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

[ashley bach]

Lead is 555 @SillyCowCorner1 not sure if it'll be enough

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

How long will Joseph Edward Root be stuck on 64 Test match 50s for goodness sake!

 

[GIMH]

Not Joe’s toughest hundred but a very enjoyable one nonetheless

 

[straw man]

That was painful.

We are looking pretty done, so not expecting much from our batting - 200 perhaps.

 

[King Kane]

I doubt we will get anywhere near that target of 583 but hopefully we can at least put up a better fight than we did in the first innings.

 

[Howsie]

Looking forward to Phillips batting with O’Rourke some time this innings….

 

[Howe_zat]

Root falls 9 runs short of being the most prolific visiting batsman to New Zealand. Harry Brook into the top 10 after 4 matches

 

[Bahnz]

Looking forward to Phillips batting with O’Rourke some time this innings….

I'm looking forward to a Tom Blundell 43 being used as justification by Latham for his continued selection.

 

[ashley bach]

583 to win
Run rate required 2.22 @SillyCowCorner1
Should be a doddle on this batting paradise

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Rooooooooot

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah, get Mariu in for the third test.

 

[GIMH]

Woakes returning decent figures this series so far by his own overseas standards.

 

[straw man]

Conway

 

[King Kane]

Williamson may as well be opening with how out of form Conway is.

 

[Bahnz]

Jeez you could drive a bus through the gap between bat and ball there.

 

[slowfinger]

Woakes returning decent figures this series so far by his own overseas standards.

nz is more akin to England than say, Pakistan though

 

[slowfinger]

what a nut thoug, you just can't leave him out of the team can you with Woakes, taking up the moeen ali role well

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Williamson may as well be opening with how out of form Conway is.

The Kiwi Jacob Bethell

 

[GIMH]

nz is more akin to England than say, Pakistan though

Yeah but his previous trip here wasn’t fruitful

 

[straw man]

Jeez you could drive a bus through the gap between bat and ball there.

Yeah hands way out in front both dismissals this match, rather than playing late. Tbh he's always done that a fair bit, relied on excellent hand-eye to connect anyway. But that deviated too much for him.