***Official*** England in New Zealand 2018

[straw man]

Pretty incredible after being 2/2 and losing Williamson to umpiring that we now need 80(60), exactly what we failed to achieve in the first match.

 

[Cabinet96]

I think he nailed that last one.

 

[vcs]

Epic. What a boss Taylor is.

 

[Bahnz]

They can hang around all they want and until the very end, they still don't have a shot. If it was 280 maybe, but not 335 with their girly strike rates.

Deftly played.

 

[Cabinet96]

Not giving Woakes 10 is an interesting decision to say the least. 235 for 1 in 32 overs since he last bowled.

 

[Bahnz]

Daft from Latham, NZ really needed him to bat through as there's not a lot to come after Taylor inevitably wholes out.

 

[Prince EWS]

Kind of surprised de Grandhomme came out before Nicholls given how Taylor is batting.

 

[straw man]

This should by rights be a great scenario for cdg to finish it, I'm not feeling confident though. As others have pointed out, he hasn't handled pressure very well in these situations so far.

 

[harsh.ag]

Jeez Taylor's been outstanding.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

"I wonder how de grandhomme is gonna play this"
As though that's ever in question

 

[Starfighter]

This handling of Woakes is baffling, especially considering Rashid wasn't exactly parsimonious.

 

[harsh.ag]

CdG coming to the party like a champ. What a day.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Am I the only one confused that they've left bringing Chris Woakes, their best bowler by orders of magnitude, so late? And at a stage where he won't be able to bowl out anyway?

Match fixing? To keep the series alive? I can't figure it out.

 

[harsh.ag]

Did Root just forget about Woakes' existence?

 

[Moss]

Superhuman from Taylor but geez watching NZ try to finish chases off is painful.

 

[Bahnz]

Taylor's made a mistake in going away from his 6,1 or out strategy. Now in real danger of losing this from an easy position

 

[TheJediBrah]

Great chance for Nichols to showcase he's still a Test player

 

[straw man]

Can get the required rate all the way down to a run a ball but of course, this nz side can't make things that easy.

Bound to somehow still need ten off the last over.

 

[Daemon]

Is it just me or has captaincy across the board in cricket been really poor from this generation.

Holder is crap, Smith in LOs is a joke, Kohli makes stupid selections and now we have this.

 

[Daemon]

This is something else from Taylor.