England Vs New Zealand | 1st Test | Lords | May 16-20, 2013

[Jo_Don]

If Ajmal chucks, why hasn't he been banned yet?

Chuckers may pass their isolated test, but there is no monitoring going on in-game.

 

[Mamoon]

The disease of the tuk tuk brigade has affected a positive player like Root as well.

 

[Aman]

This is why Southee and Wagner were picked ahead of Bracewell.

 

[Mamoon]

Chuckers may pass their isolated test, but there is no monitoring going on in-game.

Please don't be bitter over the fact that the guy we discarded into the trash can has been your biggest spin hope in years and the other one (Peterson) is a homeless man's Hafeez at best.

 

[malakian]

C'mon Swanny lad! A quickfire 40 would go nicely here..

 

[Mamoon]

The likes of him & Botha don't wear long sleeves for nothing.

He wears long sleeves because he likes to.

The ICC should be brave enough to stop him from doing so.

Having said that, I have already stated a billion times that IMO the best spinner in the world is Swann.

 

[Jo_Don]

Please don't be bitter over the fact that the guy we discarded into the trash can has been your biggest spin hope in years and the other one (Peterson) is a homeless man's Hafeez at best.

Who needs a spinner when mediocre batsmen are getting bundled out for less than 50. And the same homeless man's Hafeez contributed with both bat and ball to get a MOTM against your lot. If Hafeez was that great, then why didn't he do it?

 

[Mamoon]

C'mon Swanny lad! A quickfire 40 would go nicely here..

Till now, you very aggressively defending England's approach that how it has prevented a collapse and would allow England to score big

If you wan't a quickfire 40, watch the IPL.


Welcome to test cricket

#ownage

 

[Executioner]

Southee will turn out to be one to the best bowlers NZ has produced soon enough.

Those deliveries of his! Magnificent. Even those wide yorkers of his in T20s are effective. England's RR is 2!!

 

[Mamoon]

Who needs a spinner when mediocre batsmen are getting bundled out for less than 50. And the same homeless man's Hafeez contributed with both bat and ball to get a MOTM against your lot. If Hafeez was that great, then why didn't he do it?

Don't count chickens before they hatch.

We will see how the brilliant Steyn and Philtrundler fare in UAE in a few months time.

You will badly need a quality spinner when your fearsome pace attack will trundle there.

UAE pitches are better now compared to 2010 so your excuse for Steyn work there.

Now they are much more result orientated.

Lets see how the number one test team does because if my memory serves me right, the last time a number one team toured us was royally owned

 

[Aman]

8 down!!! wohoooooooooooooo

 

[ssuhaide]

Southee will turn out to be one to the best bowlers NZ has produced soon enough.

Those deliveries of his! Magnificent. Even those wide yorkers of his in T20s are effective. England's RR is 2!!

Swann gone !

 

[saj786]

C'mon Swanny lad! A quickfire 40 would go nicely here..

swann not good enough to tie ajmals shoe laces, as for the current mATCH KIWIS HAVE EXPOSED englands soft under belly, as for broad surely this muppet must b sleeping with selectors cause this guy is a hack

 

[Shayan]

We should rack up at least 600 against these trundlers.

Too easy.

 

[ahmed778]

Greame"Dangerous"Swann gone.
England 201/8 Wagner gets his Third.

 

[ahmed778]

too easy.

) ) )

 

[Aman]

Really proud of the boys

 

[Jo_Don]

Where the heck is Marshland?

 

[Mamoon]

malakian

Congratulations on Swann's quickfire 40!

 

[ahmed778]

The likes of him & Botha don't wear long sleeves for nothing.

Greame Swann even wears Long Sleeves.
He wore them in the SC too.
So by your logic he chucks too.

 

[Mamoon]

Where the heck is Marshland?

Still hasn't recovered from the ownage at the hands of England in the test series in India few months back.

Has hurt his pride badly

hasn't been the same since.

 

[Aman]

I think we all know England's kryptonite now

 

[static]

has anyone noticed, whenever malakain starts trolling, england starts losing. (Pak, Nz in march)

 

[Mamoon]

malakian will now per routine, disappear for a year

 

[Mamoon]

has anyone noticed, whenever malakain starts trolling, england starts losing. (Pak, Nz in march)

He trolls all the time bro.

 

[Jo_Don]

malakian will now per routine, disappear for a year

Nah he'll be back for the next match and call this a blip. Then he'll pull a disappearing act.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Went to took a shower and three wickets gone

 

[Aman]

Where are the Test cricket is so boring brigade, still recovering from 3 idiots?.....

 

[Shayan]

Can we keep chucking allegations off this thread please.

 

[Mamoon]

Went to took a shower and three wickets gone

You are really quick in the shower

I went for my customary one hour long shower yesterday and when I came back England had added three runs

 

[Squashem]

GOne wohooo :
England lower order falling quicker than Ghaffar's trousers when he sees malakian

lol!
))

 

[Mamoon]

lol!
))

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Finn scored a fifty last time playing two hundred balls, he's the dangerman

 

[Aman]

Mccullum going for the jugular.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

four catches for Watling

 

[Amjid Javed]

So england in a massive hole now due to plodding along and wickets have fallen in clusters meaning the scoreboard hasnt advanced much, ive watched some pathetic england batting performances before and this is right up there with the worst! The pitch is pretty good and bowling is honest at best.

England need to buck there ideas up, i hope the kiwis come out and atleast bat with more postivity then this!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Loving the Kiwi, Saffers, England and Pakistani banter on this thread!

Its all in good humour!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Bairstow needs to come out and play some shots after lunch, no point just wasting overs and time, england need some sort of lift or momentum.

Hope Rutherford stays in for a while when kiwis bat so we see some positive intent in todays play..

 

[leatherface58]

Owning English top order = Piece of cake

Will be vary of a Prior rearguard in the 2nd dig though.

 

[ahmed778]

NewZealand should look to wrap up the England tail quickly now.

 

[Robert]

Slow wicket, total overcast, floodlights on at noon. Back in the day the batters would have taken the offer of the light.

So I'll wait to see how NZ bat before castigating this England batting effort.

 

[Executioner]

Not sure if its England, or Bangladesh batting? (Wait, we would score more runs in 130 overs by edges and misfielding alone)

 

[malakian]

We'll still win this match.

 

[malakian]

Actually I think we already have a match winning total. If we're struggling to score runs, these kiwis won't have a clue.

 

[leatherface58]

^^

Cause that's what happened in NZ. BTW, 9 down. Stay a little while Malakian. Have a cuppa coffee wontcha?

 

[malakian]

leatherface my good man! I'm at work so have to pop out the office occasionally. I'm not going anywhere though, well until 4, then I'm going home!

 

[malakian]

Nice innings from Bairstow so far, yet another talented young batsman playing for England. May as well start hitting a few though, Jimmy won't last long.

 

[malakian]

And it's all over! Maybe I am cursed? :/

 

[ahmed778]

Brilliant Bowling from Newzealand.
Did the work and got the rewards.
Good performance by Southee in particular, excellent bowling by him.
England 232 all out, a good batting performance by the NZ Batsmen here and they'll be favorites.

 

[ahmed778]

And it's all over! Maybe I am cursed? :/

Yes, it looks like it.

 

[leatherface58]

With KP they could probably have got 300 or atleast 275. If he hangs around, runs flow. Even Prior failed thankfully today

 

[malakian]

swann not good enough to tie ajmals shoe laces, as for the current mATCH KIWIS HAVE EXPOSED englands soft under belly, as for broad surely this muppet must b sleeping with selectors cause this guy is a hack

He's ranked higher than any Pakistani fast bowler. If Broad is a hack, Pakistan must be utterly awful ) )

Yes, it looks like it.

Don't be silly, only idiots believe in that stuff.

England to knock over NZ for roughly 150.

 

[cricketworm]

And England will pay the price for not being aggressive enough. If they don't bowl well early in inning of NZ, they will be chasing the tail.

 

[leatherface58]

He's ranked higher than any Pakistani fast bowler. If Broad is a hack, Pakistan must be utterly awful ) )



Don't be silly, only idiots believe in that stuff.

England to knock over NZ for roughly 150.

Too high. Aim a little lower. Our comedic performance at South Africa is likely to be overshadowed by the performance here.

 

[Robert]

Brilliant Bowling from Newzealand.
Did the work and got the rewards.
Good performance by Southee in particular, excellent bowling by him.
England 232 all out, a good batting performance by the NZ Batsmen here and they'll be favorites.

If England bowl OK in these conditions, NZ will struggle. It will be hard to hit boundaries unless England bowl badly.

One way their batters could improve on ours is by running quick singles.

 

[cricketworm]

First blood for the England! Here we Go!

 

[Robert]

Jimmmmmyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[malakian]

I nip out the office for a minute, come back, and see that Jimmy has already dismissed NZ's danger batsman. Too easy.

 

[Mamoon]

I nip out the office for a minute, come back, and see that Jimmy has already dismissed NZ's danger batsman. Too easy.

Mccullum is the biggest minnow basher in history and England is playing like one so calm down, he might take you for a ride.

 

[malakian]

Mccullum is the biggest minnow basher in history and England is playing like one so calm down, he might take you for a ride.

Mccullum is scared of us. That's why he insisted on flat pitches when we toured NZ & hides down the order.

 

[Mamoon]

Mccullum is scared of us. That's why he insisted on flat pitches when we toured NZ & hides down the order.

He did smack you around in the LOIs though.

 

[Robert]

299 test wickets for Jimmy.

 

[malakian]

He did smack you around in the LOIs though.

He's a good ODI player, but pretty rubbish in tests. Same as Dhoni.

 

[Robert]

NZ rocketing along at 1.15 runs per over.

 

[malakian]

300 wickets for Jimmy. He's going to demolish NZ here. What a bowler, what a man!

 

[Robert]

And 300 for Jimmy! Fourth Englishman to do it - just Trueman, Willis, and Botham ahead of him. He should pass Trueman by the end of this match, and Willis by the end of the summer.

 

[leatherface58]

Well done Jimmy boy

 

[Aman]

Congrats to James Anderson.

 

[Aman]

Taylor gone

Wow lucky I thought he nicked it

 

[Marshland]

Come on Kane, time to show some fight.

Pity we don't have Ryder somewhere in the middle order, would have loved the Lord's luncheon service too while he battled away.

230 isn't far, even from 22/2. After the initial swing goes away, much of the Poms' attack turns into trundler 101, barring Finn who can crank it up from time to time.

 

[Aman]

Other than Anderson the English pace attack is very ordinary.

 

[Marshland]

Other than Anderson the English pace attack is very ordinary.

Anderson is nothing flash either as we've deliberated on this forum numerous times, it's just that he's the best in the team (not hard to do when your compatriots are Broad, Bresnan, Onions) so he looks good in comparison, in what is basically a workmanlike attack at best.

 

[Marshland]

Loving KWill's backfoot play here.

Set yourself for a big one, come on boy.

 

[Marshland]

Shot.

Take that Jimmy. Signed, Rossco.

 

[Aman]

Lovely shot, Williamson looking in great touch.

 

[Marshland]

And KWill spanks him too, time for some tea now.

 

[Aman]

Williamson and Taylor making it look easy, if these two put on a 100+ partnership we could have a lead of 100-150.

 

[malakian]

Anderson is nothing flash either as we've deliberated on this forum numerous times, it's just that he's the best in the team (not hard to do when your compatriots are Broad, Bresnan, Onions) so he looks good in comparison, in what is basically a workmanlike attack at best.

Owned India & Australia in their backyard, give me a shout when your bowling attack manages that.

 

[Marshland]

Williamson and Taylor making it look easy, if these two put on a 100+ partnership we could have a lead of 100-150.

And how good would it be if we can hold the Poms off in their own territory, especially after all they've written about us this past half year?

 

[Aman]

Owned India & Australia in their backyard, give me a shout when your bowling attack manages that.

LOLOLOl Southee and Martin have ran through India.... and Bracewell ran through Australia...