England tour of New Zealand 2023

blockerdave

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After promising myself I wouldn’t do any work tonight, I’d just enjoy the cricket… I’m sat here with a glass of wine and a laptop on my er, lap, and thinking we’ve got this in the bag
 

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Bloody hell! Is this Bazball going down in flames?
Obviously not. Even if they fail this run chase, they've still won 10 Tests out of 12, coming off the back of 1 win out of 17 playing conventionally.

This method still works better for this team, and no method can work 100% of the time.
 

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Obviously not. Even if they fail this run chase, they've still won 10 Tests out of 12, coming off the back of 1 win out of 17 playing conventionally.

This method still works better for this team, and no method can work 100% of the time.
I was half-joking. My fault for not making that clear. With a longish-tail, I can't believe there's no Plan B. They can still chase the runs without going to 100% all-out attacking. There's plenty of time left in the day.
 

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As someone in a Cricinfo comment said, Root now has to score his runs, plus Stokes' runs, plus Brook's runs. No pressure Joe. If there's anyone who can do it, he can.
 

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Dozed off before lunch when it wasn't looking good, woke up and Root and Stokes were going well. Fell asleep again and they were both gone.

The masterstroke of all the Nighthawk talk is that it has made everyone forget that Broad is rubbish at batting.
 

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I'm going to have to sleep now. I need to be up in less than five hours, and if Foakes and Leach do this it'll take them at least two
 

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