10th Match: England vs New Zealand at Jo'Burg

[Howsie]

McCullum, Bond, Taylor and now Vettori.

And yeah, only four. I don't find any of the other players in this side are particularly interesting, ridiculously talented or entertaining. Can't say I enjoy watching NZ much tbh.

Ryder and Guptill say hello, well Ryder yell's hello. The man's our most exciting cricketer.

 

[evertonfan]

Omg who do you think you are Morgan? You can't hit Franklin for 4 like that you cheeky mick bastard.

 

[King Pietersen]

Dunno. Don't really find him particularly entertaining as a cricketer. Doesn't do anything remarkable without the ball (not saying he's not a good bowler), don't like watching him bat but he does seem like an alright bloke.

Franklin bowling nice and short for us at medium pace. Just hope he keeps bowling there. I swear he used to be quicker than this though? =/ 73mph is not remotely fast. Ravi Bopara bowls about that pace.

Howsie; Ryder did say hello, until he grew that horrible excuse for facial hair. Went down in my estimations when I saw that.

 

[Howsie]

Can't Ian Butler bowl at 105kmph though?

Almost. He'll get their one day.

 

[Highlander999]

Bond's awesome. Real shame he's from New Zealand tbh. Would have made a far better Englishman.

We'll find some way of getting him to play for us We do with most other countries

Nice call by Vettori there, as others have said he is a total legend

 

[evertonfan]

Ravi Bopara bowls about that pace.

Yeah but Franklin bats better. And Franklin also has the advantage of not being Ravi Bopara.

 

[Howsie]

Dunno. Don't really find him particularly entertaining as a cricketer. Doesn't do anything remarkable without the ball (not saying he's not a good bowler), don't like watching him bat but he does seem like an alright bloke.

Franklin bowling nice and short for us at medium pace. Just hope he keeps bowling there. I swear he used to be quicker than this though =/ 73mph is not remotely fast. Ravi Bopara bowls about that pace.

Howsie; Ryder did say hello, until he grew that horrible excuse for facial hair. Went down in my estimations when I saw that.

Guptill? The man has two toes for gods sake, he should have his runs doubled.

Yea Franklin was a lot faster before he was injured. Against India in the test series he was bowling around 135-140K's mark though. He's a rythem bowler that's for sure.

 

[King Pietersen]

Guppers is alright, was quite good seeing him slap the Aussies about, but I was forced into having a Guptill avatar, which came from losing some sort of bet, so Guppers will always = fail.

Ah right, just hope he doesn't find that rhythm today then =]

Anyone been reading the banter between Swanny, Jimmy and Bresnan on Twitter? Was some hilarious stuff on there last night. Predictive Tex is my hero

 

[Ari]

Franklin tends to slow it down when hes looking for swing. Can get it up to the mid 130's

 

[Howsie]

Franklin tends to slow it down when hes looking for swing. Can get it up to the mid 130's

If he's looking for swing he should probably not bowl short.

 

[Brook]

If only New Zealand could bring on Tuffey now, they need a wicket and Tuffey always gets one

 

[Howsie]

Pretty good effort to be playing after just losing seven kg's. Butler has relied on the weight since coming back, he's such buff dude these day's.

 

[nz0003]

I'm not liking the fact the Franklin has to bowl 10 overs.

 

[Howsie]

Butssssss. But WTF McCullum, he should of taken that cleanly.

 

[King Pietersen]

Morgan's a twat. Rubbish innings. Now we've got to endure Ravi Belowpara getting out cheaply. Come on Rav do something of worth ffs.