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

[Shady Slim]

joe root must really ****in hate jack leach or something eh

 

[Chubb]

The class struggle writ large. They will do anything to take someone like Jack down.

 

[_Ed_]

I'd love to see Henry piss England off with a rollicking 40-odd.

 

[Chubb]

I'd love to see Henry piss England off with a rollicking 40-odd.

can totally see that happening. England are really bad at bowling out the tail.

Athers: “ we give administrators a lot of tap sometime”. That’s because they ****ing deserve it.

 

[Meridio]

I don't really understand why England didn't have a slip to Henry at the end of that over. Okay, give him a single and protect the boundary if you must, but surely slip is a crucial position? Seems utterly bizarre.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

You gotta earn the right to put in a slip

 

[Meridio]

For a #intent #aggression team England are remarkably defensive in these first few overs

 

[_Ed_]

Stokes trying to bounce Henry to smithereens, seemingly.

 

[Moss]

Also the small matter of the second new ball in a few overs' time. Wonder if Mitchell will try to push for some quick runs before that.

 

[nzfan]

Both quite defensive so far? Perhaps England bowling to defensive fields waiting for the new ball. It'll be too late for them to force a result.

 

[Moss]

Stokes trying to bounce Henry to smithereens, seemingly.

Surely he goes fast & full sometime this over?

 

[nzfan]

A bit strange from us though, I thought we went after it yesterday to set up the game? Now we're looking to kill time? A bit confusing.

 

[Meridio]

A bit strange from us though, I thought we went after it yesterday to set up the game? Now we're looking to kill time? A bit confusing.

Think Mitchell's looking to get his eye in. Suspect they want to take some time out of the game - even say just 10 overs - then maybe have a swing and see where we get to

 

[Magrat Garlick]

@StephenZA 's revenge here

 

[Moss]

Think Mitchell's looking to get his eye in. Suspect they want to take some time out of the game - even say just 10 overs - then maybe have a swing and see where we get to

This sounds about right. Get through till the new ball somehow and then swing, no point blocking once it arrives. Though must say with this short ball barrage I wish Mitchell would farm the strike a bit more. Henry with a license to hit would be useful.

 

[Burgey]

My man Daryl Mitchell at it again. Would be 2-0 england inside seven days if he wasn’t playing for NZ.

 

[nzfan]

Think Mitchell's looking to get his eye in. Suspect they want to take some time out of the game - even say just 10 overs - then maybe have a swing and see where we get to

Go after it when they take the new ball or should it have been before they took the new ball? I'd think should have been before.

 

[White Ball]

This is starting to remind me of England v India day 5 at lords last year with all this short stuff.

 

[straw man]

Decided there were two ways to watch today's play. One is to be annoyed at some terrible cricket by NZ, terrible tactics and ruminate over where this team is going wrong and wtf has happened over the last 18 months. The other is to put on the face makeup, the enormous shoes and the red plastic nose and embrace the clown show.

Option 2 sounded far more enjoyable so I went with that, expecting a chaotic morning of 6666ers and runouts. And now I'm bemused because the lastname firstnames are batting sensibly instead.

 

[straw man]

Oh wait there's the wicket