*Official* New Zealand in England 2015

[CaptainGrumpy]

Well after tea, the third best team in the world will put this plucky minnow out of the match and rue complacency at Lords.

How NZ did not get the boxing day test at MCG is ridiculous.

Im starting to realise how Ryder gets all those five fors and even more so how Jeet Patel was a widen cricketer of the year.

 

[NZTailender]

Glad I made the decision to stay up an watch this in my phone in bed. Has been a fine display so far by NZ.

 

[Moss]

Well after tea, the third best team in the world will put this plucky minnow out of the match and rue complacency at Lords.

How NZ did not get the boxing day test at MCG is ridiculous.

Im starting to realise how Ryders gets those five fors and even more so how Jeet Patel was a widen cricketer of the year.

In addition to not giving NZ the boxing day & new year tests, they'll also probably make sure not to give the kiwis Hobart this time. Which could be accepted as a mark of respect.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Nah, NZ will get Hobart, Adelaide and Gabba (maybe WACA instead of Gabba but not likely). Beauty of a Perth test is watching a large amount of the game at night in NZ. So there is hope there.

 

[Swingpanzee]

new ball will get these two quick

 

[Swingpanzee]

ai that was so sclose

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Windy? That is not even a Basin Reserve breeze.

 

[nevermind]

Wood looks pretty solid

 

[flibbertyjibber]

If someone had said earlier today that Boult, Southee and Henry would have 3 wickets between them when the new ball was taken all of us would have expected a draw. To lose 5 wickets to those spinners at Headingley is pathetic.

 

[Stace]

The good thing about losing this Test and having a bad ranking is that if we can win or draw any against Australia it will ruin there ranking points.

 

[Spark]

This is like the fourth time this series NZ have bowled too short and too wide with the new ball. Weird.

 

[Swingpanzee]

not bowling that well with new ball

 

[Swingpanzee]

wtf that;'s just wasting the new ball

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Wood is backing up too far. Warning, then Mankad him.

 

[Swingpanzee]

oh yes

 

[Spark]

There we go.

 

[GIMH]

bah

 

[Zinzan]

Bowling Southee, that was just starting to get annoying.

 

[Meridio]

Always fancied Southee's chances with the new ball against the right-handers. How good has our catching in the slips been though? So important.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Okay, Southee bowls short at late 70s mph then pitches up at mid 80s. If that was deliberate, it was pretty clever.