rounder).

Corrected.

 

[Richard]

Yeah, yeah - Mikey wasn't under consideration. Nor was John Childs.

 

[Leslie1]

BTW, Imran > Botham > Kapil > Hadlee (who wasn't truly an all-rounder).

Imran - Pakistan - fanatics about cricket
Botham - England - inventors of the game
Kapil - India - see Pakistan
Hadlee - New Zealand - fanatics about rugby, cricket just a past time for those of them who didn't want to know / play rugby (1%), or those who can't cut it as a rugby player.

All three countries have population at least triple New Zealand, and 1% of not many doesn't produce world class players I'm sorry. Especially back then. So it's freakish. Almost Bradman phenomenon for New Zealand's scale. Small nation. Can you imagine Norway getting good at any sport?

 

[GIMH]

what an innings from Broad

 

[Richard]

That drop has proven highly costly.

 

[steds]

Botham - England - inventors of the game

That gives us an advantage how? Doesn't help our football or rugby league sides.

 

[Richard]

New Zealand should pile-up a massive amount here. This pitch is playing absurdly easily.

Whether they will remains to be seen.

 

[Leslie1]

Nice save Richard.

England to get 500+ with their tailenders.

 

[Richard]

Cloud clouding-up here. Be disappointing to see any interruption.

 

[Richard]

Gone. Total silence, ITSTL.

Martin flicks the outside of off going through the gate.

Right, this should be over quickly - which probably means it won't be.

 

[Leslie1]

Might be coincidence that everytime I make a declaration about England doing something well, they get out.

I'm staying up to watch us bat.

 

[99*]

Any other NZers like that car crash add?

Oh, and well done, got the wicket, yahooo!

 

[Richard]

Any other NZers like that car crash add?

Which one? By nature there's a few.

MSP gone to Vettori 2nd ball, good, that's the end of that.

 

[99*]

Thank goodness for that.

 

[Leslie1]

I dare Vettori to shift Flynn to 3 if we lose our openers quick smart from Anderson's specials.

 

[99*]

Which one? By nature there's a few.

This is it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgQyaBNBao0

(And no I did not do the last comment.)

 

[99*]

Come on Jamie, give Somerset that Deans avatar!

 

[archie mac]

Good cricket this, enjoying it, but off to bed now.

I think NZ 5-161 by stumps

 

[Richard]

How and Redmond off-the-mark in the opening over. Some swing, though, which is encouraging.

 

[steds]

Jimmy robbed by Bucknor. Don't care what hotspot says.