***Official*** England in New Zealand series 2013

[BackFootPunch]

Played Ruds.

 

[straw man]

Rutherford 50

 

[Pothas]

Top 50 that.

 

[Jezroy]

well played hamish

now quadruple it.

Easy on, I'd be happy with a nice 164.

 

[Bahnz]

Well played Ruds. I never would've picked him for the England series at the start of the year, but he's made the most of his opportunities.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Today's play is just about as far as possible from what everyone expected

Rudz dominaaattinggg

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

50 on debut!

Now quadruple it!

well played hamish

now quadruple it.

Too slow.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Goodness me!!.. what the hell is going on here? took a nap when England were only one down and seemingly doing ok, only to wake up and see NZ are p#ssing all over them!!, when i saw the two NZ batsmen out there at first i thought the day had been rained off and they were showing replays!! .

England can still get back into this but my gosh have they dugg themselves a massive hole here!!.. the Kiwis must be in dreamland right now!! .

If they can keep NZ's first innings lead down to around 60 they can still get a result but anything over that and it'll look very bleak indeed.

Thanks for joining us after your 6 hour nap

 

[NZTailender]

Who is this test team and what have they done with the Blackcaps?

Alternatively, who is this test team and what have they done with the #2 side in the world?

Bartin in journeyman-who-knows-his-game-inside-out-taking-wickets-shocker.

Rutherford proving the haters wrong.

Lovin' it!

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Stick figure Broad breaks again?

 

[WindieWeathers]

Thanks for joining us after your 6 hour nap

It was intended to be a nap, but you know one snore can lead to another!! .

 

[morgieb]

Not sure whether to be happy or scared by England's performance.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Don't worry everyone, I'm almost home. Normality will be restored shortly.

 

[WindieWeathers]

Not sure whether to be happy or scared by England's performance.

This won't be the norm in this series, England will strike back hard, i'm sure of it, but they might be doing it from one down if they don't get their act together in this last hour and the first sesh tomorrow.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Don't worry everyone, I'm almost home. Normality will be restored shortly.

Normality = England flop 1st Test on tour, NZ pinch 1 and then roll over and get tickled for the next 4 or 5?

 

[Bahnz]

This won't be the norm in this series, England will strike back hard, i'm sure of it, but they might be doing it from one down if they don't get their act together in this last hour and the first sesh tomorrow.

This is day 2, and there's more rain forecast on days 3 and 4, so there's a good chance that they'll get away with it even if they don't get their act together.

 

[Blakey]

Is Rutherford about to lose concentration? Gave a chance to Broad then nearly played on to Fruity Panesar

 

[social]

I've only been watching this since the Kiwis were about 40 but the pitch looks extremely flat

 

[BeeGee]

Things going well for NZ, I see.

Fulton still doesn't move his feet, I see.

 

[straw man]

Who is this test team and what have they done with the Blackcaps?

Alternatively, who is this test team and what have they done with the #2 side in the world?

my thoughts exactly. Beating Australia on a green seamer and beating a declining Sri Lanka were one thing....

But this is just surreal.