2nd Test: NZ v England at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, March 30-April 3rd, 2018

[JJ]

Very very good 100 for Bairstow

He should shout Wood and Leach, the top 6 can shout him

Leach gone

 

[Iafeta]

Jack Leach-Vettori Knicks off. He’s off to do his science class by correspondence now.

 

[Iafeta]

Ross Taylor is an excellent slips fieldsman. Good fly slips catch.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Johnny B good.

301 all out for England. Let's see if Anderson and Wood can do anything with the ball.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Bairstow would have to be the best keeper-bat in the world over the past couple of years.

Very good cricketer.

 

[edabomb]

Raval is shot.

 

[Iafeta]

Both openers pushing out far too wide with hard hands.

 

[Iafeta]

Very very lucky.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

NZ 2/16.

 

[JJ]

Bairstow would have to be the best keeper-bat in the world over the past couple of years.

Very good cricketer.

Nice of you to pop in Tommy

When will we find a decent opener . When judging Kane remember he bats 3 behind club cricketers

 

[JJ]

f**k 17/3

 

[Iafeta]

Can we swap top orders? Very loose from Taylor.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Nice of you to pop in Tommy

When will we find a decent opener . When judging Kane remember he bats 3 behind club cricketers

Pretty standard Kiwi line up tbh.

A couple of guns mixed with a bunch of A grade cricketers.

Part and parcel of having a smaller player pool to pick from I guess.

We on the other hand don't have that excuse for our dire batting line up.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Williamson currently with 60% of New Zealand's runs in this innings.

I have a feeling that % may hold steady by innings close.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Question. Why isn't there a standardised cricket ball used across the whole international circuit instead of the SG in India, Duke in England and Kookaburra in Aus/NZ?

Can hear the Commentators talking about it, is it cost?

 

[Tommy Smith]

Plumb!

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Stuart Fraud finds a pitch to his liking.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Question. Why isn't there a standardised cricket ball used across the whole international circuit instead of the SG in India, Duke in England and Kookaburra in England?

Can hear the Commentators talking about it, is it cost?

Yeah the Duke is by far the best.

The Kookaburra is dog shit. The last thing those flat Aussie pitches need is a ball that goes soft after 20 odd overs and doesn't reverse.

 

[Iafeta]

I’ve seen some bad batting in my time. This is Auckland esque.

 

[JJ]

Just when you think Henry might go ok he misses one by a foot