NZ tour of England (white ball) Aug 31- Sept 2023

[TheParraboy]

NZ vs England in 4 x t20 and 4 x ODI

Do the kiwis have a chance v Bazball ?

1st t20 tonight from 3am

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Not bazball as the great man has retired to his fortress of solitude to contemplate his next act of genius.

Poms are world champs in both formats and I think they are right up there to repeat in India.

If kiwis can go with them than they'll be up there too.

 

[King-Gutho94]

NZ vs England in 4 x t20 and 4 x ODI

Do the kiwis have a chance v Bazball ?

1st t20 tonight from 3am

isnt Matthew Mott the coach of the white ball team for Whingeland.

Not the sook McCullum

 

[TheParraboy]

Come on guys

Mottball doesnt have the same twang..

Bazball forever in spirit

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Come on guys

Mottball doesnt have the same twang..

Bazball forever in spirit

What about CricMott?

 

[Bazal]

Not bazball as the great man has retired to his fortress of solitude to contemplate his next act of genius.

Are you saying he's put himself in MottBalls?

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms destroyed Kiwis by 7wkts, 6 overs to spare

New Zealand
139/9

England
(14/20 ov, T:140) 143/3

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms destroy kiwis in the 2nd t20 by 95 runs

Bairstow 86*
Gus 4 wkts

 

[TheParraboy]

Kiwis killed the Poms by 74 runs in the 3rd t20. Finn Allen the star 83 from 53

One game to play for the series

 

[King-Gutho94]

Kiwis killed the Poms by 74 runs in the 3rd t20. Finn Allen the star 83 from 53

One game to play for the series

Nice to see Finn Allen do something against the poms i recall he basically knocked us out of the T20 WC last year with that 1 innings at the SCG in the first match when he whacked Starc & Hazlewood in the first 6 overs.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Kiwis draw first blood in the 50 over games.

ENG 6/291
Lost to
NZ 8/297
By 8 wickets.

Meanwhile:

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/andrew-flintoff-seen-coaching-english-cricket-team-in-first-public-appearance-since-horror-top-gear-crash/news-story/dd25fdb54534f14b1cbbb04e6cd25410

Poor bloke's injuries must have been horrific.

 

[Twizzle]

It's a real shame what happened to Freddy, I really admired him as a player. Good to see him back in the game.

 

[TheParraboy]

The 4 game T20 series ended up 2-2

Now losing ODIs ?

Thought poms were the bestest in white ball?

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms on the way to 400+
in the 3rd ODI

3/264 -35 overs

Stokes 125* (90)
Butler 28* (17)

 

[Fangs]

Another brilliant innings from Stokes.

Malan a good knock as well. Maybe a bit old at 36 but he should feature in their test team again. He actually looks like a top order batsman which is something I've become unaccustomed to seeing when watching the English test team.

 

[TheParraboy]

Another brilliant innings from Stokes.

Was hobbling around a bit

Was suppose to have an operation and rehab on his knee after the ashes , get it right for indian test tour in the new year

But that was never the case...

Ben Stokes admits World Cup recall had been his plan all along

Record innings reminds batter how much time he has to perform in 50-over cricket

www.espncricinfo.com

Stokes insisted ahead of the fifth Test at The Oval in July that he would use his time off to manage his chronic left knee injury, which he wanted to "get sorted" as soon as possible. But two weeks later, he was named in England's squad for their four-match series against New Zealand and in their provisional World Cup squad, having walked away from ODI cricket in July 2022.

Asked on Wednesday night about his poker face while answering questions at the time, Stokes said: "Obviously I've been asked a lot about my knee over a long period of time, so I just said that to leave it. I knew that I'd be playing in these games and potentially in the World Cup then when I said that, but it was just the easiest thing to say that and put you [the press] off the radar."

 

[Fangs]

I like the Ben Stokes that bats and bowls. We probably won't be seeing the latter and that is good for AU.