*Official* England in NZ 2023

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Sigh. This is not how you cricket.

 

[ataraxia]

****

 

[G. S. Kohli]

5 fer Leach
I told you nz win tomorrow

 

[_Ed_]

Sigh.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Wow! Terrible.

We'll lose by lunch tomorrow. So much for our deep batting lineup.

 

[Spark]

That was absolutely dire

 

[straw man]

Damn.

How many new ball wickets does this NZ attack need to take to make a game of it, given the composition of NZ's attack? I'm going with 8.

 

[Moss]

Leach making a mockery of the supposition that you shouldn't bother with a spinner in NZ. Proved effective across two series against NZ now.

I guess this is something to bowl at though. Well done to get to 483 though the bowling attack selected doesn't leave much confidence about defending this lead.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Still good for batting here. Henry the only one who shouldn’t be embarrassed in that flop of epidemic proportions.

 

[Howe_zat]

Just like the first test in June. NZ on the cusp of getting a huge lead but lose 5/nowt to set up the chase.

 

[thundaboult]

man, ajaz could do this sorta stuff for us too ya know nzc

 

[Croadymeister]

Did England just show they can blow tail away

 

[ataraxia]

NZ do well: "hmm better shut up a partnership is developing, don't want to jinx it"
NZ collapse: flurry of expletives and neutral schadenfreude

Oh and the obligatory (for realz) – please do fire David White, Gary Stead, and Gavin Larsen

 

[thundaboult]

Did England just show they can blow tail away

nope, we showed we can blow a tail away, eng doesn't need to help us

 

[Howe_zat]

NZ have only come in from 5.00 at the start of the day to 4.33 despite getting a 250 run lead, crazy

 

[nzfan]

Leach unbelievable, the number of overs he bowled and still bowling well all the time, that's some crazy work. 62 overs ?

 

[thierry henry]

Absolute bunch of arseholes, and England are playing too

 

[Athlai]

We're going to get bazballed

 

[Meridio]

This would have been a superb second innings effort, if it wasn't for the absolute ****wittery of the last 45 minutes. Just so utterly unnecessary, Macewell and Southee in particular. Woeful. Given England a boost when they were utterly out on their feet

 

[Shri]

hope everyone prepares dead pitches vs eng that makes olderson bowl long spells, add mileage on his body and retire soon