Sport Cricket - Summer 2022

[Leysboy]

36/1 at Lunch. Long way to go though.

 

[Oufcrealist]

It will be interesting to see how much Bracewell can get out of the pitch - he got more bounce and turn than Leach, who isn't a test match bowler. Given they are a bowler short, he could be key.

Agree. I like Leach but he's not test standard. I see McCullam is trying to talk Moeen into coming out of retirement and Mo has kind of given him the green light!!

 

[Sarge]

36/1 at Lunch. Long way to go though.

IF theres not a batting collapse , its a big ask but a win isn't impossible

draw likely , if the batting order actually play Test match cricket ( & not short over styles )

 

[SteMerritt]

53/2 - Pope Gone.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

And Root.

Sodding Groundhog day.

 

[SteMerritt]

56/3 Root gone. Time to shut up shop?

 

[ZeroTheHero]

56/3 Root gone. Time to shut up shop?

Do you think they are capable of doing so? Shutting up shop often leads to them fiddling about tentatively and getting out anyway.

 

[Leysboy]

93/4 Lees gone bowled Tim Southee.

Drop anchor and bat the day out now.

 

[SteMerritt]

You just know the last 5 overs of the day are going to be faced by Leach and Anderson...

 

[unification]

You just know the last 5 overs of the day are going to be faced by Leach and Anderson...

Hope the former has his lens cleaner again.

 

[SteMerritt]

152/4, Bairstow goes past 50. England halfway there. 147 more needed off a minimum of 37 overs (3.97rpo)

 

[SteMerritt]

I'm not sure what the NZ bowling attack plan is at the moment, but safe to say it's not working very well. 105 needed for England.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Agreed - some very odd bowling by NZ. Bowling filth and putting three catchers on the boundary seems a bit desperate.

 

[swolley]

flipping heck. what an innings from Bairstow!!

 

[Sarge]

c'mon England ....35 to win

 

[unification]

The limited overs left in the Test made it into an ODI-style game. Padding it about for 2-3 an over wouldn’t have seen England get there.

May as well release two beasts in that format to see England home. What a performance from Bairstow and Stokes.

The former would have been hopeless in trying to save this game though. When it comes to full aggression which was needed here, he’s superb.

 

[Essexyellows]

Yikes - nerves notch up a bit......... Bairstow gone.

 

[SteMerritt]

Yikes - nerves notch up a bit......... Bairstow gone.

Wouldn't be England without a wobble thrown in there to keep us on our toes.

 

[Leysboy]

This has been unbelievable since tea. Bairstow take a bow, and Stokes has been fantastic too.

27 to win, what a days cricket, and probably one of the highest chases at Trent Bridge.

 

[Big Ron]

Agree. I like Leach but he's not test standard. I see McCullam is trying to talk Moeen into coming out of retirement and Mo has kind of given him the green light!!

I saw that as well - doesn't send a great message to Leach, Livingstone, et al. Shouldn't be judging Livingstone on part of one test but it would seem that he perhaps bowls a little too slow and with too few variations for test cricket, apart from the fact that his batting extends the tail even further.