[Cricket] The Red Ball Reset: Eng v NZ 2nd Test

[Nobby Cybergoat]

A morning of chin music for the NZ tail so far

 

[Titanic]

Broad and Stokes taking a battering... this is getting out of reach... already a record Trent Bridge chase of 285 needed.

 

[Titanic]

5 fours in the last 10 balls

This is painful.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Trent Boult for MoTM?

 

[jakarta]

Dreadful bowling from Stokes, why don't you give the ball to a bloke with 650 Test Wickets?

 

[Pevenseagull]

Two down this morning 249-9, only Mitchell left...

....and Boult

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Dreadful bowling from Stokes, why don't you give the ball to a bloke with 650 Test Wickets?

Bit of credit to the tail ender, but yes, Jimmy should be on

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

And he is on, and he got him!

 

[Titanic]

NZ 284 all out.

Target is 299, from 72 overs, RR 4.16.

All four results are still on.

 

[jakarta]

And he is on, and he got him!

Yes that wasn't rocket science was it?

20-25 runs too far?

 

[Pevenseagull]

Calm down!

 

[Titanic]

4 4 . 4 . .

A decent first over for England.

287 from 71 overs.

 

[Titanic]

Crawley fails again.

Zak Crawley c Southee b Boult 0 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

12-1

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Crawley Down

 

[jakarta]

Crawley fails again.

12-1

Probably a good thing, we have some decent batsmen coming up...

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Yes that wasn't rocket science was it?

20-25 runs too far?

Yeh mate, I think we'd have to play very well to chase this total. It's currently the third most likely outcome for me

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Not seen Lees before today. What a start to his innings, looks a bit like Trescothick in a just stand there and play it sort of way. Can he go on though?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Not seen Lees before today. What a start to his innings, looks a bit like Trescothick in a just stand there and play it sort of way. Can he go on though?

Not if you keep bigging him up he won't!

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Not seen Lees before today. What a start to his innings, looks a bit like Trescothick in a just stand there and play it sort of way. Can he go on though?

Let's hope so. All the talk of him 'finding his feet in Test cricket' etc, I expected him to be 23 years old. Nope he's 29.

 

[Titanic]

NZ 284 all out.

Target is 299, from 72 overs, RR 4.16.

All four results are still on.

Lunch Day 5

England 36-1 (9 overs)

Alex Lees 30* (35 balls, 6 fours), Ollie Pope 6* (15 balls, 1 four)

263 more runs required to win, from 63 overs, at RR 4.17

All four results are still on.