Cricket: NZ vs England
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@Bovidae said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Just out of interest, what is the longest ever team innings in terms of overs faced?
This is a mammoth effort, 191 overs and counting
A long way to go.
What about Kiwi innings?
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Bmac?
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@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Yeahtheboys said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Bmac?
Didn’t get his as keeper did he?
Nope, all as a specialist batsman, free of the significant additional mental and physical fatigue of keeping wickets. The difference that tends to make is significant even with outliers like Andy Flower or Gilchrist who the rule-proving exceptions
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Holy shit Santner took a wicket!
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Holy fuck now he has 2!
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Fuckity fuck now he has 3!
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@booboo Important for Santner to get some runs. Needs to contribute with the bat consistently to stay in the side
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A good day out in the sun, and a classic grind of a test match day.
The bowling attack was a very curious selection. Santner is a waste of a place in tests, and today was calling for someone like Ferguson who can actually bowl faster than military medium with the new (and old) ball.
@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Santner is a waste of a place in tests.
I thought he went okay today to be fair....
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Ha!
Defend Santner against @MN5 for ages, finally turn on him in the test side after Day 1 and...
The reverse jinx is strong on this one...
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@Donsteppa it's been a test match for it - selections and tactics proving correct!
@KiwiPie said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Donsteppa it's been a test match for it - selections and tactics proving correct!
I, for one, am shocked and stunned that TSF might have proved inaccurate this once in a blue moon.
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I've just been too busy to catch any of this, but can't not comment on Watling.
What. A. Player.
Someone that has absolutely maximised every ounce of his talent through pure hard work. There's just so much to admire about him, whether it's his glovework where's he's turned himself into a world-class keeper, or his batting where he just never, ever throws his wicket away unlike some of the more talented top and middle order players.
Great to see Santner finally contributing in a big way too - hopefully this is a test where he really develops the self-belief to kick on as he's clearly a talented player.
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In my own defense I did state that we would weaken the batting with with no Santner and that we would probably get a turning bouncing pitch if he wasn't selected. Nobody knew about that as it is a first time 5 day pitch.
That's all I've got (and well done Mitch) and BJ.
Any BJ is usually good but today's was outstanding.
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I can see why they're digging in. Flailing and being all out for 440 makes no sense given the slowness of the pitch. If they can occupy the crease then the runs will come - still think this is heading for a draw though and the pitch has let down the grand occasion of Bay Oval's first test
@KiwiPie said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
I can see why they're digging in. Flailing and being all out for 440 makes no sense given the slowness of the pitch. If they can occupy the crease then the runs will come - still think this is heading for a draw though and the pitch has let down the grand occasion of Bay Oval's first test
Wow... That's a terrible post. This pitch has made a game of it heading into day 5. That's the main goal of a test pitch.
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In my own defense I did state that we would weaken the batting with with no Santner and that we would probably get a turning bouncing pitch if he wasn't selected. Nobody knew about that as it is a first time 5 day pitch.
That's all I've got (and well done Mitch) and BJ.
Any BJ is usually good but today's was outstanding.
@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
In my own defense I did state that we would weaken the batting with with no Santner and that we would probably get a turning bouncing pitch if he wasn't selected. Nobody knew about that as it is a first time 5 day pitch.
That's all I've got (and well done Mitch) and BJ.
Any BJ is usually good but today's was outstanding.
Apparent chant at the ground ...
I'd rather have a BJ than a Root ...
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@KiwiPie said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Donsteppa it's been a test match for it - selections and tactics proving correct!
I, for one, am shocked and stunned that TSF might have proved inaccurate this once in a blue moon.
@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@KiwiPie said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Donsteppa it's been a test match for it - selections and tactics proving correct!
I, for one, am shocked and stunned that TSF might have proved inaccurate this once in a blue moon.
It was just a motivational ploy! Expert coaching once again!
Looks like playing a spinner wasn't such a foolish idea.
Delighted for Santner - now we just need to go to work on Jeet and get him scoring a few hundreds!
