New Zealand (388 & 41/2) defeat England (303 & 122) by 8 wickets to take series by a 1-0 margin

[Justcrazy]

Wagner is bowling a deadly spell , can he get another one

 

[JattMaula]

Baby Bracey's first test run!!!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Boult is wicketless so far , he would be eager to get a few here , and get through England lower order

 

[King_Kohli]

Pope has reached double figures in 11 of his 12 Test innings since start of India series. Highest score: 34, which is his only innings over 30 in that sequence.

 

[King_Kohli]

Baby Bracey's first test run!!!!

Finally

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Fortress England under threat.

 

[Devadwal]

But now i have seen 11 of them Mr Vaughn & Nasser .

 

[King_Kohli]

Ollie Pope has managed only 256 runs in has last 15 innings with HS of 34. What a lean patch after a promising series in South Africa.

 

[King_Kohli]

What a tremendous spell this is from Neil Wagner.

 

[Ab Fan]

Why is it that whenever India are next to tour to England, some other teams touring just before India does well against them?

2018- Pakistan 1-1
2014- Sri Lanka 1-0
2021- New Zealand 1-0

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

England haven't lost a series at home since 2014.

If New Zealand manage this, and that too with a significantly depleted side; it would be an absolutely incredible achievement.

 

[Devadwal]

Some people expected this batting line-up to chase 273 at Lords on Day 5 in 2 sessions btw.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Shambolic batting from england. Huge series win if kiwis win here before test championship final.

india should have no excuses if they cant beat this england team later in the summer.

 

[Ab Fan]

Bracey is such an awful batsman. His batting is basically same level as Stuart Broad.

 

[Devadwal]

Shambolic batting from england. Huge series win if kiwis win here before test championship final.

india should have no excuses if they cant beat this england team later in the summer.

Full strength England side still hard to beat in England . Buttler , Stokes ,Curren ,Woakes & Archer all will play vs India .

 

[King_Kohli]

Feel for James Bracey. What a horrible start to his test career.

 

[King_Kohli]

India's pitch curators reached UK too? What happened at Edgbaston

 

[King_Kohli]

Why is it that whenever India are next to tour to England, some other teams touring just before India does well against them?

2018- Pakistan 1-1
2014- Sri Lanka 1-0
2021- New Zealand 1-0

So, we will loose again.

 

[HappyWarsFan]

You guys may laugh but I think Pakistans test team has a better batting lineup than England's.

 

[Smudger]

England is in a good position. New Zealand failed to go for the kill as usual.

Lol. Tell us the excuses

 

[King_Kohli]

Ajaz Patel cemented his spot in WTC final.

 

[King_Kohli]

You guys may laugh but I think Pakistans test team has a better batting lineup than England's.

England playing with B team.
They are missing main players Ben Stokes, Archer, Sam Curran, Buttler, Woakes, Foakes and MO .

 

[Ab Fan]

Can we now say that New Zealand are a better test team without Mr. Williamson?

 

[Devadwal]

England’s rotation policy is hurting them.

 

[King_Kohli]

Mr Bumble cant complain about pitches this time.

 

[Third Man]

Full strength England side still hard to beat in England . Buttler , Stokes ,Curren ,Woakes & Archer all will play vs India .

This seems to be a warm English summer. The pitches are flat and very likely to help spinners on days 4-5. This is India's best opportunity in a long time.

 

[Markhor]

You guys may laugh but I think Pakistans test team has a better batting lineup than England's.

I give Azhar lots of stick but even he on his last legs walks into England at #3. Our middle order is better though the top order is equally awful.

Mr Bumble cant complain about pitches this time.

The pitch in the 3rd Test at Ahmedabad deserved complaints. The pink ball already skids on so to make a square turner combined for an insanely difficult result where even Joe Root took a 5-fer.

No need to be so sensitive over every little criticism.

 

[Markhor]

Mark Wood looks better than England's top five.

These two are only delaying the inevitable.

 

[andy0204]

Even 90's England had a better batting line up than the current line apart from Root.

 

[Mesozoic]

I give Azhar lots of stick but even he on his last legs walks into England at #3. Our middle order is better though the top order is equally awful.



The pitch in the 3rd Test at Ahmedabad deserved complaints. The pink ball already skids on so to make a square turner combined for an insanely difficult result where even Joe Root took a 5-fer.

No need to be so sensitive over every little criticism.

I agree that wicket was bad but what's wrong in Root taking a fifer? He's probably a better offspinner than anyone in Pakistan right now. And that is meant to be a compliment mind you. He's not your typical part timer.

 

[Devadwal]

England pls do a favour here ,take this game to 4th day .

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I give Azhar lots of stick but even he on his last legs walks into England at #3. Our middle order is better though the top order is equally awful.



The pitch in the 3rd Test at Ahmedabad deserved complaints. The pink ball already skids on so to make a square turner combined for an insanely difficult result where even Joe Root took a 5-fer.

No need to be so sensitive over every little criticism.

There have been pitches where Michael Clarke took a 6fer too. There was little wrong with that pitch. Had they played with a red SG instead, the result would have been much like the 4th test.

 

[AMSS]

Nasser Hussain has now dispatched an article remonstrating how leaving Jack Leach was a monumental error. After it's all done. Pathetic.

 

[Space Cat]

What'd be your XI for the WTC final?

The top 6 is locked in assuming they are all heathy. Southee and Wagner are also locks.

The rest of the team will depend on the pitch but we may go with 5 seam options with CDG at 7.

 

[King_Kohli]

Nasser Hussain has now dispatched an article remonstrating how leaving Jack Leach was a monumental error. After it's all done. Pathetic.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Feel for my fellow spinners in county cricket. If u don’t pick a spinner at Edgbaston-then when ? Edgbaston & the Gabba are the best pitches in the world to bowl spin. I looked forward to Edgbaston as much as the Gabba. Negative again from the poms <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyCricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SkyCricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelVaughan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichaelVaughan</a> !</p>— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneWarne/status/1403661018299994114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

Stumps Day 3.

England 122-9 (Stone 15, Anderson 0) - LEAD BY 37

 

[Titan24]

Eng test batting is not that great even with the likes of Stokes and Buttler in it. You take them out there is nothing much left. Yes some of these young guys can become good but, I am talking about the current outlook of the team. There is no one in Eng’s best test batting lineup who averages even 40 outside of Joe Root.

 

[Ahmed216]

I agree that wicket was bad but what's wrong in Root taking a fifer? He's probably a better offspinner than anyone in Pakistan right now. And that is meant to be a compliment mind you. He's not your typical part timer.

Michael clarke was a better left arm spinner than rangana herath because he took 6 for 9 in mumbai

 

[sindhiboy]

The dropped catches probably lost the match for England.

Eng underestimated NZ for some reason and have faced the consequences for it.
Eng is in a transition period. Both crawley and pope will be replaced by Foakes and Butler for the india series.They have no chance but to play lawrence at no.3. Anderson is suddenly in very poor form and most likely not play the opening test vs india

Fans wanted NZ to be exposed in away conditions. The exact opposite happened. Matt Henry is a very high quality bowler in English conditions. Its a shame he wont play the WTC final. India stand no chance against this attack

 

[Rajdeep]

Eng lead by 37 runs with 1 wkt remaining. Imgaine if NZ gets 36 all out chasing

 

[Manunited18]

This is the worse England batting line up I've seen in a long time, surely the honey moon period is over for Ollie pope, needs to be axed

 

[MenInG]

New Zealand are in the driver's seat and on the brink of a series win after reducing England to 122/9 in their second innings, the home side leading by just 37 runs, following excellent displays from Neil Wagner and Matt Henry.

As many as 16 wickets fell during the course of a fast-moving day, by the end of which New Zealand had assumed complete control. The visitor’s posted 388/10 in their first innings, thanks to Ross Taylor’s 80 and Tom Blundell’s 34, after which Henry and Wagner dismantled England.

The day began with Taylor and Henry Nicholls resuming the New Zealand innings, following Will Young’s departure on 82 on the final ball of day two.

The duo stitched together a 63-run partnership, with Taylor in particular adopting an aggresive approach. His 80 runs came off just 139 deliveries. He fell short of a 20th Test century, however, when he was caught behind off Olly Stone. Nicholls perished for 21 not long thereafter.

New Zealand had piled on the runs in the morning session, but England came back strongly after lunch. Daryl Mitchell (6) fell shortly into the session, and that triggered a collapse in the lower order, New Zealand sliding from 335/5 to 361/9.

New Zealand’s final pair, Ajaz Patel and Trent Boult, added 27 runs in just 22 balls to take the lead to 85 runs, even as Stuart Broad returned 4/48 to rise to No.6 in the all-time Test wicket-takers' charts.

The England batsmen, however, couldn't build on their bowlers' strong display. The in-form Rory Burns departed for nought two balls into the innings, caught in the cordon off Henry. Sibley followed suit having scored 8. Henry continued to trouble England, taking down Zak Crawley for 17 as the hosts were reduced to 30/3 in 10.1 overs.

In came Ollie Pope, who attempted to counter-attack. He blazed 23 off just 20 deliveries, but perished to Wagner, triggering another collapse. From 58/3, England slid to 76/7.

Wood and Stone put on a fighting stand of 44, but Wagner’s short ball did the trick to send Wood back. New Zealand will be hopeful of wrapping up proceedings within the first hour of hte fourth morning.

 

[Bahnz]

No. 8
Ashwin >> Southee

Don’t know if this is true with the Duke in English conditions. Ashwin looked like a proper tailender in NZ last year.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lol

Glad I'm wrong shout this. Although it was more a case of poor batting by Engldnd in the 2and innings imho.

 

[Ab Fan]

England have always manage to barely survive at home even in these last 7 years.

New Zealand tour to England 2015, 1-1

Pakistan tour to England 2016, 2-2

Pakistan tour to England 2018, 1-1

Australia tour to England 2019, 2-2

New Zealand tour to England 2021, probably 1-0

That's five series they barely managed to save but couldn't retain the trophy because of series losses in their away games.

 

[street cricketer]

Don’t know if this is true with the Duke in English conditions. Ashwin looked like a proper tailender in NZ last year.

That was one test.

Ashwin averages 25 with the bat in England, which isn't great but it's not tailenderish either. Ashwin's a decent batsman whose batting has regressed in the recent past (his century vs England notwithstanding), while Southee is more of a good tailender who hits a few lusty blows towards the end.

 

[Mamoon]

Lol. Tell us the excuses

New Zealand is a very good team and the English conditions suit their bowlers to the tee. England don’t really enjoy home advantage against them.

It is very difficult for England to beat New Zealand in English conditions without x-factor players like Stokes, Buttler and Archer, and with their fringe players not pulling their weight.

England need more output from their support cast. It is an area of improvement for them.

 

[AMSS]

Don’t know if this is true with the Duke in English conditions. Ashwin looked like a proper tailender in NZ last year.

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Since you ask this in good faith. Ashwin averages the same as Kane with dukes in ENG.

How much does Southee average with kooka?

 

[Artaxerxes]

Excellent batting and bowling by New Zealand.Poor batting by England.New Zealand made six changes in the 2nd test ,it rested its main players.English conditions are suited to New Zealand bowling.I will be rooting for NZ when when it plays India.I hope NZ will beat India comprehensively.

 

[SangasCoverDrive]

Thank God i went on first day and not day 4 or 5.

 

[King_Kohli]

Bad series for both Root and Williamson.

 

[Ab Fan]

Captain Latham finishes off with a series win for New Zealand in England.

 

[Saj]

Absolutely thrashed England.

Outclassed the opponents in every area of the series.

Brilliant to watch.

 

[MenInG]

ENG 303 & 122, NZ 388 & 41/2

New Zealand won by 8 wickets

 

[MP2011]

Patel looks like a beefed up and a bit shorter version of Jadeja. Even his action looks a bit similar to Jadeja's.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Patel looks like a beefed up and a bit shorter version of Jadeja. Even his action looks a bit similar to Jadeja's.

If KLR plays, he'll take care of Mr mumbaiyya patel....
but having said that patel has had a good test...good spirited contributions from him..
all in alll an exciting weekend awaits us...

 

[MP2011]

If KLR plays, he'll take care of Mr mumbaiyya patel....
but having said that patel has had a good test...good spirited contributions from him..
all in alll an exciting weekend awaits us...

I don't think we'll need Rahul for handling Patel, Pant will be enough, that is if he plays with his new found maturity.

 

[King_Kohli]

Jimmy Anderson Bowling Average in this Test series is 69.

 

[Hitman]

Jimmy Anderson Bowling Average in this Test series is 69.

Happens. Joe Root's batting average in this series was 24.25

 

[King_Kohli]

Happens. Joe Root's batting average in this series was 24.25

In last 3 years in Eng
Buttler - 1173 runs @ 40.5 (2*100)
Root - 1115 runs @ 32.8 (1*100)
Root bats at 4 while Buttler bats at 7 with tail enders...

 

[Saurav]

No spinner? They aren't English.

India will love to play Ajaz instead of Henry or Wagner in these conditions

 

[Saurav]

The top 6 is locked in assuming they are all heathy. Southee and Wagner are also locks.

The rest of the team will depend on the pitch but we may go with 5 seam options with CDG at 7.

Wagner is a lock in these conditions?

Don't you think Henry will cause problems.Then there's Kyle Jamieson

 

[Amjid Javed]

Impressive performances from kiwis, even though it was a short series. They will be a tough nut to crack in test championship final.

 

[ChTab]

England v New Zealand: Joe Root urges against panic after Edgbaston defeat

Captain Joe Root said it is "not a time to panic" after England were thrashed by eight wickets in the second Test by New Zealand.

The Black Caps wrapped up victory inside an hour on day four at Edgbaston to consign England to a first series defeat at home since 2014.

England face India in five Tests later this summer before trying to regain the Ashes in Australia this winter.

"We've massively underperformed," Root told BBC Test Match Special.

"But we've got a lot of cricket still to play this summer and there is a lot of cricket to be played between now and the Ashes.

"We've just got to stay calm and trust what we've been doing for a long time now. That is going to be really important."

Although England fought back with the ball to limit New Zealand's first-innings lead to 85, they collapsed to 76-7 after tea on the third day before closing on 122-9.

"You can have bad sessions with the ball but you can't have sessions like that with the bat," said Root.

Olly Stone was removed with the first ball of day four to leave New Zealand only 38 to secure a 1-0 series victory - their first series win in England since 1999.

New Zealand, the top-ranked Test side in the world, face India in the inaugural World Test Championship final at the Ageas Bowl from Friday, but had made six changes from the drawn first Test at Lord's.

England were without all-rounder Ben Stokes and fast bowler Jofra Archer because of injury, while wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and all-rounder Chris Woakes were rested.

"New Zealand have schooled us a little bit this week," said Root, who before this had never lost a home series since taking over as captain in 2017.

"There is still plenty of learning to do, but if you can marry that with the talent and ability that our batters have got, we could see some really big scores by the back end of the year."

BBC

 

[Manunited18]

After this winter's ashes England need to relieve Root of the captaincy, England have gone backwards under his leadership and I fear the worse against India