[Cricket] The Red Ball Reset: Eng v NZ 2nd Test

[MJsGhost]

Without wanting to quote myself, England must be favourites now. Never thought they'd put on (in excess of) that 50 in five overs though.

What happens when you do want to quote yourself?!

What an innings this is from Bairstow!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I'm listening on the radio and it's fascinating.

Amazing to think that it was free entry for the punters in Nottingham today!

 

[Bodian]

68 runs in the last 5 overs with Bairstow getting 53 of them.

That Stokes is a bit of a slowcoach isn't he.

 

[A1X]

I'm listening on the radio and it's fascinating.

I hope you weren't wearing headphones when Tuffers just bellowed "DON'T RUN ON A MISFIELD!!!"

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Thoughts?

Does make up for the amount of times he goes out and has a brain fart

 

[Titanic]

Jonny Bairstow 102* (77 balls, 9 fours, 5 sixes)

England need 80 more to win.

 

[A1X]

Cripes, what a knock

 

[crodonilson]

A wonderful innings, worth the admission fee alone.

 

[bhafc99]

Great stuff. Especially as Ben Stokes can barely get above walking pace now.

 

[doogie004]

6,6


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[Titanic]

This is extraordinary... Bairstow smashing Bracewell to all parts.

1 . 6 6 4 .

JB 122* from 84 balls.

58 more needed to win,

102 from 9 overs since tea

 

[Hugo Rune]

My word.

What an innings.

This is an all time classic innings (although he has just dropped ‘2’ by only getting a 4).

 

[Bodian]

This is really buggering up my ability to work.....

 

[hart's shirt]

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Does make up for the amount of times he goes out and has a brain fart

I reckon it might if he carries on going the way he is!

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

A wonderful innings, worth the admission fee alone.

It was free today, so I don’t think many could complain either way.

 

[A1X]

The most amazing thing about this right now is there will almost certainly have been a sentence uttered between the New Zealand fielders in the last half hour along the lines of "right, we have to keep this quiet, make sure you keep Ben Stokes on strike".

 

[Titanic]

Ben Stokes 50* (55 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes)

50 more to win.

 

[Pavilionaire]

When the 150 partnership came up Ben Stokes had less than 30% of the runs to his name. This is Ben Stokes we're talking about. What an innings from YJB.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I reckon it might if he carries on going the way he is!

Indeed.
Perhaps having a captain prepared to play to win and not hold out for draw we might see some more interesting tests ahead.

I'd sooner we lost going for it than drawing a series dead batting.