3rd Test New Zealand V England

[brightonmark1234]

com on england nothing silly from the batsman and no stupid shots please

 

[Kumquat]

Indeed. I expectt Bell and Compton to still be batting at tea-time Kiwi time. Joke of a series. We've shot ourselves in the foot to be fair, but they were only ever trying to minimise the damage with the pitches they picked and we've done that too in the past when on the back foot.

 

[brightonmark1234]

watch us crumble now

 

[Barry Izbak]

Sure enough, first wicket down within quarter of an hour

 

[vegster]

Oops, Compton forgot to dig in, 3 down and looking dodgy now.

 

[Mackenzie]

With only Bell, Prior and the inexperienced Root and Bairstow as our front line batsmen we could be in trouble here. As has been mentioned, we need a big partnership from two of these .

 

[brightonmark1234]

i am going to turn this crap off in a minute england are making it so hard

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Poor batting. They look frightened.

 

[Barry Izbak]

I was suprised when they said on tv that Ian Bell has passed Nasser Hussain for test runs.

Because I have always thought he was bloody rubbish!

 

[brightonmark1234]

new zealand making us look crap

 

[jakarta]

Has Bell ever delivered in a pressure situation?

 

[vegster]

well, not looking so good now.......

 

[brightonmark1234]

this is just like watching sussex some times

 

[Worthingite]

Bairstow gone..... oh bother!!!!

 

[jakarta]

Chucking this away 72-5

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Has Bell ever delivered in a pressure situation?

No. Never. He is crap bottler. I don't know why England have bothered with him over the years. He has just been very lucky to play in a strong England team and only ever scores runs when it's easy.

 

[Barry Izbak]

The one time I get to watch England on skytv, and all I can watch is England wickets tumbling.

Bloody hell

 

[Worthingite]

What the hell happened? After the last Ashes we were being hailed as the next Windies or Australia, in that we were going to dominate the long game for the next godknows how many years?? And yet...... NZ are a team that struggled against Bangladesh a little while ago.....

Has losing Strauss and KP unbalanced Englands style of play or is it a case of too many youngsters coming through at once? (Genuine question, because much as I enjoy watching Test Cricket, by no means do I know enough to consider myself knowledgeable)

 

[El Sid]

What's the weather forecast over there?

 

[vegster]

What the hell happened? After the last Ashes we were being hailed as the next Windies or Australia, in that we were going to dominate the long game for the next godknows how many years?? And yet...... NZ are a team that struggled against Bangladesh a little while ago.....

Has losing Strauss and KP unbalanced Englands style of play or is it a case of too many youngsters coming through at once? (Genuine question, because much as I enjoy watching Test Cricket, by no means do I know enough to consider myself knowledgeable)

its one of those things, the kiwi's caught us cold in the first test but we battled back. We had them by the nadgers in the second but they were saved by the weather. This test they probably got 150 runs too many and a little bit of a wobble has become a major collywobbles. this is now a winner takes all but, I'd back us to get the draw still, because we can't be this bad twice.