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[jay_mcfc]

NZ are simply the better team. They are very, very good.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I know it must have been explained somewhere but why aren’t Stokes and Buttler playing?
Another question, if someone can explain it to me: what exactly is the point of putting a bat into the hand of Sibley and Crawley?

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I know it must have been explained somewhere but why aren’t Stokes and Buttler playing?
Another question, if someone can explain it to me: what exactly is the point of putting a bat into the hand of Sibley and Crawley?

Only just back from IPL I assume?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Oh. Ta.

 

[waspish]

Typical England unprepared where as New Zealand look the business! Think Root though will get a massive score..

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Quite surprised to see that six players have previously made a double century on their test debut. Wouldn't have expected that many. Even more surprising that I haven't heard of any of them apart from — very vaguely — Rowe. I'm no expert on cricket but I would have expected to have heard of some.
Congrats to Conway.

Rowe I remember from a pack of Top Trumps!

Jacques Rudolph (SA) is relatively recent, although I think he retired quite early.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Colin de Grandhomme has to be the best name in cricket ever.

 

[liamctid]

I know it must have been explained somewhere but why aren’t Stokes and Buttler playing?
Another question, if someone can explain it to me: what exactly is the point of putting a bat into the hand of Sibley and Crawley?

Stokes got a bad injury in his first game of the IPL, but reading between the lines I think the much spoken about "rotation policy" always meant the IPL players won't feature in this series - Buttler, Woakes, Curran, Moeen, Bairstow were in the India squad and all not played for weeks since the IPL finished but none of them as far as I know are even turning out for their county - Malan playing for Yorkshire today though, although I don't think he got a ball in the IPL.

 

[ancoats]

boy the ball is swinging round corners today ? maybe the weather or just better bowling by NZ

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

boy the ball is swinging round corners today ? maybe the weather or just better bowling by NZ

Root didn’t get any swing. ;-)