New Zealand in England and Scotland

[mal]

EG 2/185
AND THE MOMENT
Vettori to KP
KP down the track and smasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshes him for 6
EG 2/191
EG need another 103 to pull of an amazing win

STRAUSS 80 *
KP 18 *

PS
Read the previous post by JACKPOT JIM WHEN EG WIN THIS TEST



KP now has hit the 3rd most 6s for EG
BOTHAM 73
KP 42

[jackpot jim]

england are 0/68
very good start against a very bad side if england dont white wash this series they are hacks and will get smashed in 12 months

Looks like the Poms are in for a SMASHING good time in 12 months then as they wont win this series let alone white wash NZ.

1st test Drawn

2nd test
NZ 381 and 2/64
Eng 202

NZ lead by 243 and look certain to WIN, weather permitting.

NZ, Very Bad ? mmmmmmmmmmm

I WAS WRONG WRONG WRONG

How about O'Brien dropping the Easiest C + B chance off Bell in the history off test cricket?
As Described by cricinfo "Sweet as a Lollipopop as you will get and hes Muffed it"

[Thiele]

England wins the test

[brod]

England names their One Day squad, with Tim Ambrose being rewarded and looking to make his ODI debut

England one-day squad Paul Collingwood (capt), Tim Ambrose, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright.

[brod]

Northamptonshire vs New Zealanders
First-Class Match

Match Drawn

New Zealanders 363
AJ Redmond 121
BB McCullum 72
PG Fulton 57
Northamptonshire 9d/214
TG Southee 5/42
KD Mills 3/41
New Zealanders 7d/317
Taylor 150 retired out
GJ Hopkins 63
BB McCullum 35
Northamptonshire 2/85

[brod]

ENGLAND vs NEW ZEALAND
3rd TEST

England squad - Unchanged
Squad Michael Vaughan (capt), Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose (wk), Ryan Sidebottom, Stuart Broad, Monty Panesar, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett

If the same XI take the field it will be the first time since 1884-85 that the same XI has played in five consecutive matches

The biggest concern for England is the form of Paul Collingwood who has scored only 32 runs in the first two tests

New Zealand squad - Unnamed
Tim Southee would have to caom back into the side, after missing the second test with an upset stomach . He showed he was back to fitness with a 5 for in the tour match, expect Iain O'Brien to miss.
The batting though is far less certain with James Marshall (52 runs in first two tests - and only 13 out twice in the recent tour match) and Daniel Flynn (struggling, he lasted on 12 balls out twice in the recent tour match, after having two teeth knocked out by a James Anderson bouncer) those who may miss. Peter Fulton did his chances of making a comeback no harm with a half century in the tour match, as did Gareth Hopkins, specialist wicket keeper who maybe called in, forcing Brendon McCullum to play as a specialist number 5 batsman.

[brod]

Kiwis to wear pants that will add shine to the ball

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/engvnz/ ... 53558.html

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It worked wonders in the opening, there was one amazing ball from Mills with the swing (although this was after it passed the stumps, but the swing carried to 1st slip!)

[Keefy]

The Kiwis are on fire after lunch. so far have bowled 3 overs and taken 3 wickets for the cost of just 2 runs

Bell and Collingwood gone for Ducks

England are 5 for 86

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It goes to show how many wickets can be taken in the space of five overs, Ricky.

[brod]

New Zealand won the toss and bowled

GJ Hopkins (New Zealand) keeper debuts, coming in for Marshall

Lunch
England 2/84 (29 overs)
AJ Strauss 37*
KP Pietersen 15*

Lunch + 3 overs
England 5/86 (32 overs)
AJ Strauss 37
AN Cook 6
MP Vaughn 16
KP Pietersen 17*
IR Bell 0
PD Collingwood 0
TR Ambrose 0*
KD Mills 3/20
IE O'Brien 2/18

[brod]

ENGLAND vs NEW ZEALAND
THIRD TEST

ENGLAND win by an innings and 9 runs
England win three match series 2-0

England 364
KP Pietersen 115
TR Ambrose 67
SCJ Broad 64
IE O'Brien 4/74
KD Mills 3/76
New Zealand 123
JM How 40
Extras 22
JM Anderson 7/43
New Zealand 232
BB McCullum 71
JDP Oram 50*
DR Flynn 49
RJ Sidebottom 6/67

Player of the Match - JM Anderson
Players of the series - AJ Strauss and DL Vettori

[mal]

KP

[brod]

KP

Embarrasing for the Kiwis. To have England 5/85 in the first innings and then lose with a day and a half left (lost plenty of time to rain as well).

The 161 run 6th wicket partnership between KP and Ambrose was game winning

[brod]

A couple of Pommy batsmen would be looking to get some sort of form in County cricket before the real part of the summer vs Sth Africa starts.

IR Bell - 45 runs @ 15, HS 21*
PD Collingwood - 32 runs @ 10.67, HS 24*

But at the other end of the scale

AJ Strauss 266 runs @ 66.5, HS 106, 2 fifties, 1 hundred

[brod]

Could there be another player to rival the great New Zealand number 11 Danny Morrison

Chris Martin
(series)
3 matches
5 innings
3 not outs
0 runs
0* HS
0.00 Average
2 ducks

(Test career)
43 matches
61 innings
30 not outs
74 runs
12* HS
2.38 Average
17 ducks (55% of completed innings)
11 fours (60% of his runs)

(First Class)
124 matches
159 innings
77 not outs
345 runs
25 HS
4.20 average

[stampy]

very ordinary effort by the sheep lovers

[MightyEagles]

I was watching a little of the ODI match tonight and KP was in and he turned around from his right handed position to a left handed one with a change of hands on the bat and then hit a 6, then a couple overs latter, he did it again. If he can do that, then for example a right handed bowler should be able to bowl left handed with out telling the umpire.

[mal]

EG 5/307
KEVIN PIETERSON 110
By batting left handed and hitting those 2 balls for 6s confirms what I have thought about him.
He should bat like a spastic and when he does he is prob the most intimidating batter in world cricket.
Those 2 sixes were close to the most amazing shots ever witnessed in cricket history

[Micky McFinnigan]

gday guys keep an eye open for the ODI between scotland and england, scotland are less than woeful, im playing in scotland and was part of a side selected of club players in the Scottish National Cricket League who took part in a 20/20 game to celebrate uddingston cc's 125 anniversary, we beat them with three overs to go, they were only missing john blain and ryan watson, england could score 350+