England tour of New Zealand (3 T20s, 3 ODIs)

[mysteryman666]

England posting a total of 236, tour batsmen will have their work cut out chasing that.

Agree

 

[Plugger35]

England winning the toss and have chosen to bowl first in the 3rd T20 in Auckland.

There is some rain forecast so it could be another rain affected game but hopefully it isn't another washout.

 

[Plugger35]

They are off for rain after just 3 balls have been bowled, Seifert managed to hit 2 of those balls for 4 though so that's a positive.

 

[Plugger35]

The rain has stopped and they are back out there, it's now a 14 over game.

 

[Plugger35]

More rain and it looks like being another washout or at best a 5 over game.

 

[Plugger35]

The players are going back out there again and now it's an 8 over game, I wouldn't be surprised if it rains again though.

 

[Plugger35]

Right on cue, the rain returns, they may as well just call this game off now.

 

[Plugger35]

Match abandoned

That was a fizzer of a T20 series with only one game completed and two washed out with rain, hopefully the ODI series is better.

 

[Plugger35]

NZ winning the toss and choosing to bowl in the first ODI in Mount Maunganui today.

New Zealand: 1 Will Young

Will Young

Age

35

Ht

194cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.0

1star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

4star

, 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Michael Bracewell, 7 Mitchell Santner (capt), 8 Zak Foulkes, 9 Nathan Smith, 10 Jacob Duffy, 11 Matt Henry.

England: 1 Jamie Smith, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Joe Root, 4 Jacob Bethell, 5 Harry Brook (capt), 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Sam Curran, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Brydon Carse, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Luke Wood.

 

[Plugger35]

Henry clean bowling Smith first ball with a jaffa, not a bad start for the Black Caps.

 

[Plugger35]

Foulkes dismissing Duckett and Root in his first over, this could be a short game the way this is going.

 

[Plugger35]

Another jaffa from Foulkes clean bowling Bethell.

 

[Plugger35]

Buttler gone cheaply too.

Brook is batting well but he could run out of partners soon.

 

[Plugger35]

A ton for Brook, he's scored over half of England's runs, Overton the only other English batsman to get a score in double figures.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

This is some hitting from Brook.


Doing it in 6’s

 

[Plugger35]

Some great hitting from Brook but he's being helped by some pretty dumb bowling from our pace bowlers.

 

[Plugger35]

Brook gone trying to hit another six, we should be able to chase that total of 223 down but Brook has given his team a chance.

 

[sherb]

I've just seen the score, that must have been some knock by Brook.

 

[Plugger35]

Carse on a hat trick.

This run chase might not be as easy as it looks.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Ravindra gone, Kiwis have got the staggers.

3/24

 

[Plugger35]

We are in serious trouble now.

Someone needs to play a Brook like innings.

 

[Plugger35]

No point in Latham reviewing that lbw, it was as plumb as it gets.

 

[Plugger35]

Bracewell brings up his fifty and then runs himself out just when we were starting to look comfortable.

 

[PhatBoy]

Bracewell brings up his fifty and then runs himself out just when we were starting to look comfortable.

You have 11 overs left available from Overton and Curran so that basically means 11 overs where you’re next to no chance of losing a wicket and an extremely high chance of getting a boundary every 5-6 balls.

 

[Gough]

A Bannerman of sorts from Brook.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nz-vs-eng-1st-odi-stats-harry-brook-rewrites-record-books-with-one-man-show-1508801

PhatBoy