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3rd Test New Zealand V England



Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,960
Living In a Box
NZ batting 11/0

Decider test
 
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Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,960
Living In a Box
Der silly me, apologies and bad start to a thread now corrected
 




pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,268
West, West, West Sussex
Bugger - got all excited then.. Just switched over to Sky in the middle of an ad-break and there was more than one advert so I thought we'd got a wicket. We haven't, it was a drinks break :rant:

NZ 31/0
 
















Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,960
Living In a Box
Oh dear, poor start for us
 




Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,336
Uffern
Never mind, looks like a good batting track so can't see us losing it.

And in Delhi, Australia are having a rough time of it - 128-5; that's a cheering thought
 




Common as Mook

Not Posh as Fook
Jul 26, 2004
5,630
What an utterly pointless tour. NZ have just laid three pitches that are completely batter-friendly. They've played for a 0-0 series draw. Joke

Was just about to post the same.

Three flat tracks and pray for rain. No wonder they haven't had any fans in the grounds
 


CHAPPERS

DISCO SPENG
Jul 5, 2003
44,772
So how flat is this pitch? Boycott was on the radio earlier questioning winning the toss and inserting. You'd have to say it seems a bit silly to win the toss and then hand your opponents the initiative, doesn't it? England could have been 500 to the good by the end of tomorrow.
 




So how flat is this pitch? Boycott was on the radio earlier questioning winning the toss and inserting. You'd have to say it seems a bit silly to win the toss and then hand your opponents the initiative, doesn't it? England could have been 500 to the good by the end of tomorrow.

Cuts both ways though, doesn't it? By batting second, England could (I accept they probably now won't be) in a much better position to force the result over 3 innings - knock out NZ for 300-odd, bat for 2 days to get 550 and then pressure the Kiwis in the second innings. Bat first and (on a flat pitch) the likelihood is they'd have to bat twice to secure a result.
 


crodonilson

He/Him
Jan 17, 2005
13,522
Lyme Regis
You can only really judge a pitch after both sides have batted on it.

Another disgusting performance from England against one of the minnows of world cricket. Body language was dreadful from about the first half hour.
 


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