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@Welwyn New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2 The England openers put on 120 to get England off to a good start in their chase of 365 off a minimum of 100 overs but when Mike Atherton fell for 41 new batsman Robin Smith started slowly. Smith eventually picked up...

@Welwyn Tea score Day 5 England 207/3 (75 overs) (A.J.Stewart 109*, M.P.Maynard 0*) England require 158 runs to win in 1 hour plus 15 overs. England lose 2 wickets just before Tea including Nasser Hussain for 0. Probably not going to attempt this chase, I don't trust the tail to chase it...

@Welwyn Lunch score Day 5 England 118/0 (43 overs) (A.J.Stewart 71*, M.A.Atherton 43*) England require 247 runs in 2 sessions to win. A bit slow but they might up the rate if Stewart gets to a hundred, we will see. No need for Nas as captain yet, Stewart doing a fine job in his 1st match as...

@Welwyn Stumps score Day 4 England 33/0 (A.J.Stewart 27*, M.A.Atherton 5*) England require 331 on the final day off 90 overs. The pitch will be a Good Batting Wicket for the rest of the match, the weather will be Humid and aiding Swing. 1710970901 He is doing a Harry Brook on this tour, no...

@Welwyn New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2 New Zealand lost their openers cheaply but star batsmen Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe found form in a partnership of 175 for the 3rd wicket. Crowe was brilliantly run out by a direct hit from Matthew Maynard to end his...

@Welwyn There will be calls to make him Captain if he keeps this up. He has the best Captaincy rating of the players in this team, he can save you some more runs in the field and get people Fired Up to start their innings. Might be an option if you fail in the World Cup though Gooch is still...

@Welwyn New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2 The England 1st innings largely followed the pattern of the home side's with 4 early wickets then a big recovery through a double century, this time a career best by Nasser Hussain. Hussain has been brilliant form on...

Swing bowlers do better on flat pitches because they retain their Swing bonus so Watkin and Pringle were probably the right picks, they swing it more than the others. Bicknell might be useful with his Swing and his good economy, but you might not want to debut him in Tests this early in his...

@Welwyn New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2 Pitch: 87 - A well prepared pitch which is likely to play easily throughout the match. There may be some help for the seamers on the first morning until the affects of overnight watering wear off but after that happens...

@Welwyn Here are the England First Class tour stats before the 2nd Test Top Run Aggregates # Name Club Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s Runs 1 GA Gooch Eng 5 8 3 385 170* 77.00 639 60.25 2 1 1 28 - 385 2 RA Smith Eng 5 7 2 326 88 65.20 584 55.82 - 3 - 27 1 326 3 AJ Stewart...

@Welwyn Here is the New Zealand team for the 2nd Test, a few changes, not quite the same as real life due to form and pitch conditions. Greatbatch shifts up to open in place of the out of form Hartland, Rutherford comes in at 5, Smith retains to gloves due to good batting form in the 1st Test...

Humid Conditions and Green Pitch should help Watkin, and England get lucky and win the Toss and bowl first, let's see how he goes.

@Welwyn Here are the details of your next game, the 2nd Test in Auckland, Gooch is injured and will have to be replaced. New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2 Pitch: 87 - A well prepared pitch which is likely to play easily throughout the match. There may be some...

@Welwyn New Zealand XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Christchurch - 1991/2 Excellent bowling by the England XI seamers on a pitch offering some Uneven Bounce late in the day set up a 74 run win with just 10 minutes to spare. Phil DeFreitas and Derek Pringle shared 7 wickets and must now come...

@Welwyn New Zealand XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Christchurch - 1991/2 Alec Stewart and Robin Smith continued their good form from the 1st innings with half centuries and Graeme Hick spent some valuable time in the middle before a declaration after Lunch on Day 3 at 168/2. The New...

@Welwyn New Zealand XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Christchurch - 1991/2 The New Zealand XI openers put on a hundred stand for the 1st wicket to get their team off to a good start, both Steve Brown and Blair Pocock making half centuries. Gary Stead also made a half century before the home...

@Welwyn New Zealand XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Christchurch - 1991/2 Pitch: 7 - A nice batting track but with the prospect of some help for the bowlers late in the match and chasing a target in the 4th innings may prove well beyond all but the strongest of batting lineups. Day 1...