New Zealand tour of England - May/June 2015

[cooks1st100]

Pleased to see Wood in the team. Feel we have too many left-handed batsmen playing. There needs to be more of a mix in my opinion so that the strike can be rotated and make the bowlers change their lines.

 

[Santander]

Looking like it's going to be a rough first session out there for England.

 

[cooks1st100]

Yeah, Boult and Southee bowling well and the ball is doing a bit. Yup one down, another good ball, going to be a tough couple of hours.

 

[IceAgeComing]

why on earth would you pick stokes over jordan, he's a bad bowler and you shouldn't need to have batting down to 8

also here's the silliest picture ever taken

e: well I suppose it is england, they'll consistently be 100/6

 

[swacker]

25/3

Runs are overrated anyway.

 

[IceAgeComing]

Look on the bright side lads: Bell's scored as many runs as his last three innings combined, so England are going to win.

 

[Markkkkk]

Even Somerset scored more runs... Why not get all of their lads?

 

[blockerdave]

say what you will, you can always trust Bell...

Spoiler

to bottle a crisis

 

[ParkedTheBus]

'Trust Issues'​

 

[Markkkkk]

And now Root is scoring at more then a run a ball... What is happening?

 

[IceAgeComing]

he's actually good, and the people above him aren't

e: i'll give lyth some credit, since your first test is hard. and ballance are played well before, but this is his first test against a good seam attack since the SCG one

 

[blockerdave]

these two making it look a different game: which it kind of is since these two are actually looking to score and push a bit of pressure back on to the bowlers.

 

[richowebbo]

What a horrible morning!

Being slightly improved by Root and Stokes being positive. Attack is quite often the best form of defence.

 

[richowebbo]

he's actually good, and the people above him aren't

e: i'll give lyth some credit, since your first test is hard. and ballance are played well before, but this is his first test against a good seam attack since the SCG one

I think Root should bat a bit higher up, at 3, with Ballance moving to 5. As you say, he;s not faced a top attack for a long time, and feel he would be more comfortable against the older ball (assuming we don't collapse!)

 

[blockerdave]

I think Root should bat a bit higher up, at 3, with Ballance moving to 5. As you say, he;s not faced a top attack for a long time, and feel he would be more comfortable against the older ball (assuming we don't collapse!)

there's a lot in this, but Root is batting so well at 5 I'm loathe to move him... but clearly this lineup is not right.[DOUBLEPOST=1432209203][/DOUBLEPOST]good gravy we've got away with one there!