posted May 19, 2008

sorry Yasuo, but you are at the wrong posting here, we do not play baseball okay!

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posted May 19, 2008

From a thread on another posting - - - New Zealands problem is they bat too strongly in the middle order, to allow Vettori to move up from No8.
Surely a problem England would like to suffer from !

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posted May 19, 2008

England's middle order is strong- Bell, Collingwood, Ambrose- it's certainly better than New Zealand's in terms of ability. I think seeing Kiwi fans trying to laugh at England is comical in itself- there is absolutely no chance than New Zealand will win a test in this series. This result will be as good as it gets I'm afraid.

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posted May 19, 2008

The weather forecast is looking a lot better for the Old Trafford test starting on Friday. Should be bright and a lot warmer than this test was. I expect it to be a batsman's paradise- test pitches are usually flat at Old Trafford but when the weather is good it makes life even more difficult for the bowlers.

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posted May 19, 2008

The weather forceast looks bad for Old Trafford!
There is rain and it could affect Friday's pitch while dry weather over the weekend should dry the pitch off.
Its a firm wicket, I hope England win the toss because its good to bat 1st and most times, England do and win (Alas Australia 2005)

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posted May 19, 2008

Bell,Ambrose and Collingwood got a grand total of 22 runs between them in the England innings.
I am not saying that they are rubbish. But English followers were saying NZ would be beaten within 3 days, before the test !
Sounds just like the thrashing they were going to give the Aussies in the last Ashes series.

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posted May 19, 2008

New Zealand were said to be almost as good as a second string county team, before the tour.
Doesn't say a great deal for the English team !

Give them their dues, they are rag tag bunch of experienced internationals and rank beginners, but from a player pool selected from a population smaller than that of London, they play pretty well.

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posted May 19, 2008

you say its a good result for NZ, but without all the time lost due to rain, it would have been a comfortable victory for England.

How can u even begin to compare the NZ middle order to that of England?

All of England's top 6 average over 40, with Ambrose averaging 30.

Not one of your top 7 average over 40, with How being one of the best NZ batsman averaging 25.

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posted May 20, 2008

so what..they all played above their average and made England look like schoolboys. average is on paper, what you do on the pitch is what counts, good enough to make make England look silly, but I said that already.

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posted May 20, 2008

Wicket not so flat at OT.

Harmison has a great time there, look at Match v Pakistan in 2006 and arguably WI in 2007, 216/4 to 229ao for them.

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