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Sven Roeder 9:51 Thu Jun 10
Second Test - England v New Zealand at Edgbaston
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England (possible): 1 Rory Burns, 2 Dom Sibley, 3 Zak Crawley, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Ollie Pope, 6 Dan Lawrence, 7 James Bracey (wk), 8 Craig Overton, 9 Jack Leach, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson
Ollie Robinson goes out , likely replacement Craig Overton ... or Ollie Stone. Mark Wood to sit out for Jack Leach.
Anderson should play his 162nd Test breaking the record of A Cook and needs 6 wickets for 1,000 in first class cricket
New Zealand (possible): 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Will Young, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Matt Henry, 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Ajaz Patel / Ruchin Ravindra, 11 Trent Boult.
With an eye on the World Test Championship final next week Williamson (elbow) & Wagner will rest and Santner has a finger injury. Late arrival Trent Boult returns to the team.
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On The Ball
10:44 Thu Jun 10
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I like Trent Boult. Good player, but mainly because I will forever associate him with the last cricket match I was at - which ended quite well for us.
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lowermarshhammer
11:07 Thu Jun 10
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Craig "go back to your own fucking country" Overton in for Ollie "historical tweet" Robinson?
Wokenists are going to have an absolute field day over this.
Only the ECB could screw up this badly.
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Sven Roeder
11:35 Thu Jun 10
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That is cricinfo's team though many were saying previously Stone would be picked on his home ground ... with 17,000 fans in each day.
Overton would be an ironic choice given how the vacancy arose.
I believe HE still denies what he was charged with saying which was the evidence of the umpire and the non -striker (Michael Vardy).
In the end he was convicted of abusive language rather than the racial element .... which came as a surprise to most.
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Come On You Irons
11:39 Thu Jun 10
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I see the plastic Aussie's obsession with all things ENGLAND continues. Pathetic!
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Coffee
12:04 Thu Jun 10
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12th Man for England: A Tweet
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southbankbornnbred
12:05 Thu Jun 10
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If Overton starts and that's the 1 to 11, that'll leave England very light in the bowling department.
Any niggle for either of the oldies and England are fecked.
At times, Craig Overton has the pace of an injured sloth on a beach holiday. Unlike his brother. He has height, and accuracy, but I'm still not sure he'll ask enough questions at test level.
Leach remains England's best spin option, as the selectors still don't trust Rashid. So his selection makes sense - can't argue with it. But England really have to find/develop a top-class spinner from somewhere.
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southbankbornnbred
12:10 Thu Jun 10
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Hard to get excited about this series, though, isn't it?
NZ treading water until the test series final, England without so many of their frontline side through IPLs etc.
It all feels like a "behind-closed-doors friendly". Which is ironic, because for the first time in a year it is precisely not that.
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Sven Roeder
12:20 Thu Jun 10
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I can understand with the bubbles and Covid that players have to be handled differently.
If it was all about CRICKET the idea of restarting the IPL and having a t20 World Cup in October would be BINNED.
Then this series which is 2nd v 3rd in the ICC rankings would get the respect it deserves from both teams.
I can understand NZ being cautious with Williamson & Wagner as after two ODI World Cup final defeats next week is their first chance to win ANYTHING.
Even though the WTC has been a load of old compromised shit and should also have been binned.
From England's point of view the chance to have a look at a few players is exciting. Isnt it?
Even just to see Lawrence & Bracey score a Test run in England
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Come On You Irons
12:23 Thu Jun 10
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I agree that the WTC is a joke. Did they really think that would generate more interest in Test cricket?
Should just stick to bi-lateral series with no 'WTC final', as is tradition in the purest form of the game.
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Sven Roeder
12:30 Thu Jun 10
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England win the toss and BAT
Stone in for Robinson
Wood stays so no Leach
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Sven Roeder
12:35 Thu Jun 10
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The WTC involved teams playing different numbers of games and NZ in particular playing at home a LOT
If you are going to have it it should be based on the last home and away series results for each country.
Personally I think it is completely unnecessary and the things that matter are the trophies between countries like the Ashes, Border-Gavaskar and the Aust v NZ one ... the Chappell Chappell Chappell Trophy
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Dr Matt
12:49 Thu Jun 10
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Stone, Archer, Wood
Could be the most fearsome attack of all time.
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southbankbornnbred
1:01 Thu Jun 10
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Stone definitely gives England a bit more of a threat than Craig Overton. Wood, too, if the wicket stays firm for two or three days.
No frontline spinner is interesting in this heat when, a rare occurrence in England, the pitch might even get a little dusty. It will certainly crack. Root obviously fancies his chances with the ball!
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southbankbornnbred
1:05 Thu Jun 10
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Sven - to answer your question, few of England's batsmen (in this game) are exciting to watch.
Root is certainly the best of them, and probably also the easiest to watch. He does have very good technique.
Crawley is good when his timing is on (but he's struggled of late), likewise Pope. But I can't say that either of them are exciting batsmen.
Six chanegs by NZ. It all feels like a yawn-fest when it shouldn't be. Two good, well-matched sides when at full strength.
Amazing achievement by Jimmy to get to 162 tests. He is 78 years-old now, though.
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Northern Sold
1:58 Thu Jun 10
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Since his debut in 2019, no player in the world has left more deliveries than Dom Sibley - 672 leaves and counting.
1. Sibley: 672
2. Pujara: 444
3. Azhar Ali: 441
4. Latham: 403
5. R Burns: 392
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Coffee
2:01 Thu Jun 10
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25 runs from 14 overs.
FMOB
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
At least no wickets. Yet.
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Coffee
2:01 Thu Jun 10
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25 runs from 14 overs.
FMOB
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
At least no wickets. Yet.
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Swiss.
2:01 Thu Jun 10
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Northern Sold 1:58 Thu Jun 10
Dom Sibley is Chris Tavare reincarnated. If he's dead.
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Northern Sold
2:05 Thu Jun 10
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Swiss… I saw Tav’ play one of the great 1 day knocks in a semi final v Essex at Taunton… absolute brilliant he was… can’t see the barnacle doing that… we have probably the poorest looking openers I have seen since Moxom and Benson…. SHOCKING
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El Scorchio
2:58 Thu Jun 10
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I'm happy with the run rate being slow, as long as they just get themselves in and don't give their wickets away cheaply. I hope that's what they've been told to work on above everything else.
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