I'm sorry, did you say something about how South Africa sucks and are doomed to be terrible?
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***Official*** England in New Zealand 2018
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morgieb
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Probably a case of Mishra only playing when the conditions were really spin friendly. Shah's also had a couple of shockers which has ballooned his average a bit.
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The volume of cricket the Big 3 play is just so much higher. The top two Kiwis in terms of balls faced are Kane (4401) and Latham (3566) for a total of 7,967 balls. Cook himself has faced 7,546 balls in the same time frame.
WindieWeathers
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Is this a good time to crack a joke about the "second tier"? Or are my English friends still a little sensitive? 
Congrats on sneaking past Scotland.Is this a good time to crack a joke about the "second tier"? Or are my English friends still a little sensitive?
Woeful display - such a weak team at the moment. NZ bowled well and Kane batted superbly but the amount of awful shots is a disgrace.
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If it wasn't for umpires you wouldn't even be playing in the World Cup. Glass houses.Is this a good time to crack a joke about the "second tier"? Or are my English friends still a little sensitive?
WindieWeathers
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Thank you sir. And I totally agree, embarrassing to watch we were but what can you do? NZ at home are becoming quite a force, got to win from here.
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England also batted appallingly in their first innings of the first test last time they toured. In fact if you look at the dismissals last time was comfortably worse - at least today a good half were proper fast bowler wickets.
... and last time England held on for the draw. They'll need help from the rain to do the same again, but there'll probably be a fair bit of that.
... and last time England held on for the draw. They'll need help from the rain to do the same again, but there'll probably be a fair bit of that.
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Boult has made his name on ridiculous spells so England were always up against it when he showed up in the zone, but the right hander in the top order that got bowled middle stump (I've seen the highlights just the once) is not going to have a good series if he's missing Trent Boult's stock lbw ball by that much. Should have been some pad in the way at least.
Nice to see the ball that goes the other way return. Completely fooled Stokes.
edit - duh it had to be root
Nice to see the ball that goes the other way return. Completely fooled Stokes.
edit - duh it had to be root
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Yeah that was the dismissal that stood out so much for me too. At a bare minimum the English batsmen should not be getting bowled so often between bat and pad.
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When the weather saves you from defeat against the Sweaties i'd be keeping my big gob shut.Is this a good time to crack a joke about the "second tier"? Or are my English friends still a little sensitive?
NZTailender
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Good atmosphere at the ground this evening. Only $15 for the ticket too, not $25 as I was expecting.
Just gutted I missed the fireworks.
Just gutted I missed the fireworks.
Black_Warrior
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KW proving he's better than Root
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Honestly think KW would be seen on a similar level to Smith if New Zealand actually bothered to play Tests regularly. A shame.
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Pretty sure England batted out in the second innings to save a test match in the 2013 series too..although they scored way more than 58. Probably around 170.
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This one? 3rd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 22-26 2013 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo
Superb innings from Prior, to be fair. Heartbreaking, but superb.
NZTailender
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Anyone got link to video highlights of today? or just Boult's spell, really.