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    • Bovidae
      Bovidae last edited by Duluth

      The squad was named earlier today:

      Kane Williamson (c), Will Young, Tom Latham, Hamish Rutherford, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Tom Blundell, Colin de Grandhomme, Rachin Ravindra, Cam Fletcher, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Trent Boult.

      The extended squad will cover the unavailability of the five members playing in the Indian Premier League who will likely miss the two warm-up matches in May. The squad will be reduced to 15 ahead of the first test starting at Lord’s on June 2.

      https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/300578972/bracewell-fletcher-tickner-rutherford-in-black-caps-squad-for-tour-of-england

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      • MN5
        MN5 @Bovidae last edited by MN5

        @Bovidae said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

        The squad was named earlier today:

        Kane Williamson (c), Will Young, Tom Latham, Hamish Rutherford, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Tom Blundell, Colin de Grandhomme, Rachin Ravindra, Cam Fletcher, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Trent Boult.

        The extended squad will cover the unavailability of the five members playing in the Indian Premier League who will likely miss the two warm-up matches in May. The squad will be reduced to 15 ahead of the first test starting at Lord’s on June 2.

        https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/300578972/bracewell-fletcher-tickner-rutherford-in-black-caps-squad-for-tour-of-england

        Interesting to see Kens son return from the wilderness.

        Even with the return of the old warhorses Anderson and Broad England are still pretty shit. All they have going for them is playing at home.

        Very few would make a combined BC/England team ( but then again you could say the same about the Bangladesh team and look what happened there so what do I know ? )

        With KW back and hopefully fit I think the BCs should win the series.

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        • Crucial
          Crucial last edited by

          I think we’d take Ben from Christchurch as our all rounder wouldn’t we?

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          • Y
            Yeahtheboys last edited by

            Cam Fletcher licks lips hope he gets a go. Time to move on from Blundell. Great innings against Aussie to score 100 but you can’t get automatic selection from there on.

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            • MN5
              MN5 @Crucial last edited by MN5

              @Crucial said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

              I think we’d take Ben from Christchurch as our all rounder wouldn’t we?

              Probably although CDGH still manages to fluke some decent numbers at test level.

              Root walks in too obviously

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              • get stuffed
                get stuffed Banned last edited by

                Bloody awkward hours to watch live - 10pm starts in the tests... so will only watch the first sessions, then look at the highlights the next day.

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                • canefan
                  canefan @get stuffed last edited by

                  @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                  Bloody awkward hours to watch live - 10pm starts in the tests... so will only watch the first sessions, then look at the highlights the next day.

                  Harden up mate, got to burn the candle hard 😉

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                  • get stuffed
                    get stuffed Banned @canefan last edited by

                    @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                    @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                    Bloody awkward hours to watch live - 10pm starts in the tests... so will only watch the first sessions, then look at the highlights the next day.

                    Harden up mate, got to burn the candle hard 😉

                    Nah mate, that would be burning too many candles 😄
                    Are you going to try to watch every session ?

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                    • canefan
                      canefan @get stuffed last edited by

                      @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                      @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                      @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                      Bloody awkward hours to watch live - 10pm starts in the tests... so will only watch the first sessions, then look at the highlights the next day.

                      Harden up mate, got to burn the candle hard 😉

                      Nah mate, that would be burning too many candles 😄
                      Are you going to try to watch every session ?

                      I'd love to. But normal life will get in the way. When we played the warmup games in England last year I think I stayed up until about 2am every night. And on the final day of the WTC I was up until 3am until sanity intervened

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                      • get stuffed
                        get stuffed Banned @canefan last edited by get stuffed

                        @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                        @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                        @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                        @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                        Bloody awkward hours to watch live - 10pm starts in the tests... so will only watch the first sessions, then look at the highlights the next day.

                        Harden up mate, got to burn the candle hard 😉

                        Nah mate, that would be burning too many candles 😄
                        Are you going to try to watch every session ?

                        I'd love to. But normal life will get in the way. When we played the warmup games in England last year I think I stayed up until about 2am every night. And on the final day of the WTC I was up until 3am until sanity intervened

                        Yeah, would be brilliant to watch all those sessions - Test cricket is a great watch, it's about battles within battles... unfortunately as you say it would be too difficult & exhausting, you'd be completely knackered for the whole day, pretty much impossible to do that 5 days in a row, especially if you have a job.

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                        • canefan
                          canefan @get stuffed last edited by

                          @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                          @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                          @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                          @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                          @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                          Bloody awkward hours to watch live - 10pm starts in the tests... so will only watch the first sessions, then look at the highlights the next day.

                          Harden up mate, got to burn the candle hard 😉

                          Nah mate, that would be burning too many candles 😄
                          Are you going to try to watch every session ?

                          I'd love to. But normal life will get in the way. When we played the warmup games in England last year I think I stayed up until about 2am every night. And on the final day of the WTC I was up until 3am until sanity intervened

                          Yeah, would be brilliant to watch all those sessions - Test cricket is a great watch, it's about battles within battles... unfortunately as you say it would be too difficult & exhausting, you'd be completely knackered for the whole day, pretty much impossible to do that 5 days in a row, especially if you have a job.

                          Yup. I agree, the way test cricket is played these days, I can't think of another game that can keep you enthralled for that long. We really are in a golden age for test match cricket

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                          • get stuffed
                            get stuffed Banned @canefan last edited by

                            @canefan Over the last several years we have built really good depth, that was shown when we won the Test World Championship... we were pretty erratic in our home test series against the Banglas & South Africa, our blokes need to get back to playing consistently well, starting with the series against the Poms.

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                            • Daffy Jaffy
                              Daffy Jaffy last edited by

                              McCullum names England Test squad to face NZ

                              England squad for first two Tests: Ben Stokes (c), Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Ben Foakes, Craig Overton, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Jack Leach, Matthew Potts

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                              • Victor Meldrew
                                Victor Meldrew @canefan last edited by Victor Meldrew

                                @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                @NZbloke said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                Bloody awkward hours to watch live - 10pm starts in the tests... so will only watch the first sessions, then look at the highlights the next day.

                                Harden up mate, got to burn the candle hard 😉

                                Nah mate, that would be burning too many candles 😄
                                Are you going to try to watch every session ?

                                I'd love to. But normal life will get in the way. When we played the warmup games in England last year I think I stayed up until about 2am every night. And on the final day of the WTC I was up until 3am until sanity intervened

                                Yeah, would be brilliant to watch all those sessions - Test cricket is a great watch, it's about battles within battles... unfortunately as you say it would be too difficult & exhausting, you'd be completely knackered for the whole day, pretty much impossible to do that 5 days in a row, especially if you have a job.

                                Yup. I agree, the way test cricket is played these days, I can't think of another game that can keep you enthralled for that long. We really are in a golden age for test match cricket

                                I've almost completely given up cricket in the last few years - mainly due there being way too much of the stuff. But I'm planning to watch this series to see if I can get my interest back.

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                                • MN5
                                  MN5 last edited by

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                                  Not much to fear there….at least on paper….

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                                    • Donsteppa
                                      Donsteppa last edited by Donsteppa

                                      The Black Caps batting coach(es) and psychologists don't seem to do much these days - except possibly watching from the stands with a few beers.

                                      Similar to the home summer, in the two warm-up games the Black Caps top order fronted in one game, and then spent the other game metaphorically in the pub. Kane spent much of the IPL batting like it was a test match series, but unfortunately his form didn't carry through.

                                      At one stage we were 9/5, and then 19/6 against a county team. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-england-2022-1276891/first-class-counties-xi-vs-new-zealanders-tour-match-1311520/full-scorecard

                                      Blundell with match scores of 8 & 0.

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                                      • Crazy Horse
                                        Crazy Horse @Donsteppa last edited by

                                        @Donsteppa and that is why I am not sharing the optimism that others are feeling.

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                                        • canefan
                                          canefan @Crazy Horse last edited by canefan

                                          @Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                          @Donsteppa and that is why I am not sharing the optimism that others are feeling.

                                          After our home summer, highlighted by the capitulation to the Bangles, no one should be feeling too upbeat. The lineup looks decidedly shaky. Latham blows hot and cold, Nicholls scares me, and Blundell has not kicked on at all

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                                          • MN5
                                            MN5 last edited by

                                            Must be because of how crap England are……

                                            I mean in cricketing terms a Black Caps ticket is the hottest in town right ?

                                            https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/128810313/black-caps-v-england-test-at-lords-could-have-20000-empty-seats--report

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                                            • nzzp
                                              nzzp @MN5 last edited by

                                              @MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                              Must be because of how crap England are……

                                              I mean in cricketing terms a Black Caps ticket is the hottest in town right ?

                                              https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/128810313/black-caps-v-england-test-at-lords-could-have-20000-empty-seats--report

                                              I checked online.

                                              Tickets were NZD$140 for restricted view, and $200 for the cheapest normal seats. That's just insane - I remember it costing GPB45 a day when I was there in the early 2000's, and I thought that was steep! Put paid to the idea of following the NZ team around as I had no money

                                              We've got it good here in terms of test match access, cricket is cheap by comparison

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                                              • dogmeat
                                                dogmeat @nzzp last edited by

                                                @nzzp supply and demand. Plenty of the former not much of the latter here in NZ. Usually the reverse in Blighty.

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                                                • get stuffed
                                                  get stuffed Banned last edited by get stuffed

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                                                  1st TEST {Lords}
                                                  Blackcaps v England
                                                  Thu 2nd June - 10pm

                                                  https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/300603782/kane-williamson-primed-for-black-caps-return-in-first-test-versus-england

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                                                  • get stuffed
                                                    get stuffed Banned @canefan last edited by

                                                    @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                    @Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                    @Donsteppa and that is why I am not sharing the optimism that others are feeling.

                                                    After our home summer, highlighted by the capitulation to the Bangles, no one should be feeling too upbeat. The lineup looks decidedly shaky. Latham blows hot and cold, Nicholls scares me, and Blundell has not kicked on at all

                                                    We had an up & down home series against both Banglas & South Africa, losing a couple of shockers, so I'm expecting us to be far more focused against the poms... in general Latham, Nicholls & Blundell have played well, test cricket as it is you're going to have a poor run now & again.

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                                                    • Donsteppa
                                                      Donsteppa last edited by

                                                      One thing I'm wary about for this series (aside from the mental fragility of our top order) - I'd rather have their coach than ours...

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                                                      • Duluth
                                                        Duluth last edited by

                                                        From Cricinfo:

                                                        The early news from our reporters on the ground is that New Zealand are strongly considering picking Trent Boult, who only arrived in the country on Monday evening after playing in the IPL final on Sunday and was widely considered to be a major doubt. Ajaz Patel is also expected to play which would mean two seamers - like Neil Wagner and Matt Henry - missing out. 
                                                        
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                                                        • canefan
                                                          canefan @Duluth last edited by

                                                          @Duluth said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                          From Cricinfo:

                                                          The early news from our reporters on the ground is that New Zealand are strongly considering picking Trent Boult, who only arrived in the country on Monday evening after playing in the IPL final on Sunday and was widely considered to be a major doubt. Ajaz Patel is also expected to play which would mean two seamers - like Neil Wagner and Matt Henry - missing out. 
                                                          

                                                          Leave out Wags? Do these morons never learn?

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                                                          • Duluth
                                                            Duluth last edited by

                                                            Nz win the toss and bat

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                                                              ARHS @Duluth last edited by

                                                              @Duluth thought they would choose to bowl...

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                                                              • Duluth
                                                                Duluth last edited by

                                                                England: 1 Alex Lees, 2 Zak Crawley, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Matthew Potts, 9 Jack Leach, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson.

                                                                New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham, 2 Will Young, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Devon Conway, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Ajaz Patel, 11 Trent Boult.

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                                                                • booboo
                                                                  booboo last edited by

                                                                  Oh.

                                                                  Cricket.

                                                                  Better go bed.

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                                                                  • booboo
                                                                    booboo @canefan last edited by booboo

                                                                    @canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                                    @Duluth said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                                    From Cricinfo:

                                                                    The early news from our reporters on the ground is that New Zealand are strongly considering picking Trent Boult, who only arrived in the country on Monday evening after playing in the IPL final on Sunday and was widely considered to be a major doubt. Ajaz Patel is also expected to play which would mean two seamers - like Neil Wagner and Matt Henry - missing out. 
                                                                    

                                                                    Leave out Wags? Do these morons never learn?

                                                                    Boooo

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                                                                    • Victor Meldrew
                                                                      Victor Meldrew @dogmeat last edited by

                                                                      @dogmeat said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                                      @nzzp supply and demand. Plenty of the former not much of the latter here in NZ. Usually the reverse in Blighty.

                                                                      Not surprised there are 1,000's of tickets going spare at Lords. Prices have rocketed to silly levels. When I last went about 6 years ago, tickets to the Edrich stand and the Grandstand were about £50. They are now nearly 3 times the price.

                                                                      Beer prices were always pretty reasonable, but wonder what they are now?

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                                                                      • Victor Meldrew
                                                                        Victor Meldrew last edited by

                                                                        I might just watch this series. Haven't been into cricket for some time (there was just way too much of it for me) but this series could be a good follow.

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                                                                        • Crazy Horse
                                                                          Crazy Horse last edited by

                                                                          Jesus. Mitchell at 5 and Blundell at 6? How Illford 2nd 11 looking is that.

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                                                                          • Donsteppa
                                                                            Donsteppa @Crazy Horse last edited by

                                                                            @Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                                            Jesus. Mitchell at 5 and Blundell at 6? How Illford 2nd 11 looking is that.

                                                                            Plus @mariner4life's favourite park cricketer to round out the pace attack.

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                                                                              booboo last edited by

                                                                              When your opening bowler is 39 and not Sir Richard Hadlee ...

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                                                                              • canefan
                                                                                canefan @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                                                @Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                                                @Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:

                                                                                Jesus. Mitchell at 5 and Blundell at 6? How Illford 2nd 11 looking is that.

                                                                                Plus @mariner4life's favourite park cricketer to round out the pace attack.

                                                                                If we choose to leave out Neil Wagner and it turns bad, we deserve everything coming to us

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                                                                                • Donsteppa
                                                                                  Donsteppa last edited by

                                                                                  Less than ideal to be 1/1 when three out is likely to be all out, and with Kane in shite form...

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                                                                                    booboo last edited by

                                                                                    Fuck. Not in bed early enough. Fuck this shit. See youse all in the morning.

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