**Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

[thierry henry]

Hey I think we might lose on account of we are an extremely bad team full of weak gutted dogs

 

[King Kane]

Carse getting the big dog and there isn't a no ball to save him this time, now we need nightwatchman O'Rourke to save us from further damage.

 

[Meridio]

Well bugger, that's a big wicket. England on top now

 

[straw man]

Southee should be night watchman

Also, as if Blundell needs a night watchman atm

 

[Skyliner]

Maybe get this bloke Riccardo Esteban in to coach our team, he’ll sort out the WGD’s.

 

[Meridio]

There's plenty in this pitch from what I've been able to watch so far. Pace and bounce and seam movement. Feel like England night be a bit over par with 280

 

[King Kane]

Definitely.
Perhaps a new batting coach is needed. Are the bulk of these players making progress with Ronchi in the role? KW can coach himself, most of the rest seem to be going backwards, and Conway and Blundell have fallen off a cliff.

I've said before that I can't understand why Ronchi is our batting coach, he has never been a test batsman or even a good Sheffield Shield batsman.

He is an ODI/T20 slogger, I don't know what he can teach any of our test batsmen apart from bad habits.

 

[King Kane]

Now Mitchell strangled down the legside, this is a disaster.

 

[Skyliner]

Disarray.

 

[thierry henry]

11 bad people playing 11 bad people

 

[Johan]

such a great sport

 

[Neil Young]

Deserved promotion of O'Rourke above Blundell.

 

[Meridio]

Blundell is squaring himself up horribly here. Being a good player of pace was always his thing but he looks totally out of sorts

 

[King Kane]

I have more faith in O'Rourke surviving than our batsmen, he knows how to block and how to leave something our batsmen are struggling with.

 

[Johan]

take Wil out today, wrap them up tommorrow by 150-180, take that hundred lead and give them a 500+ target for the chase

 

[Skyliner]

Promote O’Rourke to opener. Maybe Ronchi doesn’t work with him, hence his solidity.

 

[Johan]

easily England's day

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Glenn Phillips is probably the best bat in the world without a test 100. He needs to go very big tomorrow as does Nathan Smith.

 

[King Kane]

Well played O'Rourke, our only batsman that can hold his head up high with a great nought not out, not to mention his 3 wickets and his great catch.

He is future captain material.

 

[Nintendo]

Controversial take, but think Harry Brook's knock was pretty decent.