Topic: England tour of New Zealand 2019/20 (Read 63033 times)

csnew · « **Reply #165 on:** November 23, 2019, 10:08:23 AM »

Quote from: Mister Le Chiffre on November 23, 2019, 10:01:41 AM

That said Archer set his stall out before the series even started by complaining that the kookaburra ball gets soft too quickly. Not exactly the attitude you want from the spearhead.

He�s been spending too much time with broad and Andersen.

The usual excuse when they can�t take wickets abroad

SouthpawMark · « **Reply #166 on:** November 23, 2019, 11:09:36 AM »

Root is no captain, that�s for sure. I�d give it to Buttler. Stokes would be the ideal replacement, but I wouldn�t burden him with it.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #167 on:** November 23, 2019, 11:04:02 PM »

They've just showed the pitch map of where England's seamers have bowled to Santner, and it's been a barrage of short pitched bowling.

At the time of posting this he is 39* off 151 balls. Now this may be a radical idea, but could the bowlers maybe try pitching it up?

rickjames · « **Reply #168 on:** November 23, 2019, 11:17:14 PM »

This has been a turgid hour and a bit; not sure what New Zealand are exactly doing either...

shadowlight · « **Reply #169 on:** November 23, 2019, 11:52:24 PM »

Quote from: rickjames on November 23, 2019, 11:17:14 PM

This has been a turgid hour and a bit; not sure what New Zealand are exactly doing either...

Get enough runs on the board to pressure England for the typical English collapse

Is there a way to watch via free streaming?

billyb · « **Reply #170 on:** November 24, 2019, 12:15:39 AM »

Unsure if it's the wicket, a misfiring bowling attack or both, but this has been pretty rubbish so far from England. Good batting from Watling though.

SD · « **Reply #171 on:** November 24, 2019, 12:50:10 AM »

Nothing will kill test cricket off more effectively than a Kookaburra ball on flat slow wickets.

shadowlight · « **Reply #172 on:** November 24, 2019, 01:16:40 AM »

If NZ get another 100 before they declare with hr or so left before end of day, it would be interesting end to the game.

shadowlight · « **Reply #173 on:** November 24, 2019, 01:26:44 AM »

Quote from: SD on November 24, 2019, 12:50:10 AM

Nothing will kill test cricket off more effectively than a Kookaburra ball on flat slow wickets.

Would the Duke/SG ball be better? England and WI are the only ones using Dukes, India is using SG, while everyone else is using Kookaburra.

rickjames · « **Reply #174 on:** November 24, 2019, 05:18:18 AM »

Tame from both openers. No idea why Rory is doing that with 3 overs left in the day

rickjames · « **Reply #175 on:** November 24, 2019, 05:33:12 AM »

And then poor umpiring, Leach not even near it

SouthpawMark · « **Reply #176 on:** November 24, 2019, 06:46:07 AM »

Day 4 went well then.

Rain dance required.

csnew · « **Reply #177 on:** November 24, 2019, 07:37:40 AM »

NZ have grinded England down. Watling probably the best keeper batsman going around in tests at the moment.
Thought they could�ve declared slightly earlier.

Last time England scored 400+ abroad was in 2017, all this moaning about the kookaburra ball is becoming tiresome

SOULMAN1012 · « **Reply #178 on:** November 24, 2019, 08:06:51 AM »

Quote from: csnew on November 24, 2019, 07:37:40 AM

Last time England scored 400+ abroad was in 2017, all this moaning about the kookaburra ball is becoming tiresome

This is the Key in that England just don�t create a winning position from batting first we avg around about 280-300 I would guess on a first inning score over the last few years and have suffered more sub 100 collapses in the last few years than any other big test playing nation. Our bowling is our strength but missing Anderson and we don�t have a replacement lined up who is anywhere close to his skill set.

We let�s see if we can bat out tomorrow I would say it�s 75:25 in NZ favour though

Mister Le Chiffre · « **Reply #179 on:** November 24, 2019, 09:49:07 AM »

Quote from: SOULMAN1012 on November 24, 2019, 08:06:51 AM

This is the Key in that England just don�t create a winning position from batting first we avg around about 280-300 I would guess on a first inning score over the last few years and have suffered more sub 100 collapses in the last few years than any other big test playing nation. Our bowling is our strength but missing Anderson and we don�t have a replacement lined up who is anywhere close to his skill set.

We let�s see if we can bat out tomorrow I would say it�s 75:25 in NZ favour though

When has Anderson fronted up with the kookaburra ball? His supposedly superior skills have gotten him 153 wickets @ 37 with that ball. And that�s boosted by the pink kookaburra they used at Adelaide in the day/night Test

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