Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 New Zealand's morning. Feel sorry for the lad on debut, having his first test wicket chalked off due to a no ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Sussex bowler Tymal Mills may have to retire from first-class cricket http://gu.com/p/495n3 Poor kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Sussex bowler Tymal Mills may have to retire from first-class cricket http://gu.com/p/495n3 Poor kid No good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 New Zealand's morning. Feel sorry for the lad on debut, having his first test wicket chalked off due to a no ball. Does he look any good? His first class stats look the goods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Chance here for England. Williamson is a nervy starter and Taylor hasn't scored fuck all runs for awhile. Could get a few quickly. Poor by Latham getting out to the part-timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Looked like we were going nowhere fast until those two wickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Watch these try their best to run each other out. Edit: Very next ball: 35.4 Broad to Williamson, 1 run, length ball dabbed into the covers, a quick single taken and had Broad thrown down the stumps in his follow through, Taylor would have been out Edited May 22, 2015 by toonotl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Watch these try their best to run each other out. Edit: Very next ball: 35.4 Broad to Williamson, 1 run, length ball dabbed into the covers, a quick single taken and had Broad thrown down the stumps in his follow through, Taylor would have been out Aye Ian Smith seems very concerned with their running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 we're really missing swann. moeen and root are both part time spinners. moeen is in the side for his batting. we need a front line spinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 All 5 pylons are erected at the riverside.still working on them as I passed at 4 pm today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) toiling in the field. need quick wickets tomorrow with the new ball Edited May 22, 2015 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Yep. England are in trouble. This is going to be their problem. Having posted 400 makes a defeat unlikely. But you can't win unless you can bowl the opposition out twice. I don't understand their selection policy it makes very little sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3973 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Yep. England are in trouble. This is going to be their problem. Having posted 400 makes a defeat unlikely. But you can't win unless you can bowl the opposition out twice. I don't understand their selection policy it makes very little sense. The selection policy is rotten, Cook proves that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Mo Ali and Root are part time bowlers. We need a front line spinner, but who? There's Rashid but they didn't fancy him in the Caribbean, which was surely the time to give him a go, so unlikely to be thrown in against the Aussies with memories fresh of how they ended Simon Kerrigan's test career before it started. Though you could argue Kerrigan ended it himself with the rubbish he sent down. I was at that match, painful to witness. The quick bowlers are all a bit too samey, Wood aside, but he's toiled on a flat deck too. We rely on there being movement in the air for Jimmy to work his magic, or for Broad to go on one of those magic wicket-taking bursts, which he manages once every four or five may matches. Not enough consistency or variation in the attack. And yes, the selectors are to blame for being way too conservative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 You need a specialist spinner. But more than that you need four specialist bowlers. I like Stokes, I think he's a quality player and a legitimate allrounder. If the ECB can't identify a spin bowling option they're better off picking four specialist seamers plus Stokes. Having a side with three specialist bowlers and expecting to bowl a side out cheaply is madness. The ECB are trying to reinvent the wheel and failing miserably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Spot on with Broad too. He has the odd spell now and again where he looks completely unplayable but in between those spells he's serving up pies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 England aren't out of it just yet. If they can get 150-200 in front you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Bat the day out and it's game on. The next partnership is the crucial one as all the players coming in after these two can make runs quickly. If cook and root both make a ton, or close, then tomorrow could be an entertaining end to a close test match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Joe Root man. Fucking class player you have there. Cook deserves some credit for a really important knock too. Cops alot of shit but he's stood up to be counted today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7170 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Stokes breaking records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 brilliant from stokes, just saw the highlights. botham-esque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Haven't seen the highlights but it must have been something special. Quality player. Match is in an interesting position. I think a draw is the big favourite at this stage. If NZ can take the last 4 wickets quickly I could see there being a result either way. If England bat for awhile I don't think there'll be a result because Cook won't be brave enough to dangle the carrot with a declaration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Cook will bat them out of the game before he declares so yeah, draw favourite unless broad goes on a roll and they collapse. Not likely given both sides have been scoring freely at around four an over all match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 What a start. That's scoreboard pressure for you. Kiwis batted sernely in the first innings, now look in a pickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3110 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Ouch. This is not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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