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

[91Jmay]

If they're still batting, I'll say about an hour after tea, that'll be a lead of about 150-200.
Wouldn't it be funny(not literally) if England won this by an innings?

Reckon we should try to get past the follow on before talking declarations

 

[Howe_zat]

So whens the declaration? hour after lunch tomorrow I reckon.

infract this

 

[ashley bach]

Great partnership comes to an end.
It's not very often a Pope gets to see so much Rooting action.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

20 runs to avoid the follow-on.


Hope that there's no collapse.

 

[trundler]

Great partnership comes to an end.
It's not very often a Pope gets to see so much Rooting action.

Not when everyone involved is an adult anyway

 

[91Jmay]

Here we go...

 

[grecian]

infract this

I agree, I forgot we were actually crap apart from Root for a short time there.

 

[sledger]

Test match batsman Johnny Bairstow

 

[trundler]

That is quite a bad defensive shot.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Here we go...
Stokes and Root together with 10 to avoid the follow-on

 

[grecian]

Still, really hope we can just realise Compton and Brook are better than Crawley and Bairstow, at the current moment in time. May well be when YJB has a few first class matches behind him, and Crawley becomes a different player, we can get them both in, but WTF are we losing by not dropping them next match.

 

[Preed]

Surely that should end Bairstows test career.He should concentrate on the one day game lBring on Brooks

 

[91Jmay]

Need 150 from these two. I like Foakes as a decent bat but not a guy I see big runs from

 

[91Jmay]

Still, really hope we can just realise Compton and Brook are better than Crawley and Bairstow, at the current moment in time. May well be when YJB has a few first class matches behind him, and Crawley becomes a different player, we can get them both in, but WTF are we losing by not dropping them next match.

Rob Key ain't letting Crawley be dropped. Also imagine McCullum will like him a lot

 

[grecian]

Rob Key ain't letting Crawley be dropped. Also imagine McCullum will like him a lot

Yeah that's why I'm trying to envisage a scenario where they might both be "rested" as Key isn't giving up on crawley.

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah that's why I'm trying to envisage a scenario where they might both be "rested" as Key isn't giving up on crawley.

Compton would be fun, following the Chris Rogers trajectory would be a nice story .

 

[grecian]

Well I think Stokes attitude is clear to see, and he isn't going into his shell.

 

[91Jmay]

Alright I was wrong he isn't being circumspect he has put the pressure right back on them.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This is fun

 

[91Jmay]

Jesus this is brutal stuff. Risky but our RR is giving this one a slight chance of a result