Interesting selection and toss question this morning. It's not been an easy place to bat first in recent years.
Hopefully Ollie Robinson is in the starting line-up.
Hopefully Ollie Robinson is in the starting line-up.
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[Cricket] England v New Zealand - 1st Test - Lords
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Ollie Robinson has been presented with his Test cap by Jon Lewis 
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Sid in the Sharknado
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I had such dreams for all the things I was going to achieve today.
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Ollie Robinson has been presented with his Test cap by Jon Lewis
Never Knowingly Underbowled.
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Joe Root is a useless tosser. New Zealand win the toss and will bat.
Last year when "Soul Limbo" played out I was quite emotional after the months that had gone before that some vision of normality was returning. Listening to it this morning it was nothing but expectation and excitement. Granted the excitement might only last until lunchtime today when New Zealand are 120/0 but right now it feels so, so good.
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I assume there's a reason they've added eyebrows to the Compton and Edrich stands.
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England: 1 Rory Burns, 2 Dom Sibley, 3 Zak Crawley, 4 Joe Root (captain), 5 Ollie Pope, 6 Dan Lawrence, 7 James Bracey (wk), 8 Ollie Robinson, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Mark Wood, 11 James Anderson
New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson (captain), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Neil Wagner
New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson (captain), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Neil Wagner
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No Leach, so I expect Robinson to get through some overs.
jakarta
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Cricket, lovely cricket.
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Root did say he has more confidence in his own bowling now. And Robinson has bowled spin at county level.
But after a downpour followed by 4-5 days of baking sun seems an odd decision. And not really conducive to not overworking people
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Love to hear Jeremy Coney and love to have the Kiwis here, a great country, have visited it just the once, could happily live there.
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3 wickets for Robinson today (including Kane Williamson) ... There ... I've done it.
(Sorry everyone)
(Sorry everyone)
I was there when Ireland collapsed us in a heap two years ago. Day 2 was better cheering Leachy toward his hundred (then agony).
My favourite commentator - he's got a fantastic dry sense of humour
Love the NZ team, they all seem genuinely nice blokes, what a contrast to the other antipodeans