3rd Test New Zealand V England

[Mackenzie]

According to Andrew Samson, BBC Test Match Special statistician

In the history of Test cricket there have only been two teams who have batted out the final day to earn a draw having been four down overnight. One was England in South Africa in 1995 when Michael Atherton finished unbeaten on 185. The other was South Africa against Australia in Adelaide last year.

We've got a longish tail and the new ball is coming up fairly soon.....its a test of concentration more than anything today.

Could end up an interesting days (nights) cricket.

 

[vegster]

the BBC are taking a bit of a one eyed view of the last day, their " live reporting " page on the Beeb website is giving text commentary with the addition in brackets of ( 75 overs to go ), "push to mid on, no run " ( 74 overs to go ) etc etc....

 

[Mackenzie]

the BBC are taking a bit of a one eyed view of the last day, their " live reporting " page on the Beeb website is giving text commentary with the addition in brackets of ( 75 overs to go ), "push to mid on, no run " ( 74 overs to go ) etc etc....

I wonder if the NZBC are doing a wickets count down?

 

[Mackenzie]

New ball due.....this will be telling.

Root LBW first (new) ball

 

[Beach Hut]

150/4 new ball and wicket

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

1st bloody ball Root LBW

 

[Mackenzie]

Come on Jonny, see it out.

 

[Mackenzie]

Bell needs to farm the strike for a bit here.

 

[vegster]

I fear our only hope left now is for Uncle Spielberg to come on and predict a New Zealand win. It's that desperate.

 

[Mackenzie]

I fear our only hope left now is for Uncle Spielberg to come on and predict a New Zealand win. It's that desperate.

Doomed!

I'd have taken losing 1 wicket in the session......if that all it ends up being (which it probably won't....etc)

Bell dropped.......erk

Bairstow dropped now........tense

 

[Pavilionaire]

Dropped! And loving the circus trumpet music too.

 

[Beach Hut]

Bairstow trying to get out but dropped again

 

[Pavilionaire]

And again! Kiwi shambes.

 

[Mackenzie]

Lunch......1/3 of the way there!

 

[Pavilionaire]

You never see their rugby players dropping the ball like that!

 

[vegster]

The fools. the games up but, they could have had a decent long lunch.....

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

You never see their rugby players dropping the ball like that!

Unless their name is Ashton.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Oh well ... I guess it'll be down to Matt Prior to save the game.

 

[vegster]

Oh well ... I guess it'll be down to Matt Prior to save the game.

A Spielberg prediction of a New Zealand win could still save us.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Bairstow out. Never looked comfortable. We can't afford any more wickets to fall in this session.