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

[BeeGee]

Any more word on the rain?

There's no rain, mate.

 

[Dan]

Hey, whoa what...swiping his bat angrily? Boult told him **** you? That all happened? Didn't see it in the coverage.

Yeah, Root genuinely looked angry at one point when Malan dropped a single against Boult. When he got hit, it looked like Kane was going to walk over and see if he was alright, only for the others to basically yell at him not to. That being said, he did end up walking over and picked up Root's bat for some shadow batting.

Poor Astle. Waits forever to bowl, finally comes on but can't find his length, then has a dolly dropped off a long hop before being driven down the ground for four.

That wicket could've down wonders for his confidence; drop Boult IMO.

Yeah that drop was surreal. Bloke in the Northern Stand, when Boult was back on the fence, did make sure to scream out "we still love you, Boulteh". Maybe Trent just really wants Ish back

 

[Athlai]

Auckland - Radar Area - Weather Radar Imagery, Rain Forecasts and more from MetService.com

It's coming...

I don’t think you understand how the rain radar works.

 

[Flem274*]

he did end up walking over and picked up Root's bat for some shadow batting.

!

 

[Larwood's_boots]

Stat worth remembering- no kiwi bowler has EVER dismissed overton in a test

 

[BeeGee]

I don’t think you understand how the rain radar works.

I don't think he understands how anything works.

 

[ankitj]

Rooting for Kiwis to win this. Will be shame for rain to ruin their brilliant effort on day 1.

With Broad slotted at #10 (!!), might not be an easy task.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I don't think he understands how anything works.

 

[Flem274*]

as the comms said, late arvo summer thunderstorms are common enough in nz

 

[straw man]

It's still not going to be easy to get these last three wickets. Broad might even decide to hang around next too.

 

[BeeGee]

Is that the first three ever run at Eden Park to a straight drive?

 

[BeeGee]

Looked good.

 

[straw man]

Gaaaawn. That's hitting imo.

Great work Astle.

 

[Flem274*]

nicely done

 

[Larwood's_boots]

Aaaaand... this ones done.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

That would have been a heartbreaker if Reiffel hadn't given it ... must've been about 49% hitting the stumps.

Great stuff Astle!!!

 

[straw man]

It was a lovely slider and a great demonstration of the benefits of having a legspinner against tail-enders.

 

[_Ed_]

This is a fearsome spell from Wagner.

 

[cnerd123]

Stat worth remembering- no kiwi bowler has EVER dismissed overton in a test

Cometh the hour, cometh the Tastle

 

[BeeGee]

Cometh the hour, cometh the Tastle

The hour was actually two hours ago, but Williamson wouldn't bowl him.