*Official* 2022 New Zealand Tour of England, Ireland, Scotland & Netherlands

[Zinzan]

Pathetic on this wicket. If England had batted first they'd be 250/4 by now.

What an abysmal tour by NZ. Bad signs in the NZ summer, now genuine concerns.

 

[Bahnz]

Couldn’t be more fitting to round out this tour with a good old fashioned 123/5.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

It's more fuel for the Henry Nicholls: world's jammiest cricketer meme.

Ok gotta admit the the payoff to this storyline was pretty good.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I guess Mitchell will be buying a couple of rounds of beer for Nicholls tonight.

 

[Neil Young]

Couldn’t be more fitting to round out this tour with a good old fashioned 123/5.

Saw the teatime score and thought the same. Depressing.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Bat until the cows come home, Mitch and Blundell

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Why isn't Stokes being attacking?

Bowl some pace to the new batsman

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

When did this become a thing?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Can't accuse Mitchell of wasting his good form; cashed in literally every innings.

 

[kevinw]

I like that Stokes has confidence in Leach but Blundell and Mitchell have rarely been troubled by him. Would rather he or Overton came on.

 

[kevinw]

When did this become a thing?

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Root can bowl leggies, has done so a number of times in tests.

 

[StephenZA]

Looking at scoreboard it seems NZ have not shown enough intent...

 

[thundaboult]

was nicholls trying to bat for a draw??

 

[Flem274*]

Mitchell is a ****ing monster. Can't wait to see how management make him worse in 12-24 months.

Blundell contributing again too. Credit to him, had a couple of guys coming hard for his spot and he has already played some excellent innings this tour and against SA.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Hey look, it's Rain in June in England.

 

[kevinw]

Hey look, it's Rain in June in England.

TBF it was 30 degrees last week and we haven't had much rain recently.

 

[Moss]

Mitchell is a ****ing monster. Can't wait to see how management make him worse in 12-24 months.

Blundell contributing again too. Credit to him, had a couple of guys coming hard for his spot and he has already played some excellent innings this tour and against SA.

Yeah just as well Mitchell is in the form of his life, the top order has served up a dog’s breakfast all tour. Been a real asset to the side in a mostly frustrating last 7-8 months.

Solid from Blundell, he was looking a bit of a liability around the time of the Bangladesh series but his efforts since then have mostly made up for Watling’s retirement.

 

[trundler]

Mitchell would have as many test centuries in England as Greg Chappell if he gets one in this innings.

 

[GIMH]

TBF it was 30 degrees last week and we haven't had much rain recently.

Was 30 degrees a few hours ago. I for one welcome the rain

 

[Fuller Pilch]

4:45am here, freezing cold, and another top order failure. I see Mitchell is averaging over 140 for the series which isn't too shabby.