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

[robbypark]

Lol NZ is ******** for not declaring still.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

What is this, southee batting sensibly

 

[Gnske]

What is this, southee batting sensibly

Yet another reason this lack of declaration is so anti-cricket.

 

[_Ed_]

I thought that was out.

 

[Bahnz]

England got ripped off there. Clearly out.

Oh well, didn't matter much in the end.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Probably out but fair enough on the evidence

 

[robbypark]

England got ripped off there. Clearly out.

It's better for England to not get a wicket. The longer NZ bat, the better for England.

 

[_Ed_]

Wagner's clearly keen to make a contribution to this game.

 

[Bahnz]

Quite smart from Root going with spinners at both ends. Rattle through some overs and force a declaration a bit earlier than NZ would like.

 

[_Ed_]

Williamson's in his whites now.

 

[Bahnz]

It's better for England to not get a wicket. The longer NZ bat, the better for England.

There's still 150 overs for England to bat. And the later NZ declare, the darker it will be when NZ take the new ball.

 

[_Ed_]

And there it is.

Bloody well played, Henry.

 

[Bahnz]

Might've stayed out there for another 15 minutes myself, but with Root and Ali chewing up overs it's probably a good decision.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Zinzan 197
Gnske 321
straw man 286/6d
Adders 57
James 142
Hutt 452
Bahnz 281
DoG 223

Ahem ...

 

[Zinzan]

Btw, in terms of making up lost time, do we only get the 7 or so overs for the extra 1/2 hour in the morning, or can we get 30 mins at the end of these last 2 days too?

 

[Zinzan]

Ahem ...

Played sir.

 

[robbypark]

There's still 150 overs for England to bat. And the later NZ declare, the darker it will be when NZ take the new ball.

Won't be 150, especially if England start well.

 

[Bahnz]

Btw, in terms of making up lost time, do we only get the 7 or so overs for the extra 1/2 hour in the morning, or can we get 30 mins at the end of these last 2 days too?

They'll play till 9:30 tonight. They can play later on day 5 if not all the overs have been bowled, but 10pm is when the lights have to be shut off.

 

[Bahnz]

Classic Cook.

 

[_Ed_]

Well, that was hardly one of Boult's finest deliveries, but we'll take it.