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Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by Arthur Crabtree » Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:23 pm
Brook out without facing a ball! I think that's a platinum duck.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by bigfluffylemon » Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:30 pm
How do you get run out in this sort of situation?
Where Bazball and common sense collide. Everything now on Root and captain Stokes. Not over yet, but it doesn't look good.
Where Bazball and common sense collide. Everything now on Root and captain Stokes. Not over yet, but it doesn't look good.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by sussexpob » Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:56 pm
Ouf...this has turned
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by sussexpob » Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:56 pm
Stokes is lucky there....needs to use that luck
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by Arthur Crabtree » Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:09 am
Bracewell going for nine an over is a big risk for NZ. He's shrinking the game.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by Arthur Crabtree » Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:11 am
200 runs in the game for no dismissal for Root.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by bigfluffylemon » Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:18 am
Stokes hanging in there despite injury. Aggression is all well and good but he's smart enough to know sometimes you just have to dig in 
Going to be an edge-of-seat afternoon.
Going to be an edge-of-seat afternoon.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by bigfluffylemon » Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:19 am
bigfluffylemon wrote:Can't help but feel England are going to go too hard st this target and get out...
*Cough*
At least they've dug in since.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by Arthur Crabtree » Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:29 am
No new ball down the line for England to face off.
Maybe NZ going to regret not picking a bowler-first spinner.
Maybe NZ going to regret not picking a bowler-first spinner.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by bigfluffylemon » Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:31 am
Stokes goes with 57 still needed.
Squeaky bum time.
Squeaky bum time.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by bigfluffylemon » Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:45 am
Shades of Edgbaston 2005. 8 down with 43 still to go after Root follows Stokes in quick succession, then Foakes and Leach put on 33, with Leach 0 not out from 19 deliveries.
10 left, 2 wickets.
This is agonising.
10 left, 2 wickets.
This is agonising.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by GarlicJam » Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:52 am
just when you lot were starting to relax....?
Maybe
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by bigfluffylemon » Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:55 am
Foakes goes with 7 still needed 
Got to give credit to both sides. After the first innings, to produce a last day this close took some effort.
If England throw it away, it's going to be one of the great reversals. No doubt recriminations will fly about the follow-on, but it seemed a perfectly reasonable decision at the time. It's easy to be wise in hindsight.
Got to give credit to both sides. After the first innings, to produce a last day this close took some effort.
If England throw it away, it's going to be one of the great reversals. No doubt recriminations will fly about the follow-on, but it seemed a perfectly reasonable decision at the time. It's easy to be wise in hindsight.
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Re: Eng Test tour of NZ, Feb 16-28
by GarlicJam » Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:07 am
About time England got on the wrong end of one of these.
They are not fun.
A fantastic test, with an amazing conclusion. A great day for me to be office-bound, with no-one else in the office for most of the day, headphones on and the game streaming on the computer.
No, I agree that there should be no recriminations for the declaration. 2 more runs and it was a great decision.
They are not fun.
A fantastic test, with an amazing conclusion. A great day for me to be office-bound, with no-one else in the office for most of the day, headphones on and the game streaming on the computer.
No, I agree that there should be no recriminations for the declaration. 2 more runs and it was a great decision.
Maybe
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