They were doing well being patient, so what's the hurry, suddenly?
English cricket thread
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I've still got hope.
The curse of England’s cricket team
Really enjoying Mark Taylor on comms.
That reminds me, I'm getting increasingly superstitious about this thread. We've been shocking in tests since it began. I've tried before to get @Samid to make a new one but he cruelly updates the title every year.
New Zealand don’t rate Foakes at all
Changing a misshapen ball is a pet peeve of mine. England always try it when nothing’s happening and I think if a team has done well enough to get the ball out of shape, they should be able to enjoy full value of it.
If they’re not careful then Boult in particular will be at real risk of injury. All well and good throwing pacers at Foakes until the hammy’s start pinging
I'd have to try and get in next year before he remembers to make the change.
I think the real curse is whether I watch the match or not. I've watched about 3 hours of England batting in both innings and they haven't lost a single wicket in that period.
with the state of the game it’s probably easier for new zealand just to concede the test and save everyone the bother of having to come back tomorrow.
We're going into Day 4, boys... a victory for England!
Still fancy New Zealand but we've given ourselves a good chance. Hoping the improved forecast for tomorrow is right as last thing we need is these bowlers getting a rest while it rains.
Would be ace if Root could for once not get out without adding too much to his overnight score.
That was a good day of Test cricket. England really should win it from here, but if Kiwis get Root early then it’s game on.
Idiotic post has to be pointed fecking out with Root and Stokes giving us a chance to win the game.
I can see it going to the wire, 15 overs till the new ball but England are bound to lose a wicket or two (or maybe even all 5) before that, can see the bowlers being left a few runs to get with potentially a new ball hooping around. Gonna be interesting, either way low scoring tests are so much more interesting a pitch where you have to work for your runs against the ball is always a better spectacle in test cricket.
Don't worry, we'll lose the last 5 wickets for 36 runs. We all know that's what's going to happen.
Don't get your hopes up.
Don't get your hopes up.
Despite all the moaning its been a pretty fascinating test so far. Who knows who will win?
The thread has been quite funny to read back as I’ve not been able to watch any of it today.
England should be winning from here but not a single England fan (or just a cricket fan in general) will be surprised if there’s a quick flurry of wickets.
England should be winning from here but not a single England fan (or just a cricket fan in general) will be surprised if there’s a quick flurry of wickets.
It says a lot about how bad this England side are that they really only have one batsman left and he generally gets out first thing in the morning.
Have been really impressed with Jamieson. He's quick enough, but his high release point and control cause all sorts of problems. Obvious comparisons with Morkel, but it's great that New Zealand have a different kind of threat there.
Realistically, Rooty and Ben Foakes have to bring this home. An unknown quantity in Potts who has never faced this kind of quality, a Stuart Broad who doesn't really trust himself any more, and then two genuine tailenders in Jimmy and Matt Parkinson.
Realistically, Rooty and Ben Foakes have to bring this home. An unknown quantity in Potts who has never faced this kind of quality, a Stuart Broad who doesn't really trust himself any more, and then two genuine tailenders in Jimmy and Matt Parkinson.
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After watching a decade of English lower order and tail enders bashing India, this is a really strange 7-11
Who’s on weather watch in London then? Haven’t heard anything yet about this morning.
Is that 10am or 10pm
Looks like it’s going to be very tough, especially if there’s 30 runs or so left to get with the new ball.Definitely going to check the odds on a quick NZ victory.
With that light they might be forced to use spin mindIs that 10am or 10pm
Definitely going to check the odds on a quick NZ victory.
Root will get out in the 90s, then they'll skittles the last 4 wickets for 10 or 15 runs.
Surely NZ need to attack more than this and stop singles. I get that the ball isn’t doing much but protecting the boundary isn’t enough.
Excellent from England so far this morning. Very calm.
England have been proactive & confident so far. The new ball being due soon shouldn’t be a factor anymore.
ICC need to clamp down on this. It’s been 18 overs with a changed ball and they’re trying to get it changed again. They can’t keep asking for different ball just because it’s not swinging as much as they hoped.
As flawed as this post has been proved to be, even IF he was past his peak (he's 31 and has so he probably is), so what? Players have their peak and can still play for years past it.
Roots highest score in a 4th innings.
TMS team doing their best to jinx Root.
I liked Englands tactics of trying to attack the spinner and take them out of the game yesterday so they don’t hold up an end. It’s what Australia do really well.
Roooooooooooooooot
100 and 10k test runs!