England cricket 2023 & 2024

[Baron Greenback]

Come on Potts one more!

[spikeyhead]

NZ 132 all out,

Potts and Leach injured.

[jbswagger]

Can England avoid the follow on

[spikeyhead]

From the bbc:-

An encouraging update on Matthew Potts - he went off the field with cramp in his left leg which, you would hope, is not too serious, especially now the New Zealand innings is over and he can put his feet up for a bit.

[speedy_thrills]

Good. B-Mac will be fairly happy.

[spikeyhead]

We're 96 - 4 , really need YJB and Stokes to each put up a decent score.

We've a very very long tail.

[thegreenhell]

And here comes the customary collapse...

[a_dreamer]

Not a wicket that you'd expect to have seen 16+ wickets in a day.

[spikeyhead]

I guess Brendan now realises just what he's taken on.

[nicanary]

I had to leave the transmission to go for a meal. I expected to come back to 130-3. It's not as if the pitch is doing much. I'm gobsmacked.

[anonymous-user]

At least we bowled them out quite efficiently, the fielding performance was decent especially at Lords where we rarely prosper.

New Zealand are the team to beat at the moment we were never going to turn them over, honour’s pretty even by the end of day one.

[Mr E]

Day five sold out?

[speedy_thrills]

spikeyhead said:

I guess Brendan now realises just what he's taken on.

Welcome to the real world champ.

Tough batting performance feedback after this afternoon I'd think, given he was a pretty good batsman himself (over 100 tests, averaged 39.) Nowhere left to hide in the England dressing room.

Edited by speedy_thrills on Thursday 2nd June 18:48

[Gargamel]

Mr E said:

Day five sold out?

Last I heard there were still tickets for every day.

[thegreenhell]

With the weather forecast for days 3-5 it's probably a good thing they're knocking over the wickets quickly if we want to see a result either way in this match.

[Tyre Smoke]

Excuse me, am I in the right place to ask a cricket question?

I've never been a fan. But, switched on the TV the other night and got quite into the Roses T20. So last night I watched Glamorgan vs Essex T20.

Here's the question...

Glamorgan needed two runs from eighteen balls. A ball was bowled short, that bounced over the batsman and was caught some distance behind the wicket by the keeper making an energetic jump. The ball was deemed a 'no ball' by the umpire and the game was over, Glamorgan having won. What I don't understand is why? They don't get awarded two runs for a no ball do they? I know the non strike batsman had a pulled muscle/cramp/hamstring and couldn't run, but why was the game won in that manner?

One last thing, test cricket bores me to death, how are the Kiwis doing?

[spikeyhead]

In some domestic T20 competitions, two runs are awarded for a no ball.

In the test, NZ are doing as badly as England.

[Tyre Smoke]

Thanks spikey.

I'll keep an eye on the Kiwis.

But I must say, T20 is great to watch. I think I might at last, in my mid 50s be getting into cricket! Or at least a version of the game.

[thegreenhell]

Jimmy promoted up the batting order. This is his big chance!

[spikeyhead]

thegreenhell said:

Jimmy promoted up the batting order. This is his big chance!

We've caught up with them no time pressure, what could possibly stop Jimmy getting his maiden test century?