New Zealand tour of England

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test - Close Of Play - Day Three

New Zealand 1st Innings: 386 all out
England 1st Innings: 441 (Strauss 112)
New Zealand 2nd Innings: 134/1

 

[deadduck]

Originally posted by HArrIS@May 22 2004, 06:35 AM

only the fourth player in Test history to score a century on debut at Lord's :

How many players actually make their debut at Lords? Not very many I imagine.

 

[andrew_nixon]

71 England players, 170 in total.

 

[deadduck]

In all the years that's not a big number. How many players actually score a century on debut? I think about 80. Four of those have been at Lords. Five have been at Adelaide. In the last 5 years 14 players have scored a debut century.

My point is that who cares if he scored a debut century at Lords. Why should this be different to scoring a debut century anywhere else?

 

[andrew_nixon]

I couldn't agrre more. Lord's has this unexplainable mystique about it as the "home" of cricket. I can't see why. It is an awful ground with that ridiculous slope.

 

[stevie]

If its such a poor ground and everything, why do so many players from around the world love playing there?And the slope just adds more character to the ground, more individuality to it, surely theres nothing wrong with being "different"? And it is seen as special to score a test century there as special because so many players regard the place as the home cricket.

 

[stevie]

And may I add that the spell Simon Jones bowled before lunch was top class, can't believe he ended up with just one wicket in the whole innings, but well played Mark Richardson!

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test - Close Of Play - Day Four

New Zealand 1st Innings: 386 all out
England 1st Innings: 441 (Strauss 112)
New Zealand 2nd Innings: 336 all out (Richardson 101)
England 2nd Innings: 8/0

 

[chrishinton85]

England have won the game
great innings by nasser hussain
he showed maturity and proved that he deserves a place in the english side
great perfomance by Strauss on debut
three cheeers for him!!!!!!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test- Match Over

Result

New Zealand 1st Innings: 386 all out
England 1st Innings: 441 (Strauss 112)
New Zealand 2nd Innings: 336 all out (Richardson 101)
England 2nd Innings: 282/3 (Hussain 103 not out)

England win by 7 wickets

 

[Nirav85]

english fans around the world must be furitaed that hussain hit thwe winning century :P

 

[deadduck]

please learn how to spell, mr illiterate.

 

[pal]

what the h-ll, deadduck...

English is not his first language and he is still able to get his point across..

you probably don't even know what his language is or you can't speak it....

 

[siddyjain]

wot do u think shud be the squad for the 2nd test who will be dropped from the england side to accomodate vaughan and wot abt nz who will be dropped for shane bond

 

[ricky123]

Originally posted by deadduck@May 25 2004, 06:50 AM
please learn how to spell, mr illiterate.

the dead duck u should not try to ambarrass other members ,old or new ,all members deserves some respect,.

i think u should say sorry to him ,

back to the topic , who was the guy arguing with me that day ,that england will loose against newzealand ,

i am going to search that post , :