England Winter Test cricket thread

[Chazza]

And another for Finn 197/7

[Shaggy]

Big wicket, Broad too good for Watling. 239-8, 27 short of the follow on. Got to enforce it IMO.

[Shaggy]

Broad gets himself a Michelle

[Shaggy]

Sixfer Broad ....254 all out.

[captainfog]

follow on or not?

If Anderson has a niggle maybe it's best to bat again? If the bowlers are fit though then surely we have to make them follow on?

[Shaggy]

Definitely follow on IMO.

[Shaggy]

Follow on enforced

[captainfog]

I want to stay up and watch more, but I have to go to bed, my turn for the little'un tomorrow morning.

3 wickets in the evening session would be great news to wake up to C'mon England

[Shaggy]

I want to stay up and watch more, but I have to go to bed, my turn for the little'un tomorrow morning.

Same here man. Knackered this morning.

[Shaggy]

****ing weather. I bet they prepare another flat one in Auckland in a bid to draw the series.

[Shaggy]

Shahid Afridi going mental on SS3.

Afridi chops on and out, reprieved by a no ball. Free hit, wide. Free hit again. There's a golf course behind the stand behind the bowler's end. Next free hit goes miles straight down the ground, and out of the ground, and Afridi's saying "it's in the hole, it's in the hole!". Hahaha.

Oh and he's out. What a knock. 88 off 48.

[Chazza]

Pissing it down in NZ

[captainfog]

This tour has been ****. NZ have been cowardly with the wickets they have prepared. Even with the flat wickets they would have lost this test had it not been for the rain.

****houses.

[Pedenj]

Yeah - very uninspiring wickets.

The rain cost us the match there and NZ are clearly going to prepare a pitch that will favour batsmen to try and play out another draw bascially.

Great to see Broad back amongst the wickets though.

[captainfog]

KP out for 6-8 weeks with a knee injury