*Official* New Zealand in England 2015

[Howe_zat]

Y'know this is a sodding excellent Test match. As Goughy said earlier, I'm always thinking the next hour is going to be the most important.

The second new ball did nothing for NZ on day 1. Might just go off the bat faster with a bit of luck

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Y'know this is a sodding excellent Test match. As Goughy said earlier, I'm always thinking the next hour is going to be the most important.

The second new ball did nothing for NZ on day 1. Might just go off the bat faster with a bit of luck

Big difference being the weather conditions are worse now. The pitch might actually be better though.

 

[Howe_zat]

Stokes living by the sword but fmd it's good to watch

 

[BeeGee]

This is awesome from Stokes.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

So the new ball is one of those disappear to the fence ones so far.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This has been a great attack by Stokes.

Cook able to do the same as Root on day 1 and just nudge the single and let him get on with it.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

The bowlers seem a little frazzled.

 

[Meridio]

Looking pretty ominous now. We've been a bit all over the place with the new ball, it's not moving anyway and anything off line is going to the boundary.

 

[mightymariner]

Good stuff from Stokes, 300 up.

 

[Howe_zat]

Very well played at a key moment - one of many, tbf. Brought England just about ahead of the game, though there's still plenty of runs in the track. England at least need to be batting at stumps.

 

[Spark]

Not really bowled well in this Test overall tbh, NZ. Can't just rely on one or two gun spells.

 

[Howe_zat]

That looked out

 

[Meridio]

It's going to be umpires call. ****.

 

[Howe_zat]

Bit lucky there.

 

[mightymariner]

Very, very lucky with that.

 

[Antihippy]

That came back a LOT.

So many umpire's call against new zealand.

 

[Mike5181]

Well this was all a bit anticlimactic.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Helped that he jumped outside the line after the shot. But that was a fair way outside not a 51% jobby.

 

[Meridio]

Not really bowled well in this Test overall tbh, NZ. Can't just rely on one or two gun spells.

Yes, this. We've bowled a few excellent spells, but in between we've bowled rubbish. Probably a result of playing too much white ball cricket recently.

 

[Burgey]

If Stokes manages to bang on a quick 50 plus here, he will have had a mighty game and would give England an outside chance at a win tomorrow

It's fantastic how some CW posters just know the game and read it so well.