*Official* New Zealand in England 2021

[straw man]

I really want to see Blundell, Wagner and Henry make England toil for this. Don't slog until Ajaz and Boult are in.

aaaaaand that wasn't great

 

[Athlai]

Nosebleed.gif

 

[morgieb]

Mitchell should be taking a hard look at himself now. Completely let England back in the game.

 

[Prince EWS]

Dem nosebleeds.

 

[hazsa19]

Game on. Stone has come back well from yesterday

 

[Moss]

Oops. Have to hope Henry and Boult have one of those days when the slogging comes off, can’t see them hanging around.

400 looking quite far off.

 

[_Ed_]

Not good. Not good at all.

 

[cnerd123]

This game is shaping up very nicely.

 

[Teja.]

Ofc here's jimmy to mop up the tail.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Surprised Henry was batting below Wagner ...

Really poor dismissal from Mitchell.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Henry didn't play that pull like a #9. Looks to have a decent technique.

 

[Moss]

Henry didn't play that pull like a #9. Looks to have a decent technique.

Has a good eye, can hit them. Stone needs to go full and straight.

 

[straw man]

Henry getting some revenge on England's bowlers. Though I think it was mainly Wood that hit him rather than Stone.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Seems determined to play a shot a ball, but he looks better than that.

Fun to watch though, but.

 

[hendrix]

wish we could've been a bit more ruthless

 

[Moss]

wish we could've been a bit more ruthless

Yeah 80-odd scores aren’t usually enough. Can’t complain much about Young’s dismissal, but Conway and Taylor will feel they missed out after doing the hard yards.

 

[straw man]

Amazing it took that long for England to bowl consistently at the stumps v Henry

 

[BoyBrumby]

Pretty adjacent, that.

He was giving the bowlers a decent look at the poles, was Henry.

Quick nut though, bit of tail in too.

 

[straw man]

Hmmm, attitude of everyone all morning is NZ are right on top, but one more wicket and the awful tail starts. England could still keep the lead to 60 odd.

Last two are rabbits so a lead of 60 still very much on.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah 80-odd scores aren’t usually enough. Can’t complain much about Young’s dismissal, but Conway and Taylor will feel they missed out after doing the hard yards.

It's not just the runs, it's that we're giving up the best batting conditions to them when we had a chance to bat through most of the day