England tour of New Zealand

[royboy2]

After pyjama cricket tours of India and South Africa, will be good to see New Zealand and England back in the whites even though the Test matches are not part of the World Test Championship.
The 2nd ever Day/Night test in NZ will be an interesting watch if the 1st one is anything to go by

 

[akkaps]

Will be fun to see Bazball against NZ. Assuming a similar XI to the one that played in Pakistan,

 

[royboy2]

Will be fun to see Bazball against NZ. Assuming a similar XI to the one that played in Pakistan,

Surprisingly Rehan Ahmed didn't get picked for the tour

 

[akkaps]

Surprisingly Rehan Ahmed didn't get picked for the tour

Were you hoping for another bat or another spinner with Rehan? I think they have their batting covered, and with it only being a two match series Leach should be able to do the work, with Root and Jacks to support.
Though it would have been good to have in the squad for exposure. Hopefully he does become the next #1 spinner after Leach
He has been selected to play white ball games in Bangladesh

 

[Sammo360]

The Kiwi bowlers will kill off this "Bazball" nonsense.

 

[The 747]

Surprisingly Rehan Ahmed didn't get picked for the tour

No point, there ain't no turn in NZ pitches.

 

[royboy2]

Were you hoping for another bat or another spinner with Rehan? I think they have their batting covered, and with it only being a two match series Leach should be able to do the work, with Root and Jacks to support.
Though it would have been good to have in the squad for exposure. Hopefully he does become the next #1 spinner after Leach
He has been selected to play white ball games in Bangladesh

As a spinner, but moreso not wanting him to think he has been "dropped" I guess if the support is around it should be ok, he has a massive future and as you say they exposure would be great.

 

[The 747]

As a spinner, but moreso not wanting him to think he has been "dropped" I guess if the support is around it should be ok, he has a massive future and as you say they exposure would be great.

McCullum after the Pakistan Test said they wanted him to play as much cricket as he can (ie franchise cricket) when he is not around the Test team. IIRC he is off to play some T20 league cricket.

 

[akkaps]

As a spinner, but moreso not wanting him to think he has been "dropped" I guess if the support is around it should be ok, he has a massive future and as you say they exposure would be great.

He wont be dropped. He's still very young, so England will invest in him for the future.

McCullum after the Pakistan Test said they wanted him to play as much cricket as he can (ie franchise cricket) when he is not around the Test team. IIRC he is off to play some T20 league cricket.

I remember Baz pleading to the IPL franchises to select him. Currently playing in the UAE.

 

[spike101]

Shame Archer isn’t playing

 

[010203]

Harry Brook hit 5 sixes in one over for England in their tour match against a New Zealand XI. The two day, Day-Night tour match in Hamilton ended in a draw with England scoring 465 and the New Zealand XI racking up 310.

 

[Blue1980]

Why do England play so much more than everyone else, even a tour without WTC points on the line? We would never do that, have to be led kicking and screaming to play anywhere that isn't England or India.

I'd like us to play as many tests as England FWIW, and we can play smaller nations by playing our next tier of players down if the top guys want a rest.

This would give other guys exposure to test/international cricket, and lower ranked nations crying out for more tests (like Ireland) could get to improve themselves even against an Australian 2nd or 3rd XI.

 

[corbies]

Nice guys New Zealand calling up Scott Kuggeleijn to their Test squad I see.

 

[The 747]

Why do England play so much more than everyone else, even a tour without WTC points on the line? We would never do that, have to be led kicking and screaming to play anywhere that isn't England or India.

I'd like us to play as many tests as England FWIW, and we can play smaller nations by playing our next tier of players down if the top guys want a rest.

This would give other guys exposure to test/international cricket, and lower ranked nations crying out for more tests (like Ireland) could get to improve themselves even against an Australian 2nd or 3rd XI.

So would I and agree on the smaller nations. We have been woeful at that

 

[frankrizzo]

Why do England play so much more than everyone else, even a tour without WTC points on the line? We would never do that, have to be led kicking and screaming to play anywhere that isn't England or India.

I'd like us to play as many tests as England FWIW, and we can play smaller nations by playing our next tier of players down if the top guys want a rest.

This would give other guys exposure to test/international cricket, and lower ranked nations crying out for more tests (like Ireland) could get to improve themselves even against an Australian 2nd or 3rd XI.

At home they must play 7 tests per summer to satisfy terms of the deal with sky.

 

[frankrizzo]

So would I and agree on the smaller nations. We have been woeful at that

Aussies have a meltdown when we have a summer of windies and SA could you imagine how toxic it would get if we actually did invite the real minnows over every couple of years?

 

[010203]

The last time New Zealand lost a home test series was in 2017 when South Africa won a 3 test series 1-0. That was the last time New Zealand hosted a test series of any more than 2 tests. The last time the Black Caps lost a 2 test series at home was 7 years ago when Australia beat them 2-0 in their own backyard. I think England will become the first away side to win a test series in New Zealand for the first time in 6 years and the first to win a 2 test series in The Land Of The Long White Cloud for 7 years.

 

[Plugger35]

NZ winning the toss and choosing to bowl first.

They will need to get at least a few wickets in the first session to justify that decision.

 

[akkaps]

That’s a bad idea. Expecting England to go all BazBall on the inexperienced bowling attack. Plus the smaller boundaries

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Good toss to lose??

This should be bags of fun.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Wagner castles Crawley with his first ball.

Which turns out be a no-ball.

 

[MJG14]

Beautifully bowled!

Oh no.

 

[Jamurp]

This is an awful innings so far by Crawley!

 

[akkaps]

* what a ball though

 

[Trojan90]

Wow! No balls are just unforgivable.