New Zealand vs England | 1st Test | Dunedin | Mar 6-10, 2013

[Justcrazy]

NZ would be disappointed here with a draw.

 

[Justcrazy]

418 - 6

 

[vandokkum]

One positive (sort of) NZ can take away from this match is that they can compete with England and potentially even beat them. England will have to really earn this series

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms did it again , they are hard nuts to crack.

 

[Ruri]

Three more overs till the the handshake can be taken.

 

[Ruri]

One positive (sort of) NZ can take away from this match is that they can compete with England and potentially even beat them. England will have to really earn this series

Yep, always a chance with England collapsing.


Hopefully we bat well in the first innings next game, and we wont have to do a rearguard.

 

[Justcrazy]

England lead by 125 runs with 4 wickets remaining

 

[Ruri]

Two more overs for handshakes.

 

[Justcrazy]

421 / 6

 

[Justcrazy]

England lead by 128 runs with 4 wickets remaining

 

[Ruri]

Handshakes all around, crisis averted for England, albeit a bit boringly in the end.

Onto Test 2, wonder how the NZ quicks must be feeling after 35-45 overs apiece.

 

[vandokkum]

Disgraceful pitch at the end of the day, shouldn't read too much into this match.

 

[Justcrazy]

The match is Draw officially.

 

[Ruri]

Disgraceful pitch at the end of the day, shouldn't read too much into this match.

We've learned that England still have terrible first match play, mental issues, and that KP is horribly out of nick.

 

[vandokkum]

We've learned that England still have terrible first match play, mental issues, and that KP is horribly out of nick.

As an England fan I expect you to know better, if there is one player who doesn't need to be in nick to score runs, it's KP. Being consistent is where he fails

 

[Ruri]

As an England fan I expect you to know better, if there is one player who doesn't need to be in nick to score runs, it's KP. Being consistent is where he fails

KP looks in nick even if he doesn't score highly, but today, from what I saw, he just couldn't hit the ball.

 

[vandokkum]

KP looks in nick even if he doesn't score highly, but today, from what I saw, he just couldn't hit the ball.

He looked dire in India before that blistering hundred, same case in the 1st test last year before smashing the 149.

 

[cricketworm]

Well done Finny, you gritty bugger!

 

[rockers2012]

Congrats Eng for a draw. They were in a bad position in the first innings

 

[Robert]

Well, that's our traditional bad first test out of the way without damage incurred.

Played Finny!

 

[Robert]

Schools which are not funded by the government; i.e. private institutions that you have to pay for.

7% of the population attend public schools. They're generally very expensive, very good, and produce students strong in sports and academia who then attend the highly-rated Universities.

In turn, most of our politicians, journalists and other top earners come from public schools as well.

Very classist society.

Up until the late seventies there were a lot of grammar schools, which were the ideal social ladder for working class boys like me to get to university and into professions, but Labour and Tory govts turned most of them into comprehensives.

 

[Aman]

Basin test should be interesting.