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

[Meridio]

End of day scorecard sweepstake:

Zinzan - Eng 283/3
KN - Eng 296/2
straw man - 310/2
Meridio - 305/3

 

[jcas0167]

Zinzan - Eng 283/3
KN - Eng 296/2
straw man - 310/2
Meridio - 305/3
jcas0167 - 300/1

 

[Zinzan]

Zinzan - Eng 283/3
KN - Eng 296/2
straw man - 310/2
Meridio - 305/3
jcas0167 - 300/1

Lol, seems I'm a raging optimist at 283/3

 

[Bahnz]

zinzan - eng 283/3
kn - eng 296/2
straw man - 310/2
meridio - 305/3
jcas0167 - 300/1

288/5

 

[Neil Pickup]

243/4

 

[Blakey]

250/5

 

[Zinzan]

End of day scorecard sweepstake:

Zinzan - Eng 283/3
KN - Eng 296/2
straw man - 310/2
Meridio - 305/3
jcas0167 - 300/1
Bahnz - 288/5
Neil Pickup - 243/4
Blakey - 250/5

 

[Uppercut]

267/4

 

[Flem274*]

NZ 50/0

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[Cabinet96]

262/5

 

[straw man]

Bloody radio comms always talking about the great lunches they get at the cricket. Making me hungry.

 

[Evilpengwinz]

end of day scorecard sweepstake:

Zinzan - eng 283/3
kn - eng 296/2
straw man - 310/2
meridio - 305/3
jcas0167 - 300/1
bahnz - 288/5
neil pickup - 243/4
blakey - 250/5

New Zealand 11/1

 

[Zinzan]

End of day scorecard sweepstake:

Zinzan - Eng 283/3
KN - Eng 296/2
straw man - 310/2
Meridio - 305/3
jcas0167 - 300/1
Bahnz - 288/5
Neil Pickup - 243/4
Blakey - 250/5
Uppers - 267/4
Flem -50/0
Cabinet 262/5
Evilpeng - 11/1


***** Closed *****************

 

[Zinzan]

Looking more and more like a diabolical decision from McCullum. The one wicket they did take was gifted to them.

 

[straw man]

I suppose the only argument against batting first is that the pitch may only get easier from here.

Though I can see us collapsing at the bottom of a 500 run edifice here no matter what the pitch is like.

 

[Binkley]

Looking more and more like a diabolical decision from McCullum. The one wicket they did take was gifted to them.

Also looking more and more like a pancake of a wicket. I don't think the toss mattered too much, 'cos I suspect the wicket will only get flatter. Unless NZ bat like clowns this could be another dull draw.

EDIT: Beaten to the punch by Straw Man

 

[wellAlbidarned]

After the promise in Sri Lanka seeing us bowling so toothlessly is a massive punch in the gut.

 

[Mike5181]

Looking more and more like a diabolical decision from McCullum. The one wicket they did take was gifted to them.

We just haven't bowled well enough. This pitch is going to be just as good when we bat.

 

[Zinzan]

After the promise in Sri Lanka seeing us bowling so toothlessly is a massive punch in the gut.

Not so sure about that, it's just not swinging. Southee & Boult were hooping it around all over the place in the 2nd test in SL and it was late swing. Not sure it's a case of being toothless.

 

[Zinzan]

We just haven't bowled well enough. This pitch is going to be just as good when we bat.

It may be good when we bat first time around, however the best chance to force a result in Wellington is the pitch taking turn late in the game and that advantage now lies in Panesar and England. I'm still a great believer in batting first in any test unless the pitch looks spectacularly fresh and green.