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*Official* New Zealand in England 2021

BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Well, Gooch started with two blobs, so Bracey is in good company.

Think he's rather more likely to end up as a Quiney-esque meme than a proper test player though.

Been quite some time since we've selected anyone who looks so palpably not up to it.

I mean, even Chris Schofield could bat a bit.
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
Potentially crucial knock here from Lawrence, both from his own POV and in the context of the game. Bowlers have been kept interested right through.
 
Bijed

Bijed

International Regular
Spark said:
Tbh it's also because anyone who watched that series in full knew full well that those were not exactly two great teams duking it out and England mostly won 3-0 by dint of Australia being a bit **** and not being able to capitalise on the many, many opportunities they had in that series to win a game. That Lord's Test match in particular was embarrassingly low-quality all around, Swann was getting wickets with knee-high full tosses and Steve Smith got three in about five minutes.
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I agree that it wasn't the highest quality series in terms of the pure standard of cricket, but IIRC the bowling was actually pretty good on the whole and should probably count in favour of Bell's legacy from that series (or at least, not against it)
 
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Uppercut

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Spark said:
Tbh it's also because anyone who watched that series in full knew full well that those were not exactly two great teams duking it out and England mostly won 3-0 by dint of Australia being a bit **** and not being able to capitalise on the many, many opportunities they had in that series to win a game. That Lord's Test match in particular was embarrassingly low-quality all around, Swann was getting wickets with knee-high full tosses and Steve Smith got three in about five minutes.
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I think it was also the series that England clinched by tying their shoelaces before every ball.

Still, it was a very tough series for batting and Bell is hard done by.
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
Nice little partnership building up, annoying from a NZ POV. Come on Wagz, break this one before the new ball comes along.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Crawley Root Stokes Pope Lawrence can be a pretty good to watch middle order if the youngsters can get their act together. Throw in a Sam Curran at 8, it wont be short of entertainment and on a good day, will make the cricket very watchable.
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
hendrix said:
Ajaz getting some lovely drift

He is qualitatively better than Santner
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He'll probably be more important in the second innings here, but he's definitely done his bit. Considering this is far from NZ's first choice attack.
 
G

Groundking

International Debutant
The fans have been excellent here today btw, it's great to have them back. The government better not u turn on the 21st :@
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
Mitchell's pitch map is not James Neesham-level bad, but way off the level needed for him to be considered a like-for-like CdG replacement (with the ball anyway).

Well played Lawrence, been good to watch.
 
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