« first day (218 days earlier)      last day (671 days later) » 

A J
A J
10:29 AM
Partnership of 120 breaks
Blundell goes at 55
243/6(95.3)
DRS not available
 
Paul White
Paul White
Another ball change! Oh, no, England tried but it is ok still.
I hope Mitchell can get his century 83* (191)
246/6 (98)
Run rate has been pretty consistently around 2.5
> Tom Blundell is the first visiting wicketkeeper to hit three scores of 50 or more in a Test series in England since MS Dhoni in 2014.
-Wisden
 
Paul White
Paul White
11:28 AM
Bracewell gone for 13
270/7 (108)
Mitchell 88* (201)
 
A J
A J
@PaulWhite nice!
I think one should hold one end tight so Mitchell can gather few more runs for team.
Six!
300 should be a decent score.
 
Paul White
Paul White
Ha ha good old Southee
He only knows one way
 
A J
A J
Not sure if the pitch is helpful for bowler or batter
 
Paul White
Paul White
Yes I think we'd be happy with anything 300+
 
A J
A J
Mitchell 91
 
Paul White
Paul White
11:36 AM
leg byes
 
A J
A J
Ohh
Mitchell 91
Now it is 91
 
Paul White
Paul White
🙂
He'll have to accelerate if (when) Southee gets out
 
A J
A J
Yep
Looks like Overton made his debut quite late
And got a wicket
Two consecutive boundaries
 
Paul White
Paul White
Southee 21* (15)
Only batsman with a strike rate >= 50
Mitchell 95*
296/7 (111)
 
A J
A J
I am getting worried after watching England's batting in the last game and in the ODI series against Ned. If they are playing T20 in a test game, what they would play in T20
@PaulWhite noice!
 
Paul White
Paul White
11:44 AM
14 runs off that Overton over
300 up
Century to Daryl Mitchell with a six
20 hours ago, by Paul White
Mitchell reached his 50 with a six
 
A J
A J
I know only two players doing that and another one is Sehwag
 
Paul White
Paul White
@AJ also in a Test match?
 
A J
A J
Yep
He hit a six when he was at 294
against Pakistan
 
Paul White
Paul White
wow
 
A J
A J
This is a bigger milestone than that one and riskier
 
Paul White
Paul White
11:50 AM
> Daryl Mitchell is fifth NZer to make hundreds in 3 tests in a row. The first was Mark Burgess who did so in three different countries:

119* v Pakistan Dacca 1969
104 v England Auckland 1971
101 v WI Kingston 1972

(Taylor, Latham, Williamson the others)
- Francis Payne
50 partnership
Southee having fun
Overton over goes for 13
320/7 all of a sudden
 
A J
A J
Very nice!
There are only two triple centuries from India and both were by Sehwag
Leach gets a century
And Mitchell
 
Paul White
Paul White
At least he has three wickets this time
@AJ Jinxed it again!
Mitchell gone for 109 c Stokes b Leach
325/8 (115.5)
 
A J
A J
Lunch break
 
Paul White
Paul White
Annoying to get out just before Lunch
Good catch though
 
A J
A J
Not more than getting out after lunch
 
Paul White
Paul White
12:06 PM
Mitchell has the most runs in a Test series for NZ v England
 
A J
A J
Nice
He got almost 50% runs from boundaries
 
A J
A J
12:31 PM
Exact 100 runs scored at the loss of 3 wickets this session
 
Paul White
Paul White
England will be batting soon!
 
A J
A J
Let's get them past 350
 
Paul White
Paul White
That would be nice
Southee, Wagner, and Boult can all bat and score runs
They don't often do so at the same time
Wagner off the mark with a boundary
Southee gone for 33 (29) : c Stokes b Leach (again) : NZ 329/9
Wagner gone 329 all out
Leach has 5 wickets
Boult didn't face a single ball
 
Paul White
Paul White
1:02 PM
...
ENG 4/1 (0.5) Lees b Boult
after being dropped by Mitchell at 0.2 (went for four)
 
A J
A J
Nice
Lees has been giving his wicket away way too soon
And Boult gets a wicket in the first over once again
 
Paul White
Paul White
It's a habit
ENG 14/1 (3)
Maiden for Southee, bowling much better
 
A J
A J
1:26 PM
Boult gets another
Pope goes at 5
Another wicket bowled
 
Paul White
Paul White
Yep Boult can be v tricky with the new ball if there's swing
17/2 (6)
 
A J
A J
No doubt about it
Bowled again!
Crawley crawls
at 6
17/3(6.5) Eng
17/3(7)
 
Paul White
Paul White
Root gone 21/4
Southee this time
 
A J
A J
Nice!
Southee deserved the wicket of Root
 
Paul White
Paul White
1:44 PM
Bairstow carrying on where he left off
Back to back boundaries
Six by Ben Stokes
T-20 mode activated
55/4 (11)
Bairstow and Stokes both striking comfortably > 150
Stokes gone for 18 c Williamson b Wagner
ENG 55/5
Foakes gone lbw Wagner
Unsuccessful review by England
55/6 (12)
double wicket maiden for Wagner figures 1-1-2-0
 
A J
A J
2:09 PM
Wonderful!
 
Paul White
Paul White
2:20 PM
69/6 (15)
 
A J
A J
Partnership buliding up
 
Paul White
Paul White
they do need one
 
A J
A J
Yep
 
Paul White
Paul White
> Trent Boult and Tim Southee have played in 153 international matches together. At over 14.5 they had each bowled exactly 3079 overs in those games
twins
 
A J
A J
Cool
 
A J
A J
2:48 PM
Eng 91/6(20) at tea
 
Paul White
Paul White
39 to avoid the follow-on
 
A J
A J
I don't think NZ will give follow-on
 
Paul White
Paul White
3:13 PM
perhaps
but in any event it is a small milestone to be reached
if they had bowled ENG out within 20 overs, they might have at least considered the follow-on
review for lbw lost
100 up
Bairstow nearing his 50
 
A J
A J
If they play T20 in a test, then it will no longer be a fun.
New ball taken?
 
Paul White
Paul White
3:28 PM
a replacement ball, yes
of similar age and condition
 
Paul White
Paul White
3:42 PM
50 for Bairstow
Why has Wagner only had 5 overs
Bairstow now 60* (60)
131/6 (29)
Follow-on avoided
Wagner and Bracewell bowling now
 
Paul White
Paul White
4:13 PM
150 up
100 partnership
 
A J
A J
Bairstow near another century
 
Paul White
Paul White
50 for Overton
 
A J
A J
A ton for Overton
 
Paul White
Paul White
4:29 PM
190/6 (36)
only 139 behind now
204/6 (37)
200 up then
 
A J
A J
Leaking runs
NZ couldn't take the advantage of that start
 
Paul White
Paul White
no
 
A J
A J
55/6
 
Paul White
Paul White
Mitchell bowling now
 
A J
A J
One can think of bowling out a team under 100 I this case
I think some batter from NZ shoukd play like T20
 
Paul White
Paul White
4:36 PM
150 partnership
 
A J
A J
Wegner gave runs at the rate of almost 7 after that double-wicket maiden
 
Paul White
Paul White
yep that can happen
Bairstow 90*
 
A J
A J
4:55 PM
98
100 up with a boundary
 
Paul White
Paul White
Every bowler leaking runs now
 
A J
A J
Yep
If you can't take a lead in the first inning after batting first, you have low chances of winning
Can no longer bear to watch T20 in a test.
Off to bed. G'night
 
Paul White
Paul White
5:12 PM
Goodnight!
247/6 (45)
 
Paul White
Paul White
5:40 PM
200 partnership!
264/6 (49) at Stumps on Day 2
ENG trail by 65
run rate 5.4
 

« first day (218 days earlier)      last day (671 days later) »