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

[nzfan]

There's no way England can chase it you'd think. I just don't want our guys to bat another 15 overs and it ends in a tame draw.

 

[Burgey]

Good grief you have a new ball and the best new ball bowler of the last 20 years

 

[MW1304]

He bats in the top order when he plays club cricket. He can hit it pretty well.

I mean averaging nearly 17 as a number 11 is proof enough. Never been done for a sustained period.

 

[Burgey]

There's no way England can chase it you'd think. I just don't want our guys to bat another 15 overs and it ends in a tame draw.

You’d be thinking 300 means they can afford to keep the field up even if England knock a few off quickish, whereas 260 odd means the margin of error is less

 

[thierry henry]

I still think we’ll lose but the fact we seem to be at least semi playing for the draw fills me with joy

 

[kevinw]

I really would declare now, got to give England an incentive.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Trent - smash Anderson for an over then declare.

 

[Burgey]

I still think we’ll lose but the fact we seem to be at least semi playing for the draw fills me with joy

You reckon England of all sides will chase nearly 300 in just over two sessions?

like if test cricket was that easy sides would pile on 400 per day all the time mate

 

[MW1304]

Every home series there's one guy who scores basically all the opposition runs and we can't seem to work out at all, while most others struggle. Not always who you would expect either. Would be interested to see a dissection of that.

 

[nzfan]

If we don't declare when we get to 300 lead and force England to draw I'm going to sleep. Not worth watching England bat out a draw. The pitch is good enough to block all day I think. Only way to get wickets is if they attack.

 

[Xuhaib]

Darryl Mitchell is turning out to be real gun his FC record is decent nothing out of this world looked ok when he came in but suddenly this series he looks among the very best in world cricket at the moment .
Purple patch or genuinely moved to next level?

 

[nzfan]

We're asking England to score at 4 RPO?

 

[Flametree]

You reckon England of all sides will chase nearly 300 in just over two sessions?

like if test cricket was that easy sides would pile on 400 per day all the time mate

Have you been watching this wicket and outfield. Get any bat on anything and it's four. If Root bats as he has the last two innings, I think England will walk this....

 

[MW1304]

Oh who would have thought. Thrown away 20 runs there ffs.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Good. Great time to be dismissed.

 

[thierry henry]

You reckon England of all sides will chase nearly 300 in just over two sessions?

Either they will (McCullum ball) or they’ll lose their nerve and play out the draw. Either option vastly more likely than us rolling them on a featherbed.

But really this is about us being in a dark place generally, finding ways to lose, and having a terrible history of batting like **** in the 3rd innings and then letting the opposition chase down a challenging total in the 4th. Losing in this exact scenario is an NZ trope.

 

[nzfan]

Darryl Mitchell is turning out to be real gun his FC record is decent nothing out of this world looked ok when he came in but suddenly this series he looks among the very best in world cricket at the moment .
Purple patch or genuinely moved to next level?

Have followed his entire domestic career. Never thought he'd make the test team let alone he'd be this dominant. Always knew has a chance at white ball cricket but he was pretty much competing with the likes of Jimmy, Corey, CDG.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Crap bowling and fielding today and poor captaincy. 170 all out and we’ll have the full set.

 

[thierry henry]

Either they will (McCullum ball) or they’ll lose their nerve and play out the draw. Either option vastly more likely than us rolling them on a featherbed.

But really this is about us being in a dark place generally, finding ways to lose, and having a terrible history of batting like **** in the 3rd innings and then letting the opposition chase down a challenging total in the 4th. Losing in this exact scenario is an NZ trope.

/happened in the last test

 

[Burgey]

If we don't declare when we get to 300 lead and force England to draw I'm going to sleep. Not worth watching England bat out a draw. The pitch is good enough to block all day I think. Only way to get wickets is if they attack.

You can’t afford to give them a sniff when you’re 1-0 down already though. They’ve got a pretty inexperienced line up for the most part. Bat them out of it, set attacking fields, bowl decent areas and be a bit patient.