New Zealand v England | 3rd Test | Auckland | March 22-26, 2013

[Justcrazy]

Draw , Prior is rock solid.

 

[Saurav]

this is funny

 

[Kwremb]

Kane with a 5-fer

 

[IgnitedMind]

this is just brilliant..

 

[Sledger]

Prior needs a single now.

 

[Justcrazy]

Prior has played a brilliant innings

 

[Kwremb]

Need to save the single

 

[ads101]

Monty on strike last over!

 

[ahmed778]

Monty will face the last over.

 

[IgnitedMind]

monty on strike for last over...

 

[Saurav]

looks like Monty will do it

 

[Paradox]

Monty will survive. Ugh.

 

[Justcrazy]

Last over

 

[Paradox]

Bowl Boult or Southee, Boult or Southee. They can get through.

 

[Sledger]

Panesar on strike. Last over.

 

[Paradox]

Southee is fatigued, bowl Boult.

 

[Paradox]

Yes, it's Boult. Well done

 

[Gunther]

Whatever happens well played NZ! You have been excellent this test

 

[Sledger]

Needs to get a yorker in I think. Can go either way..

 

[Paradox]

Need one yorker. Boult can do it, he bowled a great one to Broad (sadly overturned)

 

[Paradox]

Needs to get a yorker in I think. Can go either way..

Monty will probably do it

 

[Justcrazy]

draw.

Monty can block

 

[Paradox]

Why on earth is cover open, and why is there no short leg? Field is too orthodox

 

[Paradox]

Play and miss!

 

[Paradox]

1 down, 5 to go.

 

[Saurav]

come on Boulty

 

[IgnitedMind]

missed..

 

[Kwremb]

Need an inswinging yorker

 

[Sledger]

What do they need to talk about for half an hour? Just block the ball ffs.

 

[Kwremb]

Get the reverse swing going boulty

 

[Sledger]

Single. That should be the game decided.

 

[Justcrazy]

3 balls

 

[IgnitedMind]

damn

 

[Kwremb]

England don't deserve a drawn series, they've been completely outplayed in 2/3 Tests

 

[IgnitedMind]

2 ball

 

[Sledger]

1 ball left.

 

[Sledger]

Prior needs to block one ball.

 

[IgnitedMind]

last ball...

 

[KPfan]

Haha.

Nothing's happening, no inswinging yorkers.

Draw it is.

 

[Justcrazy]

Draw

 

[Kianig89]

Eng did the CHelsea

 

[Saurav]

draw it is

 

[Sledger]

And it's a draw. Great game but a big fail by NZ, great for England.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms lucky , very lucky , but they stuck out

 

[IgnitedMind]

 

[Ruri]

Oh my god

oh my god!

Prior you beauty!


We deserved to lose! Oh my god

 

[Gunther]

MattyP you legend

 

[cricketworm]

Brilliant test match!

 

[Gunther]

Bell, Broad and Prior Eng is proud of you guys

 

[Kianig89]

Ecellent Test Match as compared to the one which we saw 4 times in INdia vs AUs...........

 

[coca-cola]

i quit test matches... screw cricket... this is BS

 

[Saurav]

awesome stuff Prior

 

[James]

Hahahaha! What a performance. We are the masters of the rearguard action

 

[cricketworm]

NZ should have sealed it though.

 

[Kwremb]

A drawn series flatters England

 

[Gunther]

Kane looks like he is about to cry

 

[Ruri]

i quit test matches... screw cricket... this is BS

What are you talking about? This is one of the greatest rearguards and massive luck I've ever seen.

 

[Buffet]

Fantastic test match.

Now some Stat guy from PP will come after few days and pull up century by Prior with great insight to ignore runs made in draw.

 

[leatherface58]

Congrats England. Prior is a future ATG. McCullum botched the declaration though.

 

[cricketworm]

What a luck for Matt Prior though, but he absolutely deserved that luck the way he played later on!

 

[Saurav]

Ecellent Test Match as compared to the one which we saw 4 times in INdia vs AUs...........

not our fault Aus didnt turn up

 

[Ruri]

A drawn series flatters them

Harsh to say that England should have lost 2-1, they should have lost 1-0 for use, Test 1 was draw all the way, basically 66 overs lost to rain, and 125/6 would be enough to make it a draw probably. Game 2 should have been England's. This test had loss written all over it.

 

[Buffet]

NZ should have sealed it though.

They had their chances. Eng got lucky but if NZ would have taken Bell early then it would have been more difficult for Eng. Credit goes to Broad, Bell and Prior.

 

[Gunther]

A drawn series flatters England

Who cares! If we were not to win this series, then this is the next best outcome! Escapes are so sweet

 

[kungfu90]

Don't know why everyone is praising Prior

It was a drawn match.

Drawn match means it was a flat pitch.

It was a flat track innings.

#Mr_Khan_Ji

 

[cricketworm]

I thought Broad should have been 'umbrellaed' way to early, way before last 6 overs.

 

[Gunther]

Congrats England. Prior is a future ATG. McCullum botched the declaration though.

But 140 odd overs should always be sufficient.

 

[Ruri]

Congrats England. Prior is a future ATG. McCullum botched the declaration though.

Kiwis can walk away the better team though.

England know that they should have lost. The return series should be fun to watch.


I wouldn't have minded the Kiwis winning 1-0, I like them as my second team. Only reason I wouldn't want it is because I don't want India to usurp us at #2

 

[Buffet]

Congrats England. Prior is a future ATG. McCullum botched the declaration though.

To be honest, Prior was playing careless till Bell was there. He played sensibly after Bell got out.

 

[James]

Eh, NZ were 400 runs ahead - and took 5 wickets all day. It was about as straightforward a victory march as they could have hoped for, and they blew it. So did they really deserve to beat England? It's debatable.

 

[Aman]

Amazing game! Gutted we couldn't win it but credit to Matty Prior, Bell, Boult, Southee, Wagner, Williamson and Martin. Amazing game still hyped up atm lol

 

[cricketworm]

They had their chances. Eng got lucky but if NZ would have taken Bell early then it would have been more difficult for Eng. Credit goes to Broad, Bell and Prior.

Yeh, at the end one can say both team fought it well, NZ had upper hand with better performance, but England soaked the pressure better.

 

[Buffet]

But 140 odd overs should always be sufficient.

Yaah, but was there any point in not declare around 425 -430? I meant, was there any advantage to keep piling on runs after 420 runs when you have flat wicket. It was sure a bad declaration.

 

[Gunther]

This game brought back memories from that game at Cape town few years back. Stoic Bell, tail resistance and the last over (partly here) played out by a no. 11

 

[Kwremb]

Eh, NZ were 400 runs ahead - and took 5 wickets all day. It was about as straightforward a victory march as they could have hoped for, and they blew it. So did they really deserve to beat England? It's debatable.

It was simply England's day, the ball hit the stumps twice but the bails remained unmoved, Bell's drop ultimately cost a lot of deliveries.

 

[Ruri]

Eh, NZ were 400 runs ahead - and took 5 wickets all day. It was about as straightforward a victory march as they could have hoped for, and they blew it. So did they really deserve to beat England? It's debatable.

Bairstow, 3 and 6 in pressure situations.

Thank god we didn't start him this series.

 

[Ruri]

This game brought back memories from that game at Cape town few years back. Stoic Bell, tail resistance and the last over (partly here) played out by a no. 11

Cardiff with Jimmy/Monty. That game with Onions and Colly?

 

[cricketworm]

In one line: Temperament 'just' defied the skill.

 

[James]

Well done also to NZ for mucho good cricket and entertainment.

Bet Marshland loved that evening session.

 

[Sledger]

NZ give the best end of series presentations. Very formal and sharp.