Cricket: NZ vs England
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What a fucking hiding. Take that you phony world champions.
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@SynicBast said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
the delusion of some English cricket tragics is amazing - stating unequivocably that this English team is more talented than NZ
Bit optimistic when they've got a bunch of rookies and we've got:
Williamson 3
Nicholls 6
Latham 8
Rossco 13...in the batting rankings; and
Boult 6
Wagner 8
Southee 13...in the bowling rankings.
They've got Root, Stokes and the absent Jimmy Anderson inside the top 13s.
Maybe getting a bit carried away with the power of Jofra?
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@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
What a fucking hiding. Take that you phony world champions.
Fill yer boots!
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an unsurprising home win for the #2 ranked side in world cricket. Very nice to perform to expectations
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Slightly disappointing that Santner threatened today, but didn't manage to add to his bag of wickets. I think that getting five-for would've done him more good than Wagner.
The good thing is that Southee and Wagner only bowled 20 overs apiece today - so their workload in this test hasn't been horrendous - even though Trent was largely MIA today. Three days rest and they should be good to go on Friday. Santner bowled a lot more, but he shouldn't be required much on Day 1.
Yep - think it's time to Unleash the Ferg-burger! Don't need to risk Boult with a 1-0 lead.
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@canefan Wagner and Southee bowled 6 and 4 overs yesterday, so 14 and 16 overs apiece today - that's not too much worse than an ODI.
Even though we bowled more overs in this test than England, ours were nicely spaced, so I reckon significantly more damage to the English bowlers (aside from that Trent probably can't play - but compulsory rotation is not necessarily a bad thing).
And we'll be buoyed by victory, while they'll have the bitter taste of defeat in their mouths!
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Coney made a good point about how the Duke ball countries really struggle bowling the Kookaburra because they don't have the patience.
Bowl a fast lifting Duke and eventually it will catch the seam and catch a wicket. With the Kooka you have to work the batsman around with length and direction and can't rely on the ball to do the work.