England v New Zealand | 1st Test | Lord's | 19/5/13 | Day 4

[Robert]

This is rubbish by NZ. Lost all the respect I had for them in England's first innings and restricting England to a score that conceivable to chase in the second innings.

A couple of Kiwis have got out to bad shots. It's the mental pressure - Lord's, and good bowling.

 

[Aman]

A couple of Kiwis have got out to bad shots.

To be fair to them, Anderson is a world-class bowler these days, as is Broad when he is in the mood, and they are in helpful conditions.

Andersons wicket was a beauty most of broads wickets were from poor shots rather than great bowling.

 

[Ruri]

Broad...... a part of me is facepalming. Another is absolutely delighted. And that even another is miffed that he hasn't saved it for the Ashes.

 

[Robert]

Andersons wicket was a beauty most of broads wickets were from poor shots rather than great bowling.

I counted three good wickets and three bad shots so far, But bad shots can be induced by bowling pressure. This has been part of England's advance in the last three years.

 

[Ruri]

Come on Jimmy. Couple more to the tally. Four wickets adrift of Trueman, put yourself within easy touching distance for next match.

 

[Aman]

Save us Ryder

 

[Aman]

Ball doing nothing now <.<

 

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[Amjid Javed]

Just when u thought the kiwis had got over that issue of imploding with the bat in a single session to throw away test matches its returned.

In saying that broad has bowled very well and exposed some technically deficiencys in the Kiwis batting line up....

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hopefully wagner can swing the willow around for maybe an hour and make for some entertainment before this test ends.

 

[James]

I'd give MotM to Root, his debut home Test and scores 71 in difficult conditions to take the game away from New Zealand. That's a lot of runs in a low-scoring game.

 

[Varun]

So the next game's at Trent Bridge?

Hope New Zealand aren't too deflated for that one.

 

[James]

Headingley.

Apparently there are unsold tickets, I might go.

 

[Aman]

Vettori on the way?

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

LOL all over

 

[James]

lol what an ending.

 

[Aman]

Credit to England on the win, as for our batsmen its back to practice for them.

 

[leatherface58]

Appropriate ending to this farcical batting performance. The whole XI should get a sound caning. Southee, Boult and Wagner should join in too.

Congrats England. Deserving winners.

 

[soso_killer]

Bottled it

 

[ahmed778]

England deserve they have been excellent for the past 2 hours.
And so do Newzealand their Batsmen have played very poorly in the last 2 hours.

 

[soso_killer]

But these two teams are evenly matched IMO

 

[Aman]

But these two teams are evenly matched IMO

We have the talent to be a force in the future which is something promising for kiwi fans.

 

[James]

But these two teams are evenly matched IMO

England are the better team, but NZ are done a genuine disservice by their ranking of 8th.

 

[malakian]

NZ are rubbish, they'll be destroyed in the next game, and would have been last winter if they hadn't chickened out & prepared dead pitches. Australia next & we should whitewash them as well.

 

[soso_killer]

We have the talent to be a force in the future which is something promising for kiwi fans.

yeah NZ have to keep mentally strong and keep at it. They cant deflate this defeat is nothing to the thrashing SA gave England a year ago which was the biggest defeat ever statistically. But England still have a good account of themselves in that series albeit being one sided

 

[Aman]

NZ are rubbish, they'll be destroyed in the next game, and would have been last winter if they hadn't chickened out & prepared dead pitches. Australia next & we should whitewash them as well.

Look at your aging team, you only have one promising player coming through and he struggles to convert 50s into 100s. It must be sad knowing you'll always be second to Sa despite your players being at their peak.