Change at Barnham
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An impressive 50 from Jacob Bethell in 37 balls.
Onto Wellington with some vineyards on the way.
Onto Wellington with some vineyards on the way.
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[Cricket] Cricket- New Zealand v England Test Series- November 27-December 13 2024
- Thread starter Eeyore
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Any news on the Stokes injury? Be rotten luck just as he got fit again after all his issues.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
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- Apr 5, 2014
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- #105
It'll be interesting to see what happens at Wellington. For me Bethell is not yet a Test batsman, let alone a number 3. And a white ball thrash is not going to convince me otherwise. Do they bring Robinson in and put Pope back ?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
…and yet Bangladesh took a first innings lead
Unchanged team announced, so presumably England were more impressed by that final innings knock than you were. I say that, they probably would have kept him even if he'd been bowled first ball.
Jacob Bethell holds No.3 spot as England name unchanged side for second Test vs NZ
Ollie Pope to continue as wicketkeeper at No.6
www.espncricinfo.com
I thought Bethell shaped up fairly well for what it's worth (i.e. bugger all), even in the first innings up until his dismissal off a pretty decent ball. I'm not all in on him or anything, but I've seen far worse looking batters turn out for England over the last 10years or so.
I also quite like Pope coming in down the order, where that slightly manic style he has makes a bit more sense. I'd never thought about it before but it did occur to me that he bats like a wicketkeeper and keeps like a batter. Not that he did much egregiously wrong with the gloves in the last match, but I wouldn't want to be relying on him to stump Williamson or Jaiswal or whoever on a turning pitch.
- Apr 5, 2014
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I had a feeling they wouldn't change it. After all, they won. Pope, in fairness, had a tidy game behind the stumps and didn't cost us. I'm sold on Bethell as a white ball player. But he is in the Liam Livingstone mold and not a Test number 3 long term, even if he does have a good series.Unchanged team announced, so presumably England were more impressed by that final innings knock than you were. I say that, they probably would have kept him even if he'd been bowled first ball.
Jacob Bethell holds No.3 spot as England name unchanged side for second Test vs NZ
Ollie Pope to continue as wicketkeeper at No.6
I thought Bethell shaped up fairly well for what it's worth (i.e. bugger all), even in the first innings up until his dismissal off a pretty decent ball. I'm not all in on him or anything, but I've seen far worse looking batters turn out for England over the last 10years or so.
I also quite like Pope coming in down the order, where that slightly manic style he has makes a bit more sense. I'd never thought about it before but it did occur to me that he bats like a wicketkeeper and keeps like a batter. Not that he did much egregiously wrong with the gloves in the last match, but I wouldn't want to be relying on him to stump Williamson or Jaiswal or whoever on a turning pitch.
But England never ask for my superior knowledge on these things. I'm never wrong. Except when I am.
Only minor quibble is it overlaps with the next Aus/Ind test. Back to back would have been the dream scenario!
- Apr 5, 2014
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Sounds great, except having to fit sleep and work in. That said, I record matches, avoid score updates, and then watch later. An advantage of the modern world.
I do the same. It has its challenges, like turning off the TNT wicket tracker thing without noticing any of its unwanted updates. Then avoiding all social media and threads such as these. It's the likely lads for the 21st century.
Lovely. Time to move on from tonight's shite and settle into a bit of night time CRICKETRY.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Duckett out for a duck. 12-1.
I like to think this England team's commitment to entertainment extends to deliberately getting Root in as quickly as possible.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Root gone. Great catch by Mitchell.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Well this is going nearly as well as the soccerball earlier 