*Official* New Zealand in England 2021

[honestbharani]

And of course, GAFC, England!!!

 

[Fuller Pilch]

So much for the 5 days of sunshine...

 

[Immenso]

After one innings?

No, I was hoping he was going to be injured for this test, as rumored, so the door could open for his replacement.

I reckon hes finished, sadly.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I think England were probably going to rotate the quicks anyway. Ironically Overton will probably replace him.

 

[nzfan]

Come Friday comes the rain... Bugger

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Taylor's been written off many times before. Might score some decent runs in the 2nd innings.

 

[harsh.ag]

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[straw man]

They should've taken a really hard line and banned him for twenty Test matches - but starting from when he made the tweet.

Should've banned him for twenty Test matches for his comments tbh. Avert your eyes if you don't want to be outraged.

"Swinging it away from him, setting him up, pulling him across the crease, and then using the crease with the nip backer to get him lbw looks like a solid option," Robinson said.

"That will be Plan A, but if he gets a few more we have got a few Plans Bs and Cs in the background."

That's Kane he's talking about. Absolutely disgusting.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I could watch Reds-Blues but could do with some sleep

 

[MW1304]

Weekend is meant to be nice again.

Honestly I've been happy for the respite, my flat retains heat like a bugger. Not ideal for wfh. First world problems etc.

 

[OverratedSanity]

They could've scheduled these games in any other month of the year.







Because I had way more free time to actually sit and watch. No other reason. really.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Should've banned him for twenty Test matches for his comments tbh. Avert your eyes if you don't want to be outraged.

That's Kane he's talking about. Absolutely disgusting.

A little known fact about Kane is that he thinks the Holocaust never happened.

 

[straw man]

A little known fact about Kane is that he thinks the Holocaust never happened.

this is like laughing at a Gnske joke
which I did

 

[Shri]

Its raining

bUt iTs JuNe

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Anyone who's reached their teens expecting three uninterrupted days of Test Cricket in England hasn't followed closely enough. In 1976 we had the hottest summer ever with three months of literally Mediterranean weather caused by a freak slip stream diverting cloud around the north tip of our great island. Yet the Saturday of the Lord's Test was washed out.

 

[Prince EWS]

A little known fact about Kane is that he thinks the Holocaust never happened.

"And he was right!"
~ Joe Biden

 

[Magrat Garlick]

"And he was right!"
~ Joe Biden

mods

 

[GIMH]

If they were playing in my garden rain wouldn't have stopped play

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[Lillian Thomson]

The BBC website obviously getting a bit bored waiting for the rain to stop, but is this seriously a thing in New Zealand?

 

[nzfan]

I wonder if nz will do any rotation for the second test, need a way for someone to push Taylor out of the 11 for the WTC. He's become that bad.

4 players already in the squad I'd rather play ahead of him. Sad, but true.

I don't expect any changes to be honest. Kane and Stead are two most conservative guys in NZ. Shows in Kane's batting too doesn't it. He likes it tried and tested as long as the results are not outright bad. He's very risk averse and so is Stead.

Think of this, Jamieson was in Aussie but they opted for Henry. Darryl Mitchell is in good touch but they opted for CDG even if he was half fit and didn't have much practice. There's Ajaz best spinner on tour and Rachin who's a future super star (in my eyes) but they opted for Santner. Guess who's 12th man? It's not Duffy but Henry.

So far so good, this approach has produced results but I think if Baz was the captain the side would have been quite different I think.