**Official** 2004 Natwest Series (Eng, NZL, WI)

[MoxPearl]

what a odd match..

Well When NZ come out to batt they are going to require 7 a over..

lol @ laras batting.. i had to feel sorry for oram lol

 

[superkingdave]

Rampaul struggling.... Fleming hits an effortless six

4 wides 2 no balls so far

 

[Tom Halsey]

Rampaul bowling wides...

 

[Kent]

Given that the ball has seamed all over the place, I guess the good people at Edgbaston were looking for the same awful tricks NZ deliberately pulled on India.

 

[superkingdave]

Eighteen of a twelve ball over!

 

[MoxPearl]

lol good start nz.. 18 first over

 

[Tom Halsey]

What a catch!

 

[superkingdave]

Top Catch

 

[anzac]

with only 21 overs per innings I'm surprised NZL didn't change their batting order - in the past they've dropped Marshall down the order & promoted the likes of Cairns etc to have a blaze..........

 

[superkingdave]

Rain Rain Rain

 

[MoxPearl]

match over.. nz was gonna win.. but the right call in the end to come off the field i guess..

 

[MoxPearl]

whos the sky commentator with the glasses ?

Everything that comes out his mouth sounds like a fart.. i thought it throu the entire test series aswell... in his eyes rain and LIGHT was "Extremelly unfair on the west indies"

hmmm i didnt know that rain and bad light made batting easyer ?

 

[anzac]

so I guess that's it then - only 21 overs possible & 20 required to constitute a match & the players are going off..................

another nil result = hard luck NZL as they have been unable to secure max points from 2 matches now.........

 

[superkingdave]

whos the sky commentator with the glasses ?

Everything that comes out his mouth sounds like a fart.. i thought it throu the entire test series aswell... in his eyes rain and LIGHT was "Extremelly unfair on the west indies"

hmmm i didnt know that rain and bad light made batting easyer ?

Michael Holding?

It doesn't make batting easier but rain makes fielding and landing your front foot very hard.

 

[MoxPearl]

and do i understand that there is another game tommorow night ?

If so.. geez... what kinda series is this ? 3 games in 3 days ? :S with 2 teams (touring teams) having to play 2 games in 2 days...

Sorry if this has been mentioned before..

 

[MoxPearl]

Michael Holding?

It doesn't make batting easier but rain makes fielding and landing your front foot very hard.

nah the english guy

 

[Neil Pickup]

Paul Allott. The games have been Thursday and Saturday and there will be one tomorrow - 3 in 4 days.

It was unsafe to continue as it was so wet the seamers couldn't safely run in with the amount of pressure and body weight that goes through their feet on impact.

Ooh, fantastic. The first shards of sunlight have just broken through in Exeter after 15 hours' steady drizzle.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Ah, should be in Essex sometime next week then - amazingly we haven't had any rain, but it ain't half overcast.

 

[Tim]

Damn it, we would have won if the rain hadn't come, but not to be.

I thought even though it was only a 21 over affair..NZ showed some good signs.

 

[cbuts]

yea its hard to tell te form with this game. but in recent months we have shown to be one the better odi sides, a good series here would see us rise to no.2. just a pity our test cricekt has fallen