New Zealand v England Cricket *** spoilers ***

The next pitch is a drop in pitch so should be rock hard, hopefully Finn will be able to use that to his advantage.
 
Cricket's a funny old sport. India went to Aus and lost 4-0. England beat India in India. India beat Aus, their first 4-0 win ever. And now it looks like NZ will beat England.
 
TheCenturion said:
Cricket's a funny old sport. India went to Aus and lost 4-0. England beat India in India. India beat Aus, their first 4-0 win ever. And now it looks like NZ will beat England.
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Below South Africa, it really does seem random

Is this the same players who played in India? A 2-1 away win there is one hell of an achievement, but it looks like they're now going to slip back below India in the test rankings, which is utterly bonkers

That's not to take anything away from NZ - they look a very useful side, especially when you consider they're missing 3 v good players (if you include Ryder). The most worrying aspect for me is the way England have been out bowled - it wasn't long ago that sides couldn't get past 300 against England even on flat wickets, but after last summer this now seems to have become the norm. As for the batting - I can understand that a bit more as there's basically 3 new players in the top 6. Sticking Bairstow into the side seemed an odd move though given his lack of cricket.

I can't imagine England are looking forward to the return series in the summer, and then there's the ashes. This will be without doubt the weakest Australia side to tour for decades, but even in home conditions anything could happen and I expect it will be a lot tighter than it should be
 
There's been a lot of talk among the commentators about the Kookaburra balls being used in New Zealand, saying that they're basically rubbish and don't move (at least not in England's hands). Why doesn't international cricket have a set standard? it can't help consistency when different teams are having to adapt to different balls.
 
mmj_uk said:
There's been a lot of talk among the commentators about the Kookaburra balls being used in New Zealand, saying that they're basically rubbish and don't move (at least not in England's hands). Why doesn't international cricket have a set standard? it can't help consistency when different teams are having to adapt to different balls.
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That's part of the magic really, having to adapt to different conditions. For a team to dominate around the world they have to be immense.

England have gone into a few of these save the draw on the last day situations and it never seems to end well, watching through my fingers!
 
Haha, sticky stump syndrome! :D Lucky *&^%!!

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I'm not even going to try to explain to the (American) wife how this is nail-biting stuff waiting to see if, after 15 days of play spread over a month, two teams end a series with neither team winning or losing anything - now that's Test cricket for you! :D

\o/ Monty :D
 
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mmj_uk said:
There's been a lot of talk among the commentators about the Kookaburra balls being used in New Zealand, saying that they're basically rubbish and don't move (at least not in England's hands). Why doesn't international cricket have a set standard? it can't help consistency when different teams are having to adapt to different balls.
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Local conditions (pitch, weather, etc) are a big part of test cricket, makes it interesting for me :).
 
LOL so so lucky England to save the series, should have lost if it wasn't for NZ dropping a few catches earlier on in the innings.

Lucky lucky escape.
 
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