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

[Flem274*]

300 plays 300 pitch

 

[thierry henry]

86mph first nut from Dougie. Paaaaace.

 

[_Ed_]

McClenaghan the one who's replaced? He seemed to be going pretty well. Expected him to have a couple more, with the change coming at the other end.

 

[Pothas]

Looking forward to Scaly's analysis of the first innings.

You know the best thing about this? Ravi might get a game.

 

[BeeGee]

2. It's easy to forget that Mills is one of the best ODI bowlers in the world

It is when he goes at 8.3 an over.

 

[kingkallis]

Jeeeez, that was a perfect over pitch and Cook punched it well.

England surely can win this if they play full 50!

 

[grecian]

You know the best thing about this? Ravi might get a game.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I'd rather have Ravi bowl 10 than Jade. About the same batting-wise obvs.

 

[Spark]

Jeeeez, that was a perfect over pitch and Cook punched it well.

England surely can win this if they play full 50!

Nah. They're going like the clappers and they're still below the RR. You really need to absolutely blast the first ten to have a shot in chases like these.

 

[Prince EWS]

You know the best thing about this? Ravi might get a game.

Yeah I fully expect Ravi and Rankin to come in for Woakes and Dernbach next game.

The sad thing is, given how well Ravi has bowled in his last few ODI series, how poorly the incumbents are going and how unsuited to the format all England's good reserve seamers are, you could fully justify picking Ravi to bowl 10 overs and bat 11 if you wanted to at this point.

 

[Flem274*]

Mitch is in the 80 today but he's still a bit down on heat imo. He's at Mills pace. The radars in SA clocked everyone at 125kph and he got it over 140kph on those when he really charged in, so while he's not the 150kph monster he was hyped up to be he could do with a good bowl.

Mills is bowling filth.

edit: to let up with my speed obsession a bit, he doesn't look as bouncy either.

 

[Spark]

Mills is bowling filth.

Good filth, though

 

[_Ed_]

Yusssss.

 

[thierry henry]

Well that was unexpected. Completely cleaned up by an innocuous delivery on a flat deck.

 

[Flem274*]

Fan abuse and a good nut make the breakthrough.

 

[BeeGee]

Much better over from Mills. Found his line and length.

 

[_Ed_]

Much better over from Mills. Found his line and length.

Yeah. Questioned McCullum's decision to keep him on; happy to be proven wrong.

 

[stumpski]

I hope Trott realises that a 70-ball 40 isn't really what's needed here.

 

[Mike5181]

Matt Henry > Doug Bracewell

 

[Jarquis]

Trott's been out there for 5 minutes and not scored a run yet #trottsfault

 

[Flem274*]

Ian Smith wtf