Gambit Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 NZ has won toss and opted to bat first. Hoggard should get some good swing going. NZ are 5/0 after 5 overs. Link to comment
Lurker Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Both teams look fairly average, specially the bowling. Link to comment
Gambit Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Wow! Matthew Bell is back! When did this happen? Srinath made him his b!tch back in the 90s. Link to comment
The Outsider Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 NZ off to a god start. 71/1. No idea how the pitch is though and unless it's a green top I don't see how NZ can take English wickets with their bowling attack. Link to comment
guju24 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 how come in SS it says less then 1 day left...i think some need to fix that since the match is already started... Link to comment
Laaloo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 New Zealand 192/5 (70.2 ov 20 ovs left McCullum and TAylor at the crease all the 5 eng trundlers took a wkt a piece and panesar how fell short of a 100 out for 92 20 ovs left in the day can nz regroup or will eng bowlers fry them like praveen did to oussies Link to comment
apocalypse Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 even zim-bangla match would be less boring than this Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 even zim-bangla match would be less boring than this Well said apo. Eng and NZ compete with each other on who can be a more boring Test side. :two_thumbs_up: Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 (Eng batting): Recent overs . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . 1 . . . | . 1 . . Link to comment
Holysmoke Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 meh all this seems too boring now. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 England 286/6 (134.0 ov) pathetic NZ batted 4 more overs and make 160 more runs i think i picked the perfect name for my super selector team "Boring XI" Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Hattrick for Sidebottom and an NZ collapse opens it up. Link to comment
King Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Something to get excited about. NZ only ahead by 238 runs and am glad some result it possible now. I hope the result favours NZ. Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 wow its getting interesting ... Sidebottom took a hat trick and panesar is bowling well too NZ 121-7 Lead by 243 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 jeeten patel battingggggggggggg:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Something to get excited about. NZ only ahead by 238 runs and am glad some result it possible now. I hope the result favours NZ. Still - Eng, NZ bit of a wakeup and then it will be back to Link to comment
Feed Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Ryan Sidebottom: England hat-trick special Ryan Sidebottom said it was a special moment after becoming the 11th England player to claim a Test hat-trick and spearhead an unexpected fightback in the first Test against New Zealand. More... Ryan Sidebottom: England hat-trick special By Giles Mole and agencies Last Updated: 11:19am GMT 08/03/2008 Ryan Sidebottom said it was a special moment after becoming the 11th England player to claim a Test hat-trick and spearhead an unexpected fightback in the first Test against New Zealand. Sidebottom's removal of Stephen Fleming, Mathew Sinclair and Jacob Oram off successive deliveries prompted a New Zealand collapse of four wickets for six runs in only nine balls and gave the tourists a glimpse of victory despite being dominated for most of the Test. In form: Ryan Sidebottom has been England's best bowler He is the first England bowler to achieve the feat since fellow Yorkshireman Matthew Hoggard emulated the feat against West Indies in Barbados four years ago and only the fourth in the last 50 years. His efforts restricted New Zealand to a lead 269 on 147 for eight going into the final day with both sides now fancying their chances of victory to claim a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series. Sidebottom, who finished the day with impressive figures of five for 37, said: "I suppose I'll remember it for as long as I'm alive. "I've never had a hat-trick before so to get one in a Test match is even more special. It hasn't really sunk in yet and it's not just about me because we want to win Test matches and it's a big day for us tomorrow." Sidebottom's display stopped New Zealand, who had earlier dismissed England for 348 to claim a 122-run first innings lead, progressing towards a declaration by scoring quick runs in the final session. He follows fellow Yorkshiremen Hoggard and Darren Gough, who claimed a hat-trick against Australia at Sydney in 1999, as the last three players to have achieved the feat. Sidebottom said: "Goughie always likes a bit of a chirp in the dressing room and talks about his hat-tricks and I suppose you always dream of taking a hat-trick in a Test match. "I've been on a hat-trick two or three times in my career but I've never got a hat-trick before so I'll take this one. "I haven't asked the umpires for the ball yet but we still need two wickets and hopefully I'll be able to grab it off them, if they'll let me have it, once we've got the two wickets." Asked on his thoughts before bowling the hat-trick ball, which trapped Oram lbw, Sidebottom admitted he had been distracted by what Nottinghamshire team-mate Graeme Swann, who was on as a temporary substitute fielder, was saying to him. He said: "I wasn't really thinking about anything before I bowled - Swanny told me he'd do a few things to me if I got the hat-trick from mid-off. "Once I'd appealed I didn't think he was going to put his finger up and I didn't know what to do when he did - I just ran away like a headless chicken." However, despite their late collapse, New Zealand still believe they are favourites to win with former captain Stephen Fleming, who top-scored with 66, saying: "I think it's great. It's breathed some life into a game that was meandering and I think it's probably given us our best chance of winning. "We had to gamble to do it and we're the only team that's probably been positive enough to create such an opportunity and from that point of view England are probably feeling good about themselves that they've got a chance of winning but we knew that would have to be the case if we're going to win this match. "We're not overly happy about how the situation occurred but we've analysed it and in any situation you'd probably take 270 or 280 going into the final day. "Our mindset has been positive the whole time. We would have liked to been more comfortable declaring 350 ahead with men around the bat but whenever players sit in it's hard to remove them so having to score is our best chance." Link to comment
Sachinism Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 damn NZ playing loose shots giving sidebottom the hat-trick Link to comment
Dravid Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 England require another 291 runs with 10 wickets remaining Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Lucky start. Two edges for Cook between gully and slip and now Vaughan top edges a pull over the slips. Link to comment
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