*Official* England in NZ 2023

[OverratedSanity]

Ugh hope kuggeleijn gets smashed or people are going to do the whole "Sportsman has achieved redemption for real life ****tines by playing sport well" thing.

 

[Howe_zat]

Considering there is only about half a dozen names on that list it wouldn't be hard to eventually whittle down and find out who.

Alright, off you go

 

[Burgey]

Ugh hope kuggeleijn gets smashed or people are going to do the whole "Sportsman has achieved redemption for real life ****tines by playing sport well" thing.

Redemption: The Ben Stokes Story.

 

[Nintendo]

More of that please pope.

 

[Burgey]

Oooh, a proper cricket shot

 

[Darwin Award]

Majid Khan- 74 balls
David Warner- 78 balls
Shikhar Dhawan- 87 balls
Victor Trumper- 95 balls
Charley Macartney- 135 balls

... Will look into Bradman who is the only one left.

 

[Bahnz]

My god this is awful bowling.

 

[Binkley]

Lordy. I just looked at the FC numbers for Kuggs and Tickner. I didn’t realise earlier that they were that bad. I really don’t understand what Larsen and Stead were thinking. Both of them have been playing for a long time and have been garbage for a long time.

 

[thierry henry]

Our tactics these days seem to be to completely fail to bowl standard line and length, so swear off even attempting it and go for 6 RPO bowling short instead

 

[Howe_zat]

These short balls aren't really rushing them so I'm not seeing any pace in the surface. Probably a mistake to put them in after all.

Also if you're going to start bowling short surely you bring Wagner back. He's only bowled two overs.

 

[Jarquis]

I forgot we lost the toss

 

[Burgey]

These short balls aren't really rushing them so I'm not seeing any pace in the surface

They're just long hops. Nothing on them at all, and barely chest height.

 

[Howe_zat]

I am very pleased to have gotten up for this

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I see they had a minute's silence for the harm caused by Cyclone Gabrielle beforehand.

Probably should have had a minute's silence for the harm caused by ***ual Violence as well.

 

[Bahnz]

Kugz's ER rate: 6.66

No further comment.

 

[Darwin Award]

Duckett currently needs 24 off 17 deliveries to eclipse Jessop's record that has been hanging on for dear life in the last year or so.

 

[Bahnz]

Christ, take these hacks off and give Mitchell a bowl for a few overs.

 

[Ghost]

Tickner and Kuggs debuts going exactly how we thought they would. Something all of CW could see happening but Stead and Larsen couldn’t

 

[Howe_zat]

Gilbert Jessop has got more airtime in the last year than the previous century

Kinda hope his record stays intact

 

[straw man]

I see they had a minute's silence for the harm caused by Cyclone Gabrielle beforehand.

Probably should have had a minute's silence for the harm caused by ***ual Violence as well.

Instead of giving a minutes silence on this issue NZC gave us years of it.

Only checking play here and there, but our bowling looks even more laughably bad than expected.