gazr99
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Hate seeing England get trounced but am pleased seeing Kane Williamson play well. To be brutally honest don't know if I can see Lyth lasting long in the test team, personally I prefer his Yorkshire team mate Alex Lees.
Cook and Trott Out
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Good fightback from England today - bowlers certainly a lot more threatening but still missing chances
Tongo
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Forgotten the loss at home to Sri Lanka then. And a draw in the West Indies isnt anything to crow about.
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Good days cricket today - nice fightback from the bowlers and then some nice gritty batting from Bell and Cook - going to be an interesting last two days
No mention of the openers failing...again. Not sure 529 conceded can be seen as a good bowling performance and the bowlers definitely helped by the lower order looking to move the game on and play shots
Dan2501
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Seems like its been yet another toothless England display. We're going to get trounced by the Aussies, it's going to be embarrassing.
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fundy
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whatever you think about his captaincy Cooks batting looks miles ahead of where it has been recently, feet are moving with much more conviction which means hes got far more time, bats not as angled as it was so all looks a lot tighter. Big few hours coming up in terms of this test and setting the tone for the summer
Root, just looks on another level compared to the rest.
Tongo
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fundy
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super counter attack from Stokes this, not very bright from Southee but fun to watch
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Cracking from England today - seems a few of the predictions were way off the mark !
Not at all. Good to see centuries from Cook and Stokes but the top order has still failed. Bell and Ballance haven't delivered and I still think the bowlers aren't good enough to turn matches. England may well get a draw out of this but it's hardly going to have Australia shacking in their cricket boots
Effectively 255-6. Not a massive lead with a day to go and I still think anything under 300 will give NZ a fighting chance tomorrow
fundy
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all setting up for a cracking final day with all results possible, just a shame the pitch is still as good as it is really as may lead to it petering out to a draw. that said, if anyones not got anything on tomorrow and can get to lords its £20 a ticket on the gate and free for U16s, could get a lot of cricket for a very cheap ticket
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Still looks green - shame we don't have a true spinner because I reckon a Swann would get a lot out of the pitch. Hopefully the last two days have given England a lot of confidence
Cook will have gained confidence but the top order and bowlers haven't really performed and a lack of a world class spinner will be an achilles for England for while
fundy
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Looks green but its done very little off the seam most of the game and has started to slow up a little, most of the movement has been from the overhead conditions.
Both sides spinners looked lacking, bowled a bit on the short side probably partly due to the lack of pace in the deck
I struggle to see us bowling them out unless the new ball does loads early, but stranger things have happened. Hope the games still alive when my golfs done rather than having petered out though!
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Wood looked very useful
Broad started to show a lot of aggression , Stokes was a bit unlucky with the dropped catches ( even though he still bowls too many "4" balls ) - so with a bit more luck and a few early wickets and it could be an interesting last day
fundy
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despite that NZ still got 500+, not sure I see us bowling them out in 75ish overs second time round. if the ball doesnt swing i struggle to see where we get wickets from
