England Tour of New Zealand | Crowe-Thorpe Trophy | 3 Test Match Series | WTC 2023-25 |

[vvvslaxman]

O Rourke is literally hurting every one of their batsman.

[The Realist]

28.6 O'Rourke to Pope, no run oh boy! That was nasty. Pope wears a rocket on his right biceps as he curls up trying to get out of the way

28.5 O'Rourke to Pope, no run

 

 

28.4 O'Rourke to Pope, no run angling in from just outside off, he hits the pad, not given and NZ in discussion about calling for the review... they go for it. It struck just above the knee roll towards the outside and its umpire's call! The ball just clipping the top of leg stump perhaps. That was travelling at 153kph!

28.3 O'Rourke to Brook, OUT and done for! Just back of a length, good pace and bounce rewarded as Brook tries to fend off the back foot and sends it into the slips! Mitchell takes the catch low at first as it flies off the bat

Edited December 16, 2024 by The Realist

[vvvslaxman]

This Bethell is really good.

[vvvslaxman]

Magnificent batting by Bethell against a hostile spell from O ROurke. Love this contest. One is 23 year old. Other one is 21 year old

[Ultimate_Game]

53 minutes ago, Vk1 said:

This is the nature of NZ pitches right.. it  always flattens out after day 3. Neil
Wagner kind of enforcer will always be missed in future.

 

NZ is the only place, and probably a few venues in Eng if it's overcast, where I would want to bowl first. Rest everywhere I would bat first no matter what.

[vvvslaxman]

Bethell threw his wicket away by flaying wildly.

[Stan AF]

3 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

 

The pitch has flattened out and there's enough time for Root to score a double ton this Test.

 

It's done.

 

1556 runs @55.57 average for the calendar year 2024

[vvvslaxman]

1 hour ago, Stan AF said:

 

It's done.

 

1556 runs @55.57 average for the calendar year 2024

 

This guy si lucky to  be playing so many tests when he is prime form a luxury sachin did not get in the 90s. Hardly played tests.

[Sgattick10]

Santner got 3 easy wickets at the end. 

 

[CoverDrive]

Thing with England is opposition doesn’t have to ever worry about declaring unless it is on final day. NZ played it well and just kept on piling runs. After that target match was sealed. They were just going to swing madly and get out like idiots. 

[vvvslaxman]

Damn i am jealous of NZ. Tall, athletic 150 plus bowler.. We cannot find one even if scour entire India. :(   Unadkat is 6'3". But that's where the comparison ends with O Rourke. Still an inch shorter. Arshdeep is 6'3".  That's it. He can't bowl that quick.

[rollingstoned]

4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Damn i am jealous of NZ. Tall, athletic 150 plus bowler.. We cannot find one even if scour entire India. :(   Unadkat is 6'3". But that's where the comparison ends with O Rourke. Still an inch shorter. Arshdeep is 6'3".  That's it. He can't bowl that quick.

Gurnoor Brar. 

[rkt.india]

9 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Damn i am jealous of NZ. Tall, athletic 150 plus bowler.. We cannot find one even if scour entire India. :(   Unadkat is 6'3". But that's where the comparison ends with O Rourke. Still an inch shorter. Arshdeep is 6'3".  That's it. He can't bowl that quick.

He was hardly clocking 140 in India. How 150 suddenly.

[vvvslaxman]

5 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

He was hardly clocking 140 in India. How 150 suddenly.

 

He was quick in India as well. But against England he went a level above. 

[vvvslaxman]

 

[rkt.india]

9 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Damn i am jealous of NZ. Tall, athletic 150 plus bowler.. We cannot find one even if scour entire India. :(   Unadkat is 6'3". But that's where the comparison ends with O Rourke. Still an inch shorter. Arshdeep is 6'3".  That's it. He can't bowl that quick.

We have several 6'5 fast bowlers in domestic but most of them aren't that fast.  Only Gurnoor Brar is someone who bowls 135+ on a regular basis.  Prince Badiani, Divyanshu Singh both 6'6 from Mumbai. Divyanshu is faster than Prince. Hope to see Divyanshu bowl 135 plus in a year or two. He is working on it. Divij Mehra, 6'5", from Delhi, pure trundler of 120-125k. Nishant Saranu 6'9 from Andhra, Dhanush Gowda 6'5" from Karnataka. Don't think any of the two bowls 130+. 

[rkt.india]

2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

He was quick in India as well. But against England he went a level above. 

His quickest against India was 142-143.

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

We have several 6'5 fast bowlers in domestic but most of them aren't that fast.  Only Gurnoor Brar is someone who bowls 135+ on a regular basis.  Prince Badiani, Divyanshu Singh both 6'6 from Mumbai. Divyanshu is faster than Prince. Hope to see Divyanshu bowl 135 plus in a year or two. He is working on it. Divij Mehra, 6'5", from Delhi, pure trundler of 120-125k. Nishant Saranu 6'9 from Andhra, Dhanush Gowda 6'5" from Karnataka. Don't think any of the two bowls 130+. 

Are these guys playing at any level. Having height alone is not enough. This guy is strongly built, tall, athletic frame just and he is express.

[rkt.india]

9 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Are these guys playing at any level. Having height alone is not enough. This guy is strongly built, tall, athletic frame just and he is express.

They have all played played u19 and are either playing u23 or Ranji trophy.

[Suhaan]

On 12/17/2024 at 4:59 AM, vvvslaxman said:

O Rourke is literally hurting every one of their batsman.

This is needed if you don't want batsmen to settle

Atleast ,you try if you have pace

Edited December 18, 2024 by Suhaan