*Official* 2022 New Zealand Tour of England, Ireland, Scotland & Netherlands

[Moss]

Lol really Latham?

That's a waste of a good foundation.

 

[straw man]

God that is a **** shot. Had so much time to hit it, too much even, and hit it in the air right there.

 

[Bahnz]

Hah, that was such a rank ball.

 

[Meridio]

This has been the story of our test cricket this year - get into a strong position, then give it away. Young got a decent delivery and didn't really do much wrong, but wtf was that from Latham

 

[Fuller Pilch]

We better not throw away our dominance again!

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Tough time for Nicholls to return after injury and covid.

 

[Bahnz]

Some great strokeplay from Young while it lasted. Familiar mode dismissal though.

Yeah, he really looks a million bucks when he’s playing his shots.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Claaaaasic Latham ...

 

[Bahnz]

Tough time for Nicholls to return after injury and covid.

Needs England to rediscover their usual catching form to get him on his way.

 

[Meridio]

England have been pretty lacklustre with the ball so far, really woeful from Latham to give them a freebie like that. Stokes has looked the most threatening to me, is making the ball do a little bit, the other three seamers all been a bit loose, lacking consistency and barely moving the ball.

 

[Uppercut]

Lots of bounce in the wicket. That Stokes lbw shout would've hit halfway up middle stump at Lord's.

 

[nzfan]

Young got a reasonably good ball. Had to play at it and it straightened.

Latham was looking very good, barely played a bad shot and gets out to a long hop. He needs a lucky charm from somewhere otherwise his runs vs reasonable opponents won't improve.

Can't quite believe England's feeding Henry with so many cut shots. He thrives on that shot.

Need a big one from Conway, he's our best batter and needs to stamp his authority like he usually does. If he's leaving and defending heaps that'll worry me.

 

[Uppercut]

Even allowing for the fact that this pitch gives them a lower margin of error, England have bowled very poorly. Lucky to still be in the game.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Usual pathetic over rate with no excuse for it. Too many loose deliveries. That gift of a second wicket means they just about got away with it despite the high scoring rate.

 

[nzfan]

That's a lot of runs for a session. Lot of loose deliveries from England and pitch not helping either for bowlers.

 

[trundler]

Haha classic Tommy Throw It Away.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Shame about Latham throwing away his wicket, but a great 1st session. 108 runs in the first session at 4.15. Need to score 400+ so want one of these two to go big.

 

[Moss]

Good start and session overall, soured by those two dismissals. Young got a good ball (in fact a good over from Stokes) after playing quite beautifully, though the dismissal is a reminder that the opening berth doesn't suit him. Latham quite infuriating, but they've done the primary job.

Looks a pitch that should be to the NZ middle order's liking if they can get themselves in.

 

[ashley bach]

It's funny how often losing the toss works to your advantage, then of course the talk about what a horrible decision it was to do this or that.
In this case there's cause to believe it may have been a poor call.
Having said that, NZ far from in a strong position yet, they have been known to collapse before on occasion.

 

[thierry henry]

Y’all realise we are very bad and are definitely losing this series right