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[The_Bird]

Top knock from Finn, now we get to see what Root's temprament is like

[The_Bird]

Game over now surely, England get out of jail but a very important wake up call I think

[Number4]

Gee Root had a big test match 

[The_Bird]

Gee Root had a big test match 

Drop him and bat Finn at 6

[Jogetnz]

Great fight back by the English, solid application for the 2 days. It might have been a different story without Finns fantastic effort, his highest 1st class score and more importantly the time and balls he soaked up, especially the hour he went without scoring a run, a couple of days of good old fashioned test cricket.

[Number4]

Drop him and bat Finn at 6

Good call. Drop Root, Bell, Broad, Pietersen. Hmmm who else can we drop

[The_Bird]

Good call. Drop Root, Bell, Broad, Pietersen. Hmmm who else can we drop

Flower did nothing this test match, no point him being there

[Number4]

And it's called a draw.

Must say hats off to NZ for putting up a competitive game an well done to England for saving ( do you guys ave any idea how much it hurts to say that ) haha

[Jogetnz]

Well I'm very surprised at how we have dominated this test, I was expecting the complete opposite, now that Eng have woken up and gained a bit of respect for NZ, the second test will be a better contest if NZ can back up again.

[Manormanic]

Top knock from Finn, now we get to see what Root's temprament is like

Sadly, we didn't because that other bastion of hard headedness under pressure [/sarcasm] Bell ran him out in the search for a desperately needed quick single. 

[DiscoStu]

I managed to make it to half way through the afternoon session before I dozed off. Just woken up on the sofa in a tasty pool of dribble.

Cracking knock by Finn. Its good to know the England tail isn't quite as long as we thought and puts even more pressure on Broad to contribute runs.

[Manormanic]

Cracking knock by Finn. Its good to know the England tail isn't quite as long as we thought and puts even more pressure on Broad to contribute runs.

I don't think we should assume that this means he will make regular scores in Test cricket going forward! 

[fatbats]

Bit of a kicker as he scored more than kp while using one of kps bats haha bet he won't be lending him one again

[Lauriesgang]

Te quality knock by Finn

[Jogetnz]

Weather looks good for a start on time, hopefully you guys will turn up from ball one today.