NZ tour of England | 3 tests | Lord's , Oval, Trent Bridge | June 04 - June 29

[govinda]

On 6/18/2026 at 5:01 PM, vvvslaxman said:

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

Is Ian ward being sarcastic? lol he calls it hydration break

[govinda]

Rachin is like kane mama. Minnow basher. Expect his hundred vs us he has done nothing except beating **** of Ireland and sa d teams

[Lone Wolf]

3 minutes ago, govinda said:

Rachin is like kane mama. Minnow basher. Expect his hundred vs us he has done nothing except beating **** of Ireland and sa d teams

Scored against Australia as well.

[Lone Wolf]

You gotta be proactive against these English bowlers

The Aussie and Indian batters did that and have been successful against BazBall.

Teams looking to survive against BaZball often fall flat on their face

 

[vvvslaxman]

2 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

You gotta be proactive against these English bowlers

The Aussie and Indian batters did that and have been successful against BazBall.

Teams looking to survive against BaZball often fall flat on their face

 

 

NZ has some of the most  boring left handers going around in world cricket. Nicholls is one. IT is their nature.Being conservative.

[vvvslaxman]

Easy drop. How the heck James rew barely managed to touch it . 

[Lone Wolf]

3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Easy drop. How the heck James rew barely managed to touch it . 

For all the gifts Ravindra offers to every side (bar India,) deserves something going for him as well

[vvvslaxman]

4 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

For all the gifts Ravindra offers to every side (bar India,) deserves something going for him as well

A stylish fisherman is still a fisherman. Massive off stump weakness.

[vvvslaxman]

There are two weaknesses for Rachin. One is around fof stump. Other one is surprise short ball. He got out thrice to Brydon carse short balls in NZ if i remember right.  He averages 134 against Kuldeep yadav. 

 

[vvvslaxman]

Correction

 

Rachin vs Indian bowlers

 

vs Sundar    4.0 avge  3 dismissals

vs  Ashwin  68.0  avge 1 dismissal

vs Jadeja 82.0  avge 1 dismissal

vs Kuldeep 48.0 avge 1 dismissal

vs Mo shami 19.5 avge 2 dismissals

 

 

vs Bumrah/Axar/Siraj infinity . Never dismissed

 

Basically both our seamers and spinners are ineffective against him. Just Sundar has some success

[vvvslaxman]

Broad says "Reverse swing is the easiest ball to bowl as the ball does it for you" . He goes on to explain why it is easy to bowl.

[Lone Wolf]

14 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

A stylish fisherman is still a fisherman. Massive off stump weakness.

Yeah like Babar and Kohli he has massive hard on for cover drive.  Absolute brain dead shot to play on the up in England.

Kela never plays cover drive rather looks to hit square drives like Root.  Reason why he is successful in last 2 tours to Eng

Edited June 19 by Lone Wolf

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

Yeah like Babar and Kohli he has massive hard on for cover drive.  Absolute brain dead shot to play on the up in England.

Kela never plays cover drive rather looks to hit square drives like Root.  Reason why he is successful in last 2 tours to Eng

 

Long back Nasser was talking about how English players should learn from Dravid about playing besides the ball in swinging conditions. It is true. Kela does the same.

[Nikola]

Like watching bowlers like Will O’Rourke and Nahid Rana, hope they reach 300 wickets in test cricket.

[vvvslaxman]

11 minutes ago, Nikola said:

Like watching bowlers like Will O’Rourke and Nahid Rana, hope they reach 300 wickets in test cricket.

lol  Not even Bumrah with  2 five test series will reach 300 easily let alone 1 test series guy like Nahid Rana, 2 test series guy like Will o rourke

[Nikola]

9 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

lol  Not even Bumrah with  2 five test series will reach 300 easily let alone 1 test series guy like Nahid Rana, 2 test series guy like Will o rourke

You are right, for Rana it can be 200-250 wickets target, bangladesh should start playing more test cricket, they have a decent team, at least for home conditions.

[vvvslaxman]

Oval pitch is dead as a dodo. England will rue the fact that rew spilt two chances. No pun intented

[cowboysfan]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

Easy drop. How the heck James rew barely managed to touch it . 

that was a sitter,Pant probably dives with 2 hands for that one.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, cowboysfan said:

that was a sitter,Pant probably dives with 2 hands for that one.

 

He missed another chance whcih was also catchable. Ball was well within his range.