1st IT20 - England vs New Zealand - The Oval

1st T20 game of the two match series.

Teams are as follows;

ENG: Hales, Lumb, Wright, Morgan, Bopara, Buttler, Stokes, Woakes, Tredwell, Dernbach (god help us), Rankin

NZ: Rutherford, Franklin, McCullum, Taylor, Latham, Munro, N McCullum, and some others I can't remember atm

England have won the toss and will field first. Eoin Morgan captains.

Luke Wright will win us the game.

Other than Tredders, that has to be the weakest bowling line-up that England have ever put out.

Stokes? :rolleyes:
Wright? :rolleyes:

Buttler might be ok today, as there's no pressure in step and fetch comedy cricket.

Luke Wright sucks.

I also went to the same primary school as him.

NZ to win comfortably for me, its a very half arsed England team.

Rankin, Dernbach, Woakes = LOL

Almost forgot this game was happening. Just two quick money spinners for the ECB. England and New Zealand must be sick of the sight of each other by now. Isn't this just pointless?

SUPER BOYD RANKIN!

Decent start from Rankin.

Dernbach and Woakes will go for at least 45 runs each.

evening all.

have we got woakes and Dernbache out there?

have we run out of bowlers? what a nightmare for us fans to get a kicking again with these selections.   NZ will get 300 if the milk this.

and woakes goes for 4 as I type this first ball.  Then 6 then 4.

turning this one off, disgraceful insult to the paying fans.

Begs the question, who would win a contest between Boyd and Two Meter Peter?

Unstoppable force meets immovable object, that one.

Woakes yet again getting some treatment!!

he's not an international limited overs bowler..

32nd day of cricket between these sides since February! Woakes bowling with measure and control I see.

19 runs off useless Woakes' first over. LOL.

He is Irish. Shouldn't count

All Warwickshire opening bowling and all Notts opening the batting.

Duty281 wrote:32nd day of cricket between these sides since February! Woakes bowling with measure and control I see.

and nz will go home with a clean sweep having taken on the worst selected England side I have seen in a long time.

geat boost for thm and another kicking to our confidence.  The aussies will be loving this, we'll have none left.

shocking selections.    If they couldn't see this a a chance to get some confidence back it's a shame.

NZ are utterly superior with hitters like BM to this dross.

33-1 already in sod all overs.

jimbohammers wrote:He is Irish. Shouldn't count

Test status please, we even have a first-class set up now! #ThankYouKindly

Really don't see the point of these matches being played, especially if England aren't taking the selections (or the match) seriously.

Anyway.... Jade Goody is on now. He will save us.

Oh Trebbs, this is just meaningless. I doubt if even the players are treating this as any more than an exhibition. There's only one thing the ECB care about here - money. Looks like a sell-out crowd as well, so that part has worked at least. Oops, butterfingers from Bopara.

Marcus wrote:Really don't see the point of these matches being played, especially if England aren't taking the selections (or the match) seriously.

Anyway.... Jade Goody is on now. He will save us.

England insult nz and their fans putting this out.  they don't deserve the support when they let us down like this. i'm honestly totally peed off with the way they're going.  Cancelling my sky when the cheap deal I have ends as I just can't pay for it anymore if they treat us like this.

Duty281 wrote:Oh Trebbs, this is just meaningless. I doubt if even the players are treating this as any more than an exhibition. There's only one thing the ECB care about here - money. Looks like a sell-out crowd as well, so that part has worked at least. Oops, butterfingers from Bopara.

yeah but those people paid and the ecb in effect are telling them to get stuffed.  not on.

Great atmosphere at the Oval. The crowd are really in to it.

Actually I've just found out if England win both T20s we'll go from 5th in the T20 rankings to 3rd.

This. Series. Has. Meaning.

Someone tell the King of Spain.

Never, ever thought i would say this!  But get Bopara on.

so back to reality, what are we slumping too with this team duty?

to think we were champs once.


On track for at least 200, probably 220 here.  eng likely all out for 100.  batting or bowling first would have made no difference.

Need to get Luke Wright into bowling if we want any hope.

Woakes and Rankin should be no where near the team.

trebellbobaggins wrote:so back to reality, what are we slumping too with this team duty?

to think we were champs once.


On track for at least 200, probably 220 here.  eng likely all out for 100.  batting or bowling first would have made no difference.

Er...well we're not bothering are we? Although there is another T20 World Cup next year I think (shudder). Yes, we will lose today, but I really don't mind.

Just had a look at England's schedule. Hectic doesn't quite come into it.

10th July - 16th September: 5 Tests, 2 T20s, 5 ODIs v Australia. 1 ODI v Ireland.
21st November - 2nd February: 5 Tests, 5 ODIs, 3 T20s v Australia.
28th February - 13th March: 3 ODIs, 3 T20s v West Indies.
16th March - 6th April: World Twenty20.

Could be at least 75 days of cricket, not including warm-up games!

Show's how much England takes T20 seriously.


But then again,   can anyone?

they look majestic.  such a class up in batting.  had they been facing that tiny indian total the other day they'd have won easily.

6 after 6.  watching England humiliated like this,it's like we're back to the bad days.  we've gone backwards badly as our batting got worse and now the second string bowling is looking very weak too.  no depth behind the top few at all now. worrying for the Ashes,  Aussie look in better shape, much more depth.

Duty281 wrote:Just had a look at England's schedule. Hectic doesn't quite come into it.

10th July - 16th September: 5 Tests, 2 T20s, 5 ODIs v Australia. 1 ODI v Ireland.
21st November - 2nd February: 5 Tests, 5 ODIs, 3 T20s v Australia.
28th February - 13th March: 3 ODIs, 3 T20s v West Indies.
16th March - 6th April: World Twenty20.

Could be at least 75 days of cricket, not including warm-up games!

stupid and so they shot themselves in the foot and had to put this out.

how come nz never experiment though? wouldn't it benefit them to roll the dice too against such a weak side?

This is just what Big Muc seems suited to.  That IPL practice makes him a monster here. they won't touch him.

104/1 from 10. England's warm-up a couple of days ago hasn't done them a great service. 

Rutherford destroying Tredwell worse than male pattern baldness

Well it's certainly gonna be an interesting run chase

Luke Wright, the saviour:shock:

Olly wrote:Well it's certainly gonna be an interesting run chase

Impossible run chase.  anything past 110 and they panic.

Not a bad 4 overs from Rankin,  i would prefer him to Woakes or the dirtbag.

plumb lbw not allowed.  poor umpiring again.

the crowd seemed to be having fun. accepted the home side have returned to their old ways and having a good laugh at them.

I take the Bop's statement back:shock:

Wheelie bin's team talk is going to be interesting... "top three knock it around for singles, then Morgs, Bops and Butts I want you to raise the tempo to 30 runs per over... now get out there".

We need an Indian type last 3 overs.

Leave Buttler { once in 67 innings) out of this:D:D:D:D:D

Wright's stint around the world looks like it has served him well.

Right, for once, fuk the fashion. Smack it from ball one.

Rather we lose in T20 than look timid.

I turned back onto to see them being sixed again.

terrible.

skyeman wrote:Right, for once, fuk the fashion. Smack it from ball one.

Rather we lose in T20 than look timid.

true. they have no choice chasing a run rate they aren't nearly capable of reaching.

do they have any hopes of selecting.. like actual international cricketers in the next game?


even nas sounded totally peed off.

Thanks for coming Woakes. You still have to pay your tea money.

Who was it on the champs trophy thread that said he has been unlucky to be dropped from the ODI side?

An Irishman has looked the best bowler:shock: