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

[straw man]

Surprised to see that Southee is consistently so slow on the speed gun - 131, 130, 133 etc. I know it's the end of the day but he wasn't much quicker earlier either.

Think if Southee was on song he'd be 5ks quicker

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Surprised to see that Southee is consistently so slow on the speed gun - 131, 130, 133 etc. I know it's the end of the day but he wasn't much quicker earlier either.

Think if Southee was on song he'd be 5ks quicker

ok then McMillian

 

[Jezroy]

"Southee on the piss" is an interesting chant.

The people that had a sign saying "Timmy, do you want a rimmy?" were good value too.

 

[Jezroy]

If at the start of the day, someone said "Boult will get all our wickets today", I would have thought Hadlee like thoughts.

At first.

 

[BeeGee]

Superb from Cook and Compton. They've done the hard yards England needed and have all but saved the game.

 

[Howe_zat]

Is it safe for me to post again yet?

 

[Howe_zat]

A combination of age and the way he plays - if he was 21 and batted like Grandpa Compo he'd be everybody's darling, media included

Don't forget being born in South Africa

 

[hendrix]

well played England.

Far from safe though IMO.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Don't forget being born in South Africa

Dunno. I mean KP's way past Nicholas on the yarpometer and he's got (arguably) the highest media profile of any current England player, so having connections to the Republic isn't necessarily a bar on being written about.

Trouble with Compo jr is that he'll never be Denis and the fact that he looks and sounds as if he should be a more dashing player than he is (handsome, muscular, nice hair, eloquent) just leaves one focussing on what he's not rather than his own virtues.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well done Compton, ends any debate about his slot till the middle of summer now. Deserves a good run in the side and will get it.

Captain Cook is amazing, 6 hundreds in 7 tests as skipper. Not a bad record.

Should save this now but taking nothing for granted as we could easily be 3 down in no time in the morning and NZ will have their tails up.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Yeah fair play england, you don't get the top spot by rolling over in successive innings. Still 60 behind though so this game is far from over.

 

[theegyptian]

Losing Cook just gives NZ a chink of light. You never know what those retards are going to do without Cook.

 

[Cabinet96]

Alastair Cook now has a 100 against every test nation he's played. The only nation he hasn't played being Zimbabwe.

 

[Jono]

What a terrific effort from England here, but fmd NZ must be gutted. Day could not have gone any worse.

Cook wag. Fair play to Compton too, love the joy when a player brings up their maiden ton.

 

[Briony]

What a terrific effort from England here, but fmd NZ must be gutted. Day could not have gone any worse.

Cook wag. Fair play to Compton too, love the joy when a player brings up their maiden ton.

Yes Elgar went nuts. Would have to say some average looking players get test tons these days.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm going to put it out there that when Compton actually plays his shots they're pretty elegant and neat to watch. I wouldn't say he was an ugly player; he's just really defensive. Well, so far in his Test career anyway.

Elgar though...

 

[Howe_zat]

I'm going to put it out there that when Compton actually plays his shots they're pretty elegant and neat to watch. I wouldn't say he was an ugly player; he's just really defensive. Well, so far in his Test career anyway.

Elgar though...

It's a strange one. Him playing so visibly within himself can look pretty tortuous.

 

[social]

I'm going to put it out there that when Compton actually plays his shots they're pretty elegant and neat to watch. I wouldn't say he was an ugly player; he's just really defensive. Well, so far in his Test career anyway.

Elgar though...

Fair play to England as their openers did brilliantly but a top 3 of Cook, Compton and Trott is a sure-fire cure for insomnia

 

[Jono]

Lol, so true. Swann once said something similar when Strauss was playing instead of Compton. I reckon Compton may be worse.

 

[Prince EWS]

Lol, so true. Swann once said something similar when Strauss was playing instead of Compton. I reckon Compton may be worse.

I like watching Compton bat. It may just be because he's 'new' though; I always quite enjoy watching good players I haven't seen much of and getting used to how they bat, unless they're really obviously ungainly. Compton has just played a lot of slow, defensive innings this far, because it's been justified more than not. It'll be interesting to see if he picks up the pace in other circumstances; I think he'd be quite good to watch if he was looking to get on top, personally.