41st Match - England v New Zealand

[Moss]

Best we can probably hope for is that our attack doesn't get too beaten up in the first ten overs.

With both Henry and Southee in the side, Southee will have to dust off his death bowling chops while Henry needs to lift his game a bit in the middle overs.

 

[harsh.ag]

Haha Archer either doesn't know the words of the anthem or cbf'ed

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Fielding coach.

Seems to have coincided with Latham's keeping going to the dogs, weirdly.

 

[weldone]

England best first.

Damn it , end of the road for Pakistan

Well that's the end of that

Pak Gambhirs have invaded the thread, lol.

 

[Meridio]

Santner opening. Picked it

 

[Meridio]

That's hooped. Great keeping Latham...

 

[harsh.ag]

Is it too late for a rain dance????

 

[nightprowler10]

Pak Gambhirs have invaded the thread, lol.

Haha, came here to post this too. Looks like the Pak vs Bang match will be a dead rubber after all.

My only hope is that if England win, they completely thrash NZ, so Pakistan has sliver of a chance to get through on NRR.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Speaking of Latham's keeping ...

 

[harsh.ag]

Instinct says NZ are going to capitulate altogether

 

[Howsie]

Latham’s keeping has been dog **** bad all tournament. Hope the Seifert haters are taking notice

 

[Moss]

Latham’s keeping has been dog **** bad all tournament. Hope the Seifert haters are taking notice

Or even the Blundell sceptics.

 

[weldone]

So neither Henry nor Southee is getting a new ball. Interesting.

 

[Meridio]

This has been a weird first couple of overs. Don't think we've put two balls in the same spot.

 

[harsh.ag]

Now giving the new ball to Southee rather than Henry. Good job bottling it, NZ.

 

[Bahnz]

Without Ferguson to provide some punch in the middle overs this could be a very very hard day in the field. Desperately need a couple of wickets inside the first 10.

 

[straw man]

Instinct says NZ are going to capitulate altogether

I have a bad feeling about this too, not helped by several poor bits of cricket in the first three overs.

 

[Howsie]

Southee looking absolutely toothless as expected. Barely looked first class standard there.

 

[straw man]

Good chance for a Southee hundred today

 

[Bahnz]

But Athlai told us that Southee was awesome...