Re: New Zealand v England, 1st Test, Auckland, 22-26 March, 2018

by horace Sun 25 Mar 2018, 05:25

Sheep declare at 8/427. Mercy rule?

by skully Sun 25 Mar 2018, 07:23

Top game for Chef. Failed in 1st dig, stood at 1st slip watching Sheep pile up 400+, then failed in the 2nd dig.

by lardbucket Sun 25 Mar 2018, 08:20

Stoneman gone, trying to pull.

by horace Sun 25 Mar 2018, 08:53

Huzzah. Some honest cricket to enjoy.

by JGK Sun 25 Mar 2018, 09:40

What a finish by Boult.

by skully Sun 25 Mar 2018, 10:49

For a weed he sure can deliver some heat.

by horace Sun 25 Mar 2018, 11:30

He is great to watch.

by beamer Sun 25 Mar 2018, 11:54

Looks a long shot for England to save this unless it rains. We don’t deserve to, anyway. A bit of fight would be nice though, take it to tea (or whatever they call it in pink ball language!) at least.

by PeterCS Sun 25 Mar 2018, 21:43

Dinner, or supper?

by Basil Sun 25 Mar 2018, 21:50

PeterCS wrote:Dinner, or supper?

Your place or mine?

by lardbucket Mon 26 Mar 2018, 03:27

Bairstow gets himself out; Stokes carries England's honour forward.

by lardbucket Mon 26 Mar 2018, 04:09

Ali gone on the stroke of 'tea'. Two sessions remain, 4 wickets to fall.

by OP Tipping Mon 26 Mar 2018, 06:17

Damn, Stokes and Woakes didn't get the memo about this all being over.

by OP Tipping Mon 26 Mar 2018, 06:22

As if by magic, as soon as I submitted that, Wagner nabs Stokes in the last over before Tea.

by lardbucket Mon 26 Mar 2018, 06:38

Good work but more still required.

by JGK Mon 26 Mar 2018, 06:50

OP Tipping wrote:As if by magic, as soon as I submitted that, Wagner nabs Stokes in the last over before Tea.

Dinner, not tea.

by JGK Mon 26 Mar 2018, 06:51

OP Tipping wrote:As if by magic, as soon as I submitted that, Wagner nabs Stokes in the last over before Tea.

Interesting question - could Smith be out of the game for a longer time than Stokes?

by lardbucket Mon 26 Mar 2018, 06:56

No doubt about it. ICC have done nothing in either case so it’s down to attitudes of the relevant boards. GBH is not an issue ...

by JGK Mon 26 Mar 2018, 07:51

Meanwhile, only Sturat and Jimmikins stand in the way of a Snoozie victory now.

by JGK Mon 26 Mar 2018, 07:57

All over.

Well done Snoozies (noting that I am half NZer).

by OP Tipping Mon 26 Mar 2018, 08:20

Well done them.

On another note, it's sad that NZ only merits a 2-test series versus Blighty now.

by lardbucket Mon 26 Mar 2018, 08:27

I think you meant that England only merit a 2-Test series v NZ now.

by beamer Mon 26 Mar 2018, 08:37

Surprised they shoehorned this in at the end of an Ashes winter. I don’t remember this happening before. I’d rather we had a decent series in NZ rather than another of the lambs to the slaughter trips to subcontinental dust bowls, but commercial pressures tell I guess.

by skully Mon 26 Mar 2018, 08:39

Congrats to the Sheep on their comprehensive shellacking of the Poms.

by lardbucket Mon 26 Mar 2018, 08:55

beamer wrote:Surprised they shoehorned this in at the end of an Ashes winter. I don’t remember this happening before.

* points at 1971 series *

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