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

[Meridio]

Watling looking dodgy against Panesar.

Stating the obvious, but it's almost entirely up to these two to get us past the follow-on.

 

[Zinzan]

Is it just me or does Dion Nash seem to have a slight speech impediment? Some of the words just don't come out right.

 

[hendrix]

it's Gilchrist, not Gilcrest, Dion.

 

[Uppercut]

I love watching McCullum but it's partly because when he's going well I always get the feeling he's going to get overexcited and do something stupid.

 

[Stapel]

Root to end the partnership?

 

[straw man]

Excellent fifty McCullum. Don't know that I've ever seen him in form this good for this long. Must be something about orchestrating a coup that gets his eye in

Has had a major problem converting fifties to hundreds and now would be a good time to do something about that.

 

[Scaly piscine]

The bizarre strategy of not having many men bother to stand in catching positions when in such a bloody obvious position as earlier could be difference between winning and drawing this match.

 

[Zinzan]

The bizarre strategy of not having many men bother to stand in catching positions when in such a bloody obvious position as earlier could be difference between winning and drawing this match.

It was poor captaincy, but I highly doubt it will cost England the victory.

 

[hendrix]

It was poor captaincy, but I highly doubt it will cost England the victory.

Watling would have been caught at 3rd slip. The next batsman in is Bruce Martin, and Anderson and Broad were still getting a bit of reverse swing at that stage. It could feasibly have ensured the follow on, and we might escape from that now.

 

[Kippax]

Probably only three sessions left in this match, reading into the current forecast.

 

[Jezroy]

Is it just me or does Dion Nash seem to have a slight speech impediment? Some of the words just don't come out right.

Think it used to much worse - his "s" in particular.

 

[Zinzan]

Think it used to much worse - his "s" in particular.

 

[Pothas]

ah ****s sake.

 

[Zinzan]

Bugger

 

[Meridio]

Oh, **** it. That's the follow on out of reach you'd think.

Awful shot.

 

[Pothas]

Needed that was started to think that McCullum had actually become really good. Jimmy really deserved a wicket in the last spell.

 

[Meridio]

McCullum really has an aversion to scoring centuries. 70s are nice and all but they don't a) win games; or b) save games.

 

[L Trumper]

BMac gone around 70s again!

 

[Bahnz]

Better from Watling, but he really needs to work out a strategy for turning the strike over against Panesar.

 

[Pothas]

Cheers Tim.