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

[Bahnz]

Nice work from O'Rourke. Roughing Bethell up with the short stuff and then throwing up the faster away swinger.

 

[King Kane]

Phillips made that catch look more difficult than it was but at least he caught it.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Haha that Phillips guy... he's so fast he leaped a bit early and seemed to hang in the air for ages when taking it.

 

[anonymouskefe]

Get in there lad

 

[Bahnz]

Jeez Phillips nearly made a meal of that.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Southee usually needs the new ball to look threatening with his swing but even with the new ball today he didn't look threatening at all.

O'Rourke doesn't need the new ball as much to look threatening but it would no doubt help and he should get it after Southee departs.

Nah Smith should get an extended stint with the new ball. Third seamers are much harder to find than opening bowlers, so if a guy keeps taking wickets without the new pill there's no sense in changing that.

 

[anonymouskefe]

Dunno how it seems on tv but O'Rourke was utterly all over Bethell there, wicket looked imminent every ball

Certainly looked the same on tv

 

[Meridio]

He is a beast

 

[Bahnz]

This kid can ****in' bowl

 

[King Kane]

I was just about to say it would be nice to get Brook early for once in this series and O'Rourke delivers first ball., he is on a hat trick next over.

 

[straw man]

Lovely from O'Rourke

 

[wellAlbidarned]

what a nut

 

[Skyliner]

Phillips made that catch look more difficult than it was but at least he caught it.

Yeah, he did another of those needless movements that get him into trouble - this time a premature jump - but luckily he clung on.

 

[_Ed_]

That's outstanding.

 

[thundaboult]

YOU BEAUTY!!!!

 

[Prince EWS]

They have only picked 3 seamers so unfortunately England are going to have a lot of soft overs in this game when the soft one is bowling.

Wonder if Mitchell will have a bowl before Phillips now that the fourth bowler is Santner.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

That is quite a lazy shot... Gower-esque

 

[jcas0167]

Dunno how it seems on tv but O'Rourke was utterly all over Bethell there, wicket looked imminent every ball

Def looked that way on TV as well.

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha that Phillips guy... he's so fast he leaped a bit early and seemed to hang in the air for ages when taking it.

He's a weird fielder. Super fast and athletic but bad hands. Means he puts himself in position to take screamers sometimes but can also drop dollies. How he caught that kind of demonstrates it, lol.

 

[thundaboult]

Hi God, please keep will o'rourke healthy. I beg of thee.

-From a nzc fan who desperately wants a couple of world cups in the cabinet