Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Yes, he has definitely improved.
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*Official* England in NZ 2023
- Thread starter G. S. Kohli
- Start date
Howe_zat
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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.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
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.
Agreed, Ashes midnight starts are killers. Fortunately, England are normally dead and buried after 2 Tests so I can kind of ignore the final 3.
G. S. Kohli
International Vice-Captain
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.
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.
Michelle Fivefer
U19 Cricketer
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
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
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.
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Its clearly just a bait account. Was funny at first even as an Aussie but starting to get a bit old.
Michelle Fivefer
U19 Cricketer
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.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
It’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 shitty little microclimate though.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
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.
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.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Apologise to Conway immediately.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
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.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
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
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
England 50: Draw (rain affected) 35: NZ 15
and that is generous to NZ
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
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).
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
It's freezing in town today