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New Zealand v England: first Test, day two – live! – The Guardian, Google News


1st over: New Zealand 0-0 (Raval 0, Latham 0)The ladz sing Jerusalem complete with actions; it’s extremely moving, I can tell you, but not as moving as the applause for it – by its singers – at its end. Broad starts from around – Raval, like Latham, is a lefty – but he’s pushing towards the stumps rather than the corridor, and a harmless maiden gives us Jofra.

… and the players …

Out come the umpires …

“An excellent alternative commentary can be found on iheart radio,”tweets Garrett Wong. “Search for alternative commentary collective@TheACCnz”.

That’s a decent show fromboth teams.England should have got more, but haven’t made as many away from home since 2017. New Zealand dropped a few, but if you lose the toss and field, being well in the game when you go into bat is acceptable.

WICKET! Broad b Wagner 1 (England all out 353)

Short ones, a full one, Broad plays on. You know the koo.

123 rd over: England – Leach

, Broad 1)A quiet over with one run from it; Broad gets off the mark with an edge.

“Spent ages on the Amiga trying‘ MUTHA **** ENKIWIB * STARDS ”’ for the infinite lives cheat, ”emails Alex McGillivray. Turned out to be ‘FLUFFYKIWIS’. ”

122 nd over: England – 9 (Leach 18, Broad 0)Can’t be many number 11 s with a Test best of 169. Wagner tries the usual plan to Broad, short then full, and they take a bye before Leach edges four. That takes England past 350 and, it is thought , everything from here is above par. Is it possible for a team to have a specialist tailender because I can’t see Leach doing a whole lot of bowling.

WICKET! Buttler c Santner b Wagner 43 (England – 9)

I don’t know about this – England were doing fine when Buttler decided to start waving the bat, and he does so again, picking out the man on the point fence. Though, in his defense, until just before the ball was bowled, Santner was over the boundary signing autographs – he had to race back to make the catch so it’s possible the batsman didn’t think there was a fielder there.

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121 st over: England 346 – 8 (Buttler 43, Leach 14)Buttler gets another life! He gets bored and toes an attempted something into the covers where Raval thinks Nicholls is going because he lines his hands up, and when Nicholls doesn’t go, he goes and doesn’t get his hands under it. Southee is unamused and they run two, then two more into the offside before four are whacked into the covers! A decisive over thus becomes an expensive one.

Talking of New Zealand, anyone remember this?

120 th over: England – 8 (Buttler 34, Leach 14)Buttler looks to force the issue but doesn’t get proper hold of a clip and pull. Nor does he get hold of a paddle that squirts to deep backward square; they run one, and the strike stays where England want it.

“At the risk of heresy, is it time to consider imposing a fielding restriction in test cricket as well as in limited overs?” Asks Brian Withington. “A minimum of say 2-3 in the ring, at least for the last two wickets of an innings?”

I don’t think so; it’s ok for the game to move slowly for a bit. The most significant factors here aren’t the fielders either, I don’t think, but the Kookaburra ball and the dry pitch.

119 th over: England 8 – Buttler 33, Leach 14)Southee gets some late movement into Leach, a similar ball to the one that got Curran, but Leach gets into a better position, on middle and in a line. He turns to backward square for one, then Buttler does likewise to point; this is going nicely for England now, sedate progress before Latham and Raval have to face the small matter of Jofra Archer.

There is live radio commentary onradiosport.co.nz, ”emails Ben Mimmack,“ which is accessible to overseas listeners in the US at least. ”

Thanks – I’d try to find it on TuneIn Radio too.

118 th over: England – Buttler, Leach 13)A leg bye gets Leach off strike immediately, and the boundary riders go out for Buttler; I doubt he’ll mind bunting it around though, and he shouldn’t. There’s not much going on and his partner looks solid, so he can “just bat”. Wagner then slings down a full bunger and Buttler chops it towards the fence, but picks out the sweeper and they have to make do with a brace.

117 th over: England – 8 (Buttler 30, Leach 13)Southee, who’s bowled well so far – it looks like Ferguson will take Wagner’s place at Hamilton – starts us off. Buttler takes one to mid off, then Leach drives to point, and England won’t mind that. They’re close enough to a decent total to cover the remaining distance slowly.

“Youngster Naseem steaming in at over 90 mph for his first over at the Gabba, ”emails Brian Withington,“ looks very promising. Warner and Burns off to a quick start though. ”

He looks amazing on Twitter, which is the main thing.

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At the Gabba, Nassem Shah – on debut, aged 16 –has the ball. Pah – at that age, some of us were spending all our money on CDs, cider and Embassy No1.

“Bumble and Ward look like they are having the time of their life on location in a stunning New Zealand,”says someone watching on sly at work. “Quick question, where do Rob Key and the like obtain blazers that sports pundits wear on tv? They are a boxy gray / white dot matrix style force of nature. I’m no fashion expert but I’ve never seen one in a shop and if your friend wore one when you met them you may have a fit. God I wish I was in New Zealand right now. ”

My parents actually are in New Zealand now, and have managed to avoid cricket at every juncture. As for the blazers, I can only imagine someone has a cache of them, marked “Barmitzvah attire 1984 – 1988 ”.

So, that was New Zealand’s morning.England started beautifully but then lost a flurry of wickets, and by the look of it will be dismissed for a total with which both sides can work. See you in 35 or so.

(th over: England) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** – Buttler (8) , Leach 12)Yup, one more over, and it’ll be Santner with it. I can’t see there’ll be much turn out there, and he doesn’t do enough with the ball to force it. Every time I see a something like this I think of Graeme Swann, and how rare he was: a spinner who got first innings wickets – and, of course, also contributed some of the most hilarious #bantz cricket has ever seen. Maiden.

(th over: England) – 8 (Buttler 29, Leach 12)Buttler’s had enough of the patting around, so slams a half-volley back over Boult’s head for six; Boult retorts with a wide. We might just get in one more over before lunch …

Leach is the most exciting tailender in Test cricketing history since Jason Gillespie, period, ”says Abhijato Sensarma. “Long live the Taunton Tendulkar!”

It’s a shame we don’t get to see him bat against the Burnley Lara – I bet he’d do better than the Mumbai original.

(th over: England) – 8 Buttler 23, Leach 12)If these two can take England towards 350, they’ll feel like every run is a bonus run. And there’s fair reason to think they can do that – the ball isn’t doing loads and there’s not much natural variation either, though Buttler then chucks a cross bat at one, which goes into the ground and to the keeper. The he stretches for a wide one and slices a single to third man, bringing Leach onto strike. Good luck, lads.

112 th over: England 320 – 8 (Buttler 21, Leach 12)Buttler spots Wagner’s knuckleball and lets it go by – the field is spread for him because they’re not really trying to get him out. Problem being that Leach is actually hard to get out too. Strange tactic, I’d say, and Buttler adds a single.

Jack Leach and Jos Buttler are digging in.
Jack Leach and Jos Buttler are digging in. Photograph: Gareth Copley / Getty Images

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110 th over: England 315 – 8) Buttler 19, Leach 10)A leg slip and a short leg suggest Leach is getting some glasses music, but as if that matters to the Little Schoolmaster. He plays out a maiden with relative ease; Buttler will now be allowed a turn.

109 th over: England 315 – 8 (Buttler 19, Leach 10)Jack Leachards hogging the strike here! He sees away five dots, then drives to cover where a dive prevents what might’ve been a boundary and they run one /

(th over: England) ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** – 8) Buttler 19, Leach 9)If you accept that tail-end runs are one of the greatest things going, Leach bats like an absolute dream – sometimes, nurdles are more amusing than swipes. He turns three around the corner, the only runs from the over.

107 th over: England – 8) Buttler 19, Leach 6)Oh have a look! The field is spread, but when you’re Jos Butler it doesn’t always matter, and he suddenly lifts Southee over mid on for a one-bounce four. That looked so easy. In commentary, they reckon this is a decent score, and also that England’s bowlers will bowl well in this track. The question, really, is how few they can get Williamson for, but back in the middle a single and a leg bye arrive before Buttler sidles across to open the face and send four to deep backward point. He can always get himself out, but hasn’t looked in any trouble at all so far.

106 th over: England – 8) Buttler 10, Leach 6)Wagner into the attack, which is, of course, no problem for Leach. Maiden.

“I see from my Sent Box that it’s been months since I emailed you in July, and nearly two years since my 03: 49 m missive during Ashes turmoil in Australia, ”says Brian Withingron. “Have I been lazy, or you reclusive? Anyway, great to see you compering the OBO again and expanding the repertoire with words likechleansesandMechaye– back in July it wasmeshuggenerythat had me reaching for the dictionary. Meanwhile it’s turning towards a (verkakte) session for England … ”

I am the world’s foremost expert in the vernacular of Jewish north London, 1988 – 1997. England did what they’re doing now for absolutely all of then

105 th over: England 301 – 8) Buttler 10, Leach 6)The one who’ll be proper vex with himself is Pope, who gave his wicket away. Anyway Leach flows four through extra cover; of course he does, and then nabs one to long leg.

“TMS link unfortunately doesn’t exist for overseas listeners when England are playing away,” says Richard Harman. “If the button isn’t visible for you on the BBC live cricket page then you can’t listen to TMS … said Richard with feeling ….”

Eeek. “Perhaps tell Nel Smith ( (st over (that there’s fine coverage at) @guerillacricketon TuneIn, YouTube , Simple Radio, Facebook andhttp://Guerillacricket.com, ”says @markzip.

104 th over: England – 8) Buttler 10, Leach 1)New Zealand are going to regret bringing Leach to the wicket – he’s been promoted above Broad, which definitely makes sense given there’s a batsman still out there and probably in any event. Leach immediately goes for a Red Bull single, but Nicholls shies at Buttler’s stumps and misses. What’s mad about this morning is that not long ago, New Zealand looked in trouble; then they took four for 18 in 3.1 overs.

WICKET! Archer c Southee b Bould (England 295 – 8)

You’ve got to absolutely rattle your entire corporeality laughing, you really do. Archer can’t decide what to do with a straight one then eventually decides to edge it to slip. England are magic.

Jofra Archer’s innings did not last long.
Jofra Archer’s innings did not last long. Photograph: Ross Setford / Reuters

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104 th over: England 295 – 7 (Buttler 9, Archer 4)Buttler takes one to midwicket then Archer opens the face and, though Santner chases it down and gets his hands off the ball as he crashes over the rope, he drops it outside the boundary.

103 rd over: England 290 – 7 (Buttler 9, Archer 0)Here we go and it’s not a bad one, beating Archer who moves across to flick it around and misses … but winds up with four byes added to the total.

WICKET UPHELD!

This is now a great morning for New Zealand! England are absolutely Englanding, and that’s drinks – after which Archer will face Southee’s hat-trick ball …

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WICKET! Curran lbw b Southee 0 (England 286 – 6)

Curran gets a first-baller! This is “very adjacent”, the ball swinging in and catching him so dead he’s almost reincarnated. Curran reviews because, well, um …

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