***Official*** New Zealand in England series 2013

[stumpski]

Swann on for Finn?

 

[Pothas]

Yes Jimmy.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Everybody can STFU now. 2-0 and that was simple. Bring on the convicts.

 

[Howe_zat]

Good times

 

[BeeGee]

Congrats to England. Totally outplayed NZ in this test.

 

[Prince EWS]

It was a gradual process - parts of the pitch left uncovered - but they were fully covered by the mid-eighties.

Yeah anything in England before 1960 was definitely uncovered; anything after 1985 was definitely covered. Anything in between is anyone's guess.

Worth trying to find out though - it'd be quite a thing for Swann to have the first 10WM on a covered pitch in Leeds. Fredfertang could probably find out for us, if he doesn't already know.

 

[Furball]

Jimmeh!!!!

 

[flibbertyjibber]

So Jimmy to pass Trueman haul at TB in ashes then. Great time for him to do it.

 

[stumpski]

Swann for MotM you'd think, although I suppose Root and Cook will also be in contention.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah anything in England before 1960 was definitely uncovered; anything after 1985 was definitely covered. Anything in between is anyone's guess.

Worth trying to find out though - it'd be quite a thing for Swann to have the first 10WM on a covered pitch in Leeds. Fredfertang could probably find out for us, if he doesn't already know.

I'd love there still to be a mixture. Especially if the home side got to decide on whether to cover them or not.

Edit: It turns out Hopps has already written about it:

Not since Derek Underwood bowled England to victory against Australia in 1972 on a pitch that was not much better than rolled mud has an England spinner had such an influence on a Headingley Test as Graeme Swann has against New Zealand.

Even Underwood's return of 10 for 82 owed much to chicanery. Wisden recorded that the square was flooded by a "freak thunderstorm" a few days before the match and suggested that the pitch was not up to Test quality.

 

[Furball]

cricinfo's stats nerd has just tweeted that that's the longest ever stand of 0 in terms of balls faced in Test history.

 

[Prince EWS]

Joe Root gets asked the inevitable batting order question and takes the Catherine Tate road rather than the Shane Watson one.

 

[MW1304]

That's a dated reference by now Cribb, I'm disappointed in you.

 

[Prince EWS]

That's a dated reference by now Cribb, I'm disappointed in you.

TV shows take a while to get to the colonies.

 

[Jarquis]

Didn't answer anything like that anyway

 

[Howe_zat]

What did he say? I take it from Cribb's post he said he doesn't mind where he bats, he's just happy to be here, put it in the right areas etc

 

[Prince EWS]

What did he say? I take it from Cribb's post he said he doesn't mind where he bats, he's just happy to be here, put it in the right areas etc

Yeah. He literally said "I'm not bothered" as the first part of his answer.

 

[Spark]

Cricinfo describes it as

the most boring interview ever known to man

Draw your own conclusions.

 

[Spark]

So according to Flower, Trott could indeed have batted with more urgency.

 

[MW1304]

Clearly hasn't heard Finn's interviews.

Just a boy nervous about talking on a platform, he's usually pretty good in interviews.