**Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

[BazBall21]

Both these batsman having penguin feet movement, yet somehow scoring easy runs.

Stokes innings has been a weird watch today. Air of uncertainty. He does sometimes get confused over which tempo he wants.

 

[Johan]

Shot

 

[CartyDurham]

No that wasn't a drop, land at least a yard short

Agreed.

on replay he did well to stop it

atkinson playing some lovely shots , he could catch stokes

out next ball. Kiss of death

 

[kevinw]

They'll probably get Atkinson on the short ball eventually but it'll be one hell of a pyrrhic victory.

 

[CartyDurham]

Atkinson goes for a handy 48

lead 97

Carse has been known to bat in a similar way to Atkinson

 

[Johan]

welp, should've gotten the 50 but I won't complain about our #9 making 48 off of 35

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Oh well, shame he didn't get to his 50, but that was fun, a cracking cameo

 

[mackembhoy]

Literally no ****ing need to give it away

 

[King Kane]

Thank god Phillips held on to that one, Atkinson was looking like he was on for another ton.

 

[trundler]

Bummed he just missed out on the 50 there but can't criticise the #9 storming in and taking the game away like that

 

[CartyDurham]

Thank god Phillips held on to that one, Brook was looking like he was on for another ton.

Brook in an Atkinson mask.

 

[Bahnz]

Lol, was so sure we were going to get a collision there.

 

[BigBeefy]

Obviously a super innings for a 9 but it felt like he had these guys absolutely on the ropes and we could have milked 3-4 an over for a good while longer.

This is a very decent pitch and every run in the lead will be needed.

 

[CartyDurham]

Durham at the crease now to get England to a lead of 120 or so

 

[hendrix]

So if 7 of your 11 batsmen give their wickets away, and you drop 7 regulation chances, how do you expect to win a test match?

Just has been a pathetic display from this team.

Multiple opportunities to take control of the match and instead we've basically gifted England a test match win. So so poor.

 

[smellcricketintheair]

Philips did well not to let Conway go for the catch

 

[CartyDurham]

Snorter of s Yorker goes for four over the slips

review for lbw

looks a clear edge

 

[Skyliner]

Scotty is a terrible commentator, but just as annoying is the audible grunting and exclamations from the back of the commentary box whenever a big shot is played. It’s like McMillan and others have to continuously let everyone know they are there in the vicinity. Unprofessional. Only seems to happen in NZ.

 

[mackembhoy]

Bummed he just missed out on the 50 there but can't criticise the #9 storming in and taking the game away like that

Well you can he's done the hard job then a few more overs till lunch and he can put his feet up and go again.

If he was Bashir doing that then yeah. But he's more than capable.

We just seem allergic to trying to kill teams off. It's a good pitch and many runs for Brook and Gus left out there and both gave their wickets away.

 

[hendrix]

Didn't that yorker come off toe first then bat???