*Official* New Zealand in England 2015

[flibbertyjibber]

Craig's going to get out in the same way. Thrusting the front pad at it.

Hopefully.

Scary that Root has outbowled both Craig and Moeen and he is a part timer.

 

[mightymariner]

What on earth is he doing there?

 

[Cabinet96]

Moeen bowled pretty well first dig tbf.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

not sure Wood is the way to go here

 

[Zinzan]

Is the light-meter going to come out?

 

[Meridio]

wtf Southee. Now isn't the time to throw the bat loosely.

 

[Furball]

The one thing that Root's got going for him is that he's pretty accurate.

 

[mightymariner]

Southee gonna Southee

 

[Moss]

I'll have whatever Southee's having.

 

[Zinzan]

129* off 52 will do nicely Timmeh.

 

[Cabinet96]

The one thing that Root's got going for him is that he's pretty accurate.

Yeah, on a 5th day pitch if you just fire it in at the stumps you'll cause problems. Moeen's problem earlier was he was bowling lots of short balls.

 

[Camo999]

Is the light-meter going to come out?

Agree, is pretty dark in London at the moment. Been taken off for similar in the past.

 

[Cabinet96]

18 off the over

 

[Meridio]

Ah, we must think we're still in it. 151 off 20, that's just an average T20 score.

 

[Cabinet96]

Southee will get out to the spinner. Can't just hit through the line.

 

[Moss]

C'mon Craig, live up to that 36 average!

 

[Cric123]

This Ravi umpire has made some blunders this match.

Anyway, I don't much agree with current ruling. If he gave the batsman not out and England referred Anderson would still be at the wicket, but since he was given out it stays with the umpire. How can you have the same ball have two different implications. The batsman should be given benefit of the doubt if only the outer part of the ball is hitting irrespective of the umpire's on field call or you give him out however narrowly it hits. It's one way or the other. If you aren't 100% confident in the accuracy of Hawkeye then I feel the batsmen should always be given benefit of the doubt if the ball is not hitting more than half ball.

 

[Uppercut]

Southee will get out to the spinner. Can't just hit through the line.

Not a bad strategy against Root tbf.

 

[Zinzan]

Agree, is pretty dark in London at the moment. Been taken off for similar in the past.

If Ravi gets the light meter out, all will be forgiven.

 

[Furball]

wtf Southee. Now isn't the time to throw the bat loosely.

Nah it makes sense. The cordon's packed so if you can con Cook into taking someone out from in close to put him in the outfield to take a catch then that's not the worst, particularly if you then edge it through the gap you've created.