**Official** New Zealand in England

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

England fighting hard for the draw here.

 

[profernity]

England are not finished yet...though I think if Shah goes soon it really will be all over.

 

[grecian]

Well, we've got 4 of the top five who have managed 4 tons in over 150 innings, none of them bowl regularly either (except Shah of course, it really shouldn't surprise anyone we're ****e. No doubt our selectors will drop a few bowlers in response to this comphrehensive defeat

 

[PhoenixFire]

What Cook is doing anywhere near a ODI team is beyond me.

 

[Nate]

This is so dire. Have keenly followed each match of the series... and then Fox show the decider on delay. Really glad to pay my money for that. Am writing an email.

 

[profernity]

Wright gone.

 

[grecian]

Well Wright, despite my very drunken cheerleading based on one innings I saw, has proved totally how out of depth he is, with this innings. Vettori hardly clebrated it. If Ambrose follows similarly it could be argued that 6 of the top 7 here, shouldn't be in the side. Shocking.

 

[wpdavid]

Wright gone.

Yup: comprehensively out of his depth yet again. Still, his Sussex connection should keep him in the side unless Moores decides that RMJ is a better bet.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Ambrose isn't really an ODI player TBH, Read would be a much better bet IMO.

 

[Langeveldt]

Nice to see England have a horrible experience before the SA series..

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

He's ICL.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Bleh. Forgot about that. I'm sure there must be a better ODI batsman/keeper than Ambrose.

 

[grecian]

Ambrose isn't really an ODI player TBH, Read would be a much better bet IMO.

Yeah Read should never have been dropped from the ODI's, he'd never have gone to the ICl if he had been.

Still, Stuart Broad, in this line-up is probably in our top-three batters, so maybe we shouldn't be so defeatist

 

[wpdavid]

Nice to see England have a horrible experience before the SA series..

If your boys choke themselves out of a win this summer, they really will need looking at.

 

[Nate]

Read, Jones, (back to) Read, Nixon, Prior, Mustard, Ambrose. Can't help but feel there haven't been enough 'keepers tried out in the last three years.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Bleh. Forgot about that. I'm sure there must be a better ODI batsman/keeper than Ambrose.

Craig Kieswetter?

 

[profernity]

As long as Shah and Broad are still there, I wouldn't rule England out.

 

[Days of Grace]

You missed Nixon

 

[Langeveldt]

If your boys choke themselves out of a win this summer, they really will need looking at.

oh jeez, yeah we really will! Still find it fascinating how the standard of Englands test and ODI cricket is so different..

 

[Langeveldt]

Craig Kieswetter?

Got a long time to qualify I think, and he's not that great.. But being a South African I imagine he'll probably be second best in the England team