1st IT20 - England vs New Zealand - The Oval

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue 25 Jun - 18:08

First topic message reminder :

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.

by Hoggy_Bear Tue 25 Jun - 19:59

skyeman wrote:An Irishman has looked the best bowler:shock:

Luke Wright isn't Irish!!

by skyeman Tue 25 Jun - 20:01

Hoggy_Bear wrote:
skyeman wrote:An Irishman has looked the best bowler:shock:
Luke Wright isn't Irish!!

I'm Ranking you are wrong. lol

by skyeman Tue 25 Jun - 20:05

Rankin, best econ of all bowlers. It is what T20 is all about.

by Duty281 Tue 25 Jun - 20:07

202 to get. There is absolutely zero tension, zero pressure, and zero importance to this game. Hales or Morgan to ton up, England to win by 4 wickets.

by Marcus Tue 25 Jun - 20:07

60 too many for England to get.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 20:08

easily Marcus. they'll lose early wickets and struggle to get above 6 an over. all out for 16 overs.

by chrisss Tue 25 Jun - 20:11

1-31 is a pretty good return for Dernbach

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 20:14

More signs of inept Giles letting a word class t20 side bat first and set and out of sight score so your struggling team have to chase.

by GSC Tue 25 Jun - 20:28

As much as we all hate Giles, he made an ODI final in his first 6 months and lost a T20 final to a side more suited for it. Nothing to sniff at

by Marcus Tue 25 Jun - 20:29

Decent start from England.

I really like the look of Hales. I hope he doesn't get typecast as a one day biffer, as I think he can offer a lot more than just that. Very good technique, with lots of power.

by Duty281 Tue 25 Jun - 20:30

Lumb and Hales having a summer jamboree, 39/0 after 3 overs.

by GSC Tue 25 Jun - 20:32

Hales has had an awful CC so far though

by JDizzle Tue 25 Jun - 20:34

Bit unlucky from Lumb there. Decent knock though.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 20:35

spoke to soon. one gone already.

we need more than decent to stand a chance Dizzle. Need outstanding as were NZ.

by skyeman Tue 25 Jun - 20:35

Is this Eng 54-1 after 4:shock: My god. Giles you beaut.

by GSC Tue 25 Jun - 20:35

Aye, these 2 got the innings going the right way

by Marcus Tue 25 Jun - 20:42

This is how they should have batted against the Indians on Sunday.

by Duty281 Tue 25 Jun - 20:44

Entirely different pitch though Marcus. This one is soooo flat. 67/1 after 6.

by Hoggy_Bear Tue 25 Jun - 20:48

Marcus wrote:This is how they should have batted against the Indians on Sunday.

Completely different conditions.
And, at one stage on Sunday, they only needed 20 off 2.5 overs with 6 wickets in hand.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 20:50

it's all slowed down now. B Muc looking very happy out there at the mo.

They have to hit out soon.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:00

and that's where chasing gets you. soft dismissal.

by JDizzle Tue 25 Jun - 21:00

Hales out, 39 from 29. Hopefully that can inspire a bit of form and confidence in the man.

Need a special innings from someone to get over the line now, hoping Mogs can get some runs and be that guy.

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:08

It's going fine, we are on the run rate and Wright has played himself in from what I can see from the updates and Morgan can keep the rate up happily enough. This NZ team always had more in batting terms than bowling

by Duty281 Tue 25 Jun - 21:11

75 needed from 42 with 8 wickets left. Should be fine from here on. Should.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:12

Duty281 wrote:75 needed from 42 with 8 wickets left. Should be fine from here on. Should.

rrr is climbing as they've dropped to 1's and 2's.

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:13

trebellbobaggins wrote:
Duty281 wrote:75 needed from 42 with 8 wickets left. Should be fine from here on. Should.

rrr is climbing as they've dropped to 1's and 2's.

Not dangerously so at all, they'll be fine

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:14

But then, I thought we'd be fine on Sunday and I thought Rafa would stage a comeback after the first set yesterday

by Duty281 Tue 25 Jun - 21:17

Oh my. What a catch by Taylor to dismiss Morgan. One-handed, in the air!

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:17

Ah, feck

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:18

another fails and kiwi celebrates like they've won because, in reality that's it. you can't make up another 30 on top of 30 with this approach.

well done NZ, too good today. getting used to saying that again, it's like the 90's for eng fans.

by skyeman Tue 25 Jun - 21:18

Commentators looked stupid there, saying why is there a slip.

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:19

always the pessimist baggins

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:25

well it's climbing away and bops wants to waste a few overs by the looks of it.

I wasn't wrong was I cj. once again a shambles bowling, a decent start batting then a collapse. it's a pattern again these days.

by Hoggy_Bear Tue 25 Jun - 21:26

Now it's over.

by Duty281 Tue 25 Jun - 21:26

Wright gone, England in trouble.

by skyeman Tue 25 Jun - 21:27

Can Buttler do his 1 in 67 special innings?

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:27

Still doable. Just improbable.

Yeah, you were right, Baggins, well predicted

by skyeman Tue 25 Jun - 21:28

FFS hit the friggin ball.

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:32

54 from 24 is a big ask, need to do the damage this over

by Hoggy_Bear Tue 25 Jun - 21:36

ChequeredJersey wrote:54 from 24 is a big ask, need to do the damage this over

Must have heard you

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:36

I did type it very loudly

by Marcus Tue 25 Jun - 21:37

Bopara is proof of the existence of aliens. He has obviously been abducted and replaced with a SuperBopara clone.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:38

ChequeredJersey wrote:I did type it very loudly

you did, impressively so. could hear it from here.

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:38

Marcus wrote:Bopara is proof of the existence of aliens. He has obviously been abducted and replaced with a SuperBopara clone.

by NickisBHAFC Tue 25 Jun - 21:39

Luke Wright should 100% of been in the ICC Trophy squad, bloke is class, carried us today!

All joking a side, i am shocked at the earlier comments people said he was rubbish, i have been watching Sussex since 2007 when Wright emerged onto the scene and to say he is rubbish, really is saying something. He is superb in one day cricket at both batting and bowling. Also a very nice chap.

Haven't seen much of the game as i have been at tennis practice, but it sounds like our weak bowling attack disappointing, batted pretty well though!

Buzzing for these last 3 overs though!

by ChequeredJersey Tue 25 Jun - 21:39

They can feel free to replace any number of players with superior models!

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:40

someone needs a massive over now or it's all over. far too many ones and two's.

by Duty281 Tue 25 Jun - 21:41

26 needed from 12, 6 wickets left. It's a long shot.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:41

I swear the kiwis are like little energiser bunnies out there.,, fielding like speedy gonzales.

by trebellbobaggins Tue 25 Jun - 21:42

Duty281 wrote:26 needed from 12, 6 wickets left. It's a long shot.

sort of thing you can do when setting the score but not when under pressure to chase. silly choice to bat second really.

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