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England v New Zealand 2013 Cricket
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Prior can play this cool and save it here. All he has to do is look for a single on the 5th or 6th ball. Easier said that done
Come on, don't give the final over to Monty, please Mr. Prior.
Panesar looks lost. I hope he realises he needs to run at some point.
Monty on strike. Last over. Here we go...
feckkkkkkkk meeeeeeeee
Oh feck, Last over Monty.
Somewhere, get a run Monty.
Somewhere, get a run Monty.
Full and straight and Monty is a goner.
Bowl a yorker, or full and straight - you miss I hit.
This is brilliant test cricket.
Trent Boult should change his name to Trent Hercules. The stoic fecker.
Attack the stumps you fool!
Monty with the single! That should be that.
Single Get in there you beauty
England survive. Series drawn.
Never in doubt TBH.
Prior you Legend
feckin hell
Now that all's said and done, a 3 Test series where no side managed to win a single game proves that the pitches were just too flat.
Now that all's said and done, a 3 Test series where no side managed to win a single game proves that the pitches were just too flat.
Fantastic test cricket in the end.
Prior with a magnificent century, albeit he had some luck along the way. Bell, Broad and Monty did their part.
NZ should've won. Played very well. I've been very impressed by McCullum's captaincy, far more proactive than other captains. Although, Williamson should have bowled more and Martin bowl less on the final day. Unlucky not to win.
The pitches were far too flat in the series. I don't think there will have been too many 0-0 series.
The last 20 mins were brilliant. Test cricket still the most exciting form of the game, regardless how popular the shorter formats are.
Prior with a magnificent century, albeit he had some luck along the way. Bell, Broad and Monty did their part.
NZ should've won. Played very well. I've been very impressed by McCullum's captaincy, far more proactive than other captains. Although, Williamson should have bowled more and Martin bowl less on the final day. Unlucky not to win.
The pitches were far too flat in the series. I don't think there will have been too many 0-0 series.
The last 20 mins were brilliant. Test cricket still the most exciting form of the game, regardless how popular the shorter formats are.
It's 5 fecking am for feck sake.
Monty's going to get castled and i'm not going to be able to sleep having recurring nightmare's of part time off spin
You can't sleep now too, I'd guess
Prior is seriously under rated.
Never mind the last 20 minutes, the last 2 sessions were fascinating cricket. You'll never get a feeling like that from any T20 or ODI ever.
Should have declared a bit earlier too, but that's always a contentious decision, especially in hindsight.
This was unbelievable day of test cricket, it had everything. Oh and Matt Prior is a fecking legend.
How the hell did Williamson picked four wickets?
Great test match, great tension. Prior is surely the best English wicketkeeper-batsmen ever?
Great test match, great tension. Prior is surely the best English wicketkeeper-batsmen ever?
Awful performance for 4 days, excellent performance from Bell, Broad, and obviously Prior who once again came through for England in a very difficult situation. And of course Monty, one way or another surviving his 5 balls.
It's a shame the other two matches got rained off really. The first match New Zealand would have been favourites in, but with a lead of 135, Prior and Bell in, and 4 wickets in hand we probably would have posted a lead of 200+ which wouldn't have been the easiest to chase down as a 4th innings total. And the second game would have pretty much been a role reversal of today, England likely would have batted again, put on an insurmountable total, and given New Zealand over a day to try and bat it out.
I guess as much as people have complained about the pitches, it's only really the rain that wrecked the chances of results.
It's a shame the other two matches got rained off really. The first match New Zealand would have been favourites in, but with a lead of 135, Prior and Bell in, and 4 wickets in hand we probably would have posted a lead of 200+ which wouldn't have been the easiest to chase down as a 4th innings total. And the second game would have pretty much been a role reversal of today, England likely would have batted again, put on an insurmountable total, and given New Zealand over a day to try and bat it out.
I guess as much as people have complained about the pitches, it's only really the rain that wrecked the chances of results.
Good shit. Bell's innings was the key.
Between him and Alec Stewart.
Alec Stewart's average when wicket keeping for England was only 34.82, 10 worse than Prior, Albeit he did have the notable handicap of playing in the worst of the worst England sides.
Stewart opened at times, and played against much tougher bowling. You can't compare today's averages with some years ago. Most bowling attacks (bar the South Africans and maybe the Pakistanis) are crap.
Averages haven't really changed much over time though, there's not suddenly people averaging much differently to before despite the perceived quality drop in bowling.
Plus I'm not sure he kept wicket when he opened.
Averages have changed though. A lot more in the high forties and early fifties. no chance that most batsmen playing today would play as well against Warne, Kumble, Murali, Donald, McGrath, Wakrram, Younis, Ambrose, Walsh, Pollock, etc.
There is a death of world class bowlers now other than the South Africans. Name one world class quick other than Steyn? Name world class spinners? Ajmal and maybe Swann? Neither as good as the earlier ones.
Anderson, and the Aussies will have one if not two in the next few years i imagine.
Agree with your overall points though.
Haven't seen enough of Anderson to comment. The only Aussie who has impressed me recently is Pattinson.
Faulkner, Cummins (injury prone), Hazlewood, Copeland (maybe) and if Starc can get some mongrel is about the ball-game in terms of bowling talent.
I know a young lad called Matt Novak who is only 15 who is bowling at about 135/140 but he would be years off.
I know a young lad called Matt Novak who is only 15 who is bowling at about 135/140 but he would be years off.