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> Trent Boult (416) & Tim Southee (384) have taken 800 wickets between them in the 153 international games they've played together. All other NZ bowlers 870 wickets.

A J

11:42 AM

Not sure how long NZ gonna survive. They need to score at least 500 in the second inning. Not sure that would be enough to defend on 5th day

@PaulWhite all other? Those who are currently playing?

Paul White

@AJ ALL others

@AJ Well that all rather depends. England could well have collapsed for less than 100 in their first innings. No way to know what could happen in their second. These games are incredibly difficult to predict.

A J

Yep

I thought NZ bowlers having really a good time at that time.

Didn't really expect the game to turn around like that

Latham ran 3

Paul White

🙂

no duck this time

A J

11:59 AM

Boundary

Paul White

Young yet to score

A J

NZ 13/0(5) Lunch

Paul White

18 runs behind, good not to lose a wicket in that short time

Two full days and two sessions to go

2 hours later…

Paul White

1:39 PM

Will Young 8 (19) c Pope b Potts NZ 28/1 (8)

NZ 60/1 (18) lead by 29

A J

2:01 PM

50 for Latham

Paul White

ah good he needs that

85/1 (23)

Stokes' first over went for 15

A J

Good to see that they are making runs at better pace than the first inning

I think I didn't see any half-century from Williamson since WTC 21 final.

Paul White

Sounds right

A J

That will be almost a year

Paul White

Would have been a maiden for Stokes' second over, but Kane ran 3 on the last ball

A J

2:10 PM

Yep

Paul White

@AJ In fairness, he has had the elbow injury

A J

Nice save

I am not criticizing him.

Paul White

Oh I know, I'm just saying

A J

I have been waiting for a good knock from him

Paul White

He's not been available to bat quite a bit

A J

2:12 PM

That's true

He is still young and has lots of cricket in him in my opinion.

Boundary from Williamson

Paul White

@AJ hope so yes

A J

It will be nice to see him making good scores for his team once again.

Do you know he made a century in his debut test?

Paul White

I had forgotten

100 up

A J

131 from 299 balls.

That was quite awesome.

back to back boundaries

Paul White

@AJ Who was that against?

A J

2:16 PM

I've been a fan of him since then.

@PaulWhite India, 2010.

Paul White

Ah, no wonder it stuck in your mind then

I was thinking maybe Sri Lanka

Gosh has he really been playing Tests for 12 years

A J

Yep.

He did almost 200 partnership with Ryder (I had to look up this name though)

and 100 runs with Vetori.

Paul White

Vetori was so great

A J

Yep

Another boundary

Injury is a big obstacle in a player's career.

Paul White

Agreed

A J

2:28 PM

two maiden overs from Leach

Broad is welcomed with a boundary.

Ah rain

Root gets a boundary.

Paul White

Latham dropped by Root

A J

That was close

NZ 125/1 (33) Tea

28 overs, 112 runs, 1 wicket.

Exact 4 RR.

Paul White

2:46 PM

Good session

A J

From NZ's point of view.

took 4 wickets and gave 96 runs

and now scored 125/1 in 33 overs.

Pretty good I'd say.

Paul White

3:04 PM

Latham gone for 76 (100) c Bairstow b Overton

125/2 (33.1)

Oops

😀

Well, a boundary

lead 100 now

3:33 PM

147/2 (38)

A J

22 runs in last six overs

3.5 rr

Broad gets the first maiden over

I read a joke when Cook was the captain.

Paul White

go on

A J

> I love the English cricket team.... The thinnest guy is called broad, slowest fielder is trott, guy who is 'behind' the stumps is called prior, and guy whose father's name is john is called peter-son.
No doubt, this Cricket team deserves to be led by a Cook.

That's not the entire joke.

I remember parts of it.

Puns on their names actually

Looks like they have resorted to spin balling.

Jack Leach is back

Another maiden over from Leach

He has bowled almost 45% overs maiden

Looks like England team has 4 full-time bowlers.

Then they utilize either Stokes or Root as a fifth bowler.

It's raining

Paul White

4:05 PM