England tour of New Zealand- 5 T20's and 2 Tests- November 2019

[Meth]

new ball taken

some cloud cover about so conditions are good for swing.

hope we can snag 2-3 before stumps today.

 

[JJ]

Some evidence of swing, hour after tea is important

 

[Meth]

Looking at some old matches at Hamilton to see third innings capitulations and found this beauty from 1999 https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-test-west-indies-tour-of-new-zealand-1999-00

WI score 365 (falling from 1-276). NZ reply with 373 and West Indies collapse for 97, with Chris Cairns taking 7-27 (his best bowling performance in an innings and in a match, along with 72 with the bat)

 

[Meth]

This is the session

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Rory Burns can score runs outside of home unlike Warner LOLzzz trollo

 

[JJ]

Kookaburra balls suck shit

 

[jargan83]

I swear Joe Root has been in the 80's since I woke up this morning.

 

[Meth]

I swear Joe Root has been in the 80's since I woke up this morning.

He's in no rush. I don't quite understand their lack of urgency to score some runs

 

[Meth]

Stokes gone. Big wicket. Well done Southee. Great catch Taylor

 

[jargan83]

He's in no rush. I don't quite understand their lack of urgency to score some runs

They were 200ish when Burns was run out and they've scored 40 odd in an hour and a half, if not longer. They're just letting the game drift with the bat.

 

[JJ]

Lucky shot for the 100

Good innings though

 

[jargan83]

A very rare sight in Cricket, a Joe Root 100 (brought up in arsey fashion)

 

[JJ]

He's in no rush. I don't quite understand their lack of urgency to score some runs

People were saying the same about us in the last test

 

[Meth]

Root just about chopped it on in getting his 100. That'll alleviate a lot of pressure on him

 

[JJ]

He’s got the helmet kiss but no wee leap

 

[Meth]

People were saying the same about us in the last test

Fair enough. It's easy to underestimate how much time a team has in a game of Test cricket, as well as how much can happen in a short period of time. Proof of the pudding will be in the eating.

Love for us to get 2 more tonight though

 

[Meth]

There's one of them. Wagner gets Crawley

 

[Meth]

Rain. Not good for England

 

[Meth]

So, the day ended with England at 269/5.
For me, a few too many wickets lost for not quite enough runs. It’s hard to see them scoring more than 500 from here with enough time to win it, especially with rain hanging around. Still, could happen though

 

[some11]

Stokes gone. Big wicket. Well done Southee. Great catch Taylor

Kinda odd see him pushing so hard at the ball with the bat way out in front, he was filthy with himself walking off.