1st Test - England vs NZ at Lords May 16-20

[vvvrulz]

Lead 225, two wickets in hand.
New Zealand are chipping away and have a great chance.

 

[vvvrulz]

Target is 232, excellent morning New Zealand.

If we beat the poms at Lords that will just be huge, this is the best test cricket I've seen us play in easily a decade. Maybe the last time we had a good test team was in the late 90s / early 00s

 

[Xfactor1979]

Is Kane Williamson the best part-time bowler out there?

He was accused of having a suspect action a little while back

edit- 2 for 16 in the chase, 239 looks far away

EDIT 3 for 16, panic stations!

 

[vvvrulz]

16-3 now, big trouble.

Williamson is class, he is the key to this chase and destined to be one of our greats. Has a bit of a golden arm too as you say.

 

[Xfactor1979]

NZ need to keep calm

The 'target' is 219 away, even if it is a bowler's deck, Brownlie needs to bat like a barnacle

They have 2 days to chase this 'target' down

 

[TheParraboy]

poms to win this 70-90 runs

kiwis 3/21 chasing 239 to win, they will crash and burn

EDIT Now 4/21

 

[Xfactor1979]

Unfortunately NZ have folded like a deck of cards and might not even make 50 in the fourth innings of this test match

Which is a real pity because NZ launched a couple of palpable hits on England, with Southee getting a 10 for the match, and Taylor and Williamson getting 50s on the first innings, when it was hard going

 

[Timbo]

NZ, you pathetic humans.

Why do I f**king cheer for you? This game was yours and you chose to f**k it off.

Comically bad.

 

[Patorick]

68.

 

[Timbo]

I feel my social team would have scored more.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

One thing you can be sure of, when there's a sniff of victory, the NZ batsmen will fold.

Don't care what the conditions are like. Win the TheFilthySpammerss, bat first. Bowling last seems to be our best/only chance of victory.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Great bowling Broady!

 

[vvvrulz]

That was Warriors-esque

 

[JJ]

Broad was terrific, but our lineup always looks like a train wreck waiting to happen...

That was llame... but it's not the first time

 

[Xfactor1979]

If Nz took their 2nd innings effort, and combine it with the points scored in the Nz Warriors/ Penrith game (62+6=68) New Zealand would have still been flogged! :lol:

 

[IanG]

What a tragety. f**k you Stuart Broard ya prick!

 

[IanG]

NZ, you pathetic humans.

Why do I f**king cheer for you? This game was yours and you chose to f**k it off.

Comically bad.

Because you don't want the Poms to win and for them to be low on confidence in the lead up to the Ashes