Fuller Pilch
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Yes, he has definitely improved.
These hours are alright I reckon. Just means getting up early to watch 2 sessions out of 3.Odd time for me to watch 3.30 am in india by 10.30 or 10.40 am ends of 90 overs
Hoping that a few rain delays mean they start 30 mins earlier on Days 2-5, that's 9.30pm in the UK and a reasonable amount can be watched.These hours are alright I reckon. Just means getting up early to watch 2 sessions out of 3.
The games that start at midnight are the shockers - already too late when it starts, and barely worth getting up for. If the game is good enough it's an all nighter.
Always better to hedge your bets,England unchanged.
Also they think it's going to be a really bowling-friendly surface but also might not be.
New Zealand v England: Unchanged tourists chase seventh consecutive win
England name an unchanged team as they aim for a seventh successive win in the second Test against New Zealand.www.bbc.co.uk
Yes Brook should have won mom for that Rawalpindi test imo- probably more justified than at least 1 of the mom's he's won since.Harry Brook comes into the Test off the back of three consecutive Player-of-the-Match awards. The last time he didn't win the accolade, at Rawalpindi in December, he still contributed scores of 153 and 87.
Stoke's has now overseen ten Test wins in the space of 12 matches in charge (including a one-off role as stand-in in 2020), the equal joint-fastest to double figures, alongside Australia's Lindsay Hassett. One more win will draw him level with Len Hutton's haul of 11 wins in 23 Tests.
Its clearly just a bait account. Was funny at first even as an Aussie but starting to get a bit old.Between this and the Green post I'm fairly sure this guy is just waiting to try and squeeze in any gags he's seen on reddit/twitter.
For matches televised overnight I might watch an hour or two and record the play occurring after I’ve gone to bed. And hope to avoid accidentally hearing the score. As in the above post, can stay up if the play is too gripping to leave.These hours are alright I reckon. Just means getting up early to watch 2 sessions out of 3.
The games that start at midnight are the shockers - already too late when it starts, and barely worth getting up for. If the game is good enough it's an all nighter.
I reckon wait a few months mate, if they can win the Ashes then I'm more than happy to say they're top 2.Super excited for the test match... Our best chance is at Basin. We haven't dropped a game at Basin for a very long time. If England can get one over us in this test match then I will believe they are the best team around marginally ahead of India. I'd say 70:30 to us this test match. This is our fort.
Apologise to Conway immediately.I reckon wait a few months mate, if they can win the Ashes then I'm more than happy to say they're top 2.
And wowee, if you want to open a bookies, I reckon more than a few people will take your odds. If it doesn't rain, I reckon they win 8-9 out of 10 and we might sneak one or two. I'm not sure how though, given they are better than us everywhere from 1-11 apart from WK.
We haven't played at the Basin since 2020. From 2017 (when we last to SA there thanks to Maharaj) -2020 we had really good teams with excellent bowling. Unless we win the toss and knock them over cheaply, I can't see a path to victory.Super excited for the test match... Our best chance is at Basin. We haven't dropped a game at Basin for a very long time. If England can get one over us in this test match then I will believe they are the best team around marginally ahead of India. I'd say 70:30 to us this test match. This is our fort.
Despite Latham's issues against the new ball and Williamson's elbow, all of our top 3 are better than theirs.You think Duckett’s a better bat than Conway?
England 50: Draw (rain affected) 35: NZ 15I'd say 70:30 to us this test match. This is our fort.
I'd pick Southee in a combined team too but that's not quite what he said so fair enough not counting him (he's not as good as Anderson who is his obvious comparison player).Despite Latham's issues against the new ball and Williamson's elbow, all of our top 3 are better than theirs.
On paper
Latham v Crawley
Conway v Duckett
KW v Pope
should be 3-0 NZ
7-4 England
It's freezing in town todayIt’s fine out here in Lower Hutt, doesn’t look like we’ll get much rain at all today. Wellington does often have it’s own ****ty little microclimate though.