England N Z - First Test

[sunny-dave]

Time for some proper cricket after the hit&giggle fest of the last couple of months - be a treat to be able to settle down and watch a match evolve over a decent period of time.

England really should win - but NZ are by no means a pushover and the day/night nonsense (pink balls anyone?) will level the teams down a bit I think.

Good pre-match analysis from Aggers here :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43427999

So it's TMS on the radio, Sky on the TV and a glass of malt in hand - the build-up is from midnight and the match starts at 1am

Cheers my dear old things ...

SDxx

[Davemano]

23/7

[sunny-dave]

23-7

five wickets for Boult in under an hour - NZ batting before lunch?

[-SharonA-]

Christ!!!!

[Davemano]

They should have declared after the first over while they were in front......

[sunny-dave]

Moeen misses a straight one ... 23-8

Is the ball invisible rather than pink?

[Davemano]

No Sharron, its not Christchurch, its Aukland. 23/8 now.

[-SharonA-]

Christ again!! This is history in the making.

[1ozzy]

Oh dear.

{Secretly smirking a wee bit)

[sunny-dave]

Astonishing catch now - Broad goes

27 - 9

[-SharonA-]

Overton carrying the team......a six!!!

[sunny-dave]

58 all out of which Overton gets 33

Woeful hardly covers it

[-SharonA-]

Disgraceful!! And good night.

[sunny-dave]

I may have another toddy ...

[bhg481]

Dave - how ironic the first paragraph of your original post turned out to be.

[Garaman]

Terrific 10th-wicket stand doubled England's total!

[jno]

If England’s T20 team scored as few runs as England’s test team scored in less than 21 overs, questions would be asked in the House.

[Voltage]

pathetic ...England on tour ....more like on a holiday!!!

[Mexican18]

The next time that England tour,they should send Manchester United.They couldn't do any worse!

[sunny-dave]

NZ made the pitch look like it was - a bit of movement, nothing drastic, just a standard first day strip.

After England missed a simple run-out of the very first ball, NZ progressed comfortably enough (bar the odd dropped catch) and scored at just under 3 runs an over - "Proper Test Crickit" as Sir Geoffrey would say.

England weren't even up to snuff for the fielding part of their job - "Pooer, Very Pooer" to again quote the Sage of Fitzwilliam.

I may have an early night with the covers tightly pulled over my head tonight.

Eng 58 all out
NZ 175-3