Second test kicking off at the Basin Reserve in about 20 minutes.
NZ won the toss and elected to bowl.
Henry and Young replace Tickner and the rapey guy. This has to be Nicholls' last chance, Shirley?
The Official Cricket Thread
Just got to this point in the delayed stream (I have been out). Man, that pitch looks quick.
Aim to catch up by the end of the lunch break.
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NZ cricket is awful
English cricket is awesome
Who would have thought 8 years ago that England would have an ODI team like this - forget about a test team like this. There seems to be a never ending conveyor belt of hard hitting, quick scoring, consistent players coming through.
Of course it doesn't help that NZ cricket is a horror show again. Players completely out of form, best players being let go, constant injuries and nothing coming up through the ranks. I guess it is back to being a depressed NZ cricket supporter again.
Remember when Williamson was one of the best 3 batters in the world......good times.
English cricket is awesome
Who would have thought 8 years ago that England would have an ODI team like this - forget about a test team like this. There seems to be a never ending conveyor belt of hard hitting, quick scoring, consistent players coming through.
Of course it doesn't help that NZ cricket is a horror show again. Players completely out of form, best players being let go, constant injuries and nothing coming up through the ranks. I guess it is back to being a depressed NZ cricket supporter again.
Remember when Williamson was one of the best 3 batters in the world......good times.
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SA-W set Eng-W 165 to win the second T20 SF.
Great total from SA, Eng may regret having 2 of the last 5 overs go for 18 each.
Game on.
Great total from SA, Eng may regret having 2 of the last 5 overs go for 18 each.
Game on.
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They're coasting.Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:36 pm SA-W set Eng-W 165 to win the second T20 SF.
Great total from SA, Eng may regret having 2 of the last 5 overs go for 18 each.
Game on.
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It's been a bloody brilliant tournament, bar Pakistan's final dead rubber performance, it's been brilliant from all the teams. Every aspect of the cricket, the teams, the venues, the weather, the umpiring, the crowds and the commentary have all been top-notch, thoroughly entertaining and engaging throughout. 
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Eng-W need 48 from 30
40 from 28
40 from 28
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wicket... then now now then then now then...
33 from 22
33 from 22
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I'm under the Oaks at Newlands. This is wonderful!
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What a game!
17 from 9
17 from 9
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13 from 6
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12 from 4
Knight bowled!!!!
11 from 2
Knight bowled!!!!
11 from 2
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I'm not crying you're crying!!!!!!
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From cruising to falling apart.
What a match!
What a match!
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Lucky bastard!
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It was 3-21 at one point.Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:32 pmJust checked Cricinfo... England were 3-40 this morning
This England side are so much fun to watch.
Good to see Mankading is now officially approved
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mcc- ... se-1360456
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mcc- ... se-1360456
The MCC World Cricket Committee has reaffirmed its stance on the matter of bowlers who run out non-strikers leaving the crease prior to delivery - colloquially referred to as a "Mankad" - which may help settle the cries for less severe punishment than the batter losing their wicket. In the same statement issued on Thursday following a meeting of the committee members in Dubai, the MCC also called for "calm across the global game following several high-profile incidents in a relatively short space of time."
The hot-button debate generated renewed interest last September when India allrounder Deepti Sharma ran out England's Charlie Dean for the game-clinching wicket in the 44th over of the third ODI at Lord's which India won by 16 runs. Dean was on 47 off 80 balls at the time trying to rally her side which was chasing a target of 170. A detailed analysis conducted by ESPNcricinfo subsequently showed that Dean had left her crease early at the non-striker's end on 72 occasions prior to being run out.
Deepti received support from captain Harmanpreet Kaur in the immediate aftermath of the incident during a post-match interview, saying, "Whatever we have done, I don't think it was any crime. It is part of the game and is an ICC rule, and I think we just need to back our player." The MCC World Cricket Committee made clear in its statement released on Thursday that the batter is at fault in such a scenario and that "there is no precedent to require a bowler to give a warning to a batter, confirming they are completely within their right to dismiss the batter on their first occasion they break the Law."
The World Cricket Committee pointedly stated that such dismissals would not happen if non-strikers are "complying with the Law and remaining within their ground until they have seen the ball being released from the bowler's hand." In other words, it is the batter's responsibility to avoid being dismissed like this, just as it is their responsibility to avoid being dismissed bowled or lbw or caught.
"The bowler is not the villain here," Committee member Kumar Sangakkara said. "Every batter has a choice; to stay in their ground, or risk being given out if they try to steal ground. If they choose the latter, they are the ones who are breaking the Law."
Running non-strikers out for backing up too far tends to foster the argument that it isn't so big a mistake that it should cost a wicket. There is also a fear that normalising it would have a negative effect at grassroots level. But MCC World Cricket Committee chairman Mike Gatting disagrees.
"We have seen suggestions that this method of dismissal will be attempted more and more at recreational level and there is the possibility of matches descending into chaos," Gatting said. "Whilst attempts may increase in the short term, we would expect batters to learn their responsibilities under the Laws very quickly and drive it out of prominence."
"Our stance on this is simple - batters must not steal ground if they do not wish to be given out in this manner. Nor should they be expecting to be given a warning if they do. If all non-strikers only left the popping crease once the ball had been released, there would never be the need for such a dismissal again.
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Nice declaration from Stokes today. Pretty sure he knew Root needed 150 no to get his average back above fifty, and become only the third player ever to have an average of over 50 in tests and ODIs at the same time.
Harry Brook averaging nearly 90 in his first six tests is mad.
Harry Brook averaging nearly 90 in his first six tests is mad.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?