New Zealand Tour of England - 2022

[wasteyouryouth]

102 in 9 overs after tea

 

[SMMODS]

England wants to play all formats in T20's mode.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

England have gone from absolute garbage to the best team in the world in three months.

 

[Gaurav_7]

What in the world have I seen here!!! England scaring everyone here and I really like this approach to gun down the target even when 3/4 wickets fell cheaply.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Nasser:

"can it be Jonny Bairstow to see it home... oh he's nicked it"

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

England have gone from absolute garbage to the best team in the world in three months.

And the opposite has happened to New Zealand.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Spoiler: Rob Key watch

 

[beechcroft]

Great win by England! One of their best!

 

[Gaurav_7]

This has to be right up there amongst the best chases in Test cricket!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Nottingham: the only place in the UK with a Hooters.

 

[Ed Smith]

Just ridiculous

 

[wasteyouryouth]

 

[CerealKiller]

England have gone from absolute garbage to the best team in the world in three months.

Pakistan can kiss goodbye to that 3-0 sweep this winter…

 

[CerealKiller]

Honestly, didn’t expect the Baz effect to kick in so soon

 

[Aislabie]

Honestly, didn’t expect the Baz effect to kick in so soon

It's very impressive. Obviously there'll be a bit of a honeymoon period, but this Test in particular just had McCullum written all over it.

After conceding 550 in the first innings, England went out and batted for the win. After the first three days of the Test only brought 15 wickets, England went out and batted for the win. After being set nearly 300 in two and a bit sessions, England went out and batted for the win.

There's perhaps some work that can be done on bowling tactics - the bouncer barrages still happen far too often, but that was something both teams were guilty of. And this is by no mean's England's be-all-and-end-all eleven, and that's pretty cool. There's still plenty of room for improvement.

But this has made me feel something pretty new: I'm excited to watch England play Test cricket.