NZ V England second test

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

What a talent Harry Brook is. Extraordinary.

I'm getting really bored of Zak Crawley now though. Test average of barely 27 after 30-odd Tests - yes, he is clearly talented, and that will get him to a respectable score every once in a while, but in most games he's a passenger. Is he really a luxury we can afford long-term?

 

[PL2 3DQ]

Fantastic from Root and Brook.

The way back in for Bairstow could be to replace Crawley, he has opened for England in other formats and the way England play in Tests with the traditional and accumulating way an opener used to play long gone there could be an 'opening' for Bairstow in the Ashes.

 

[Nick McFarlane]

Watched until lunch it was good to see Root playing more reserved cricket, he doesn't need to try to score quick just let the others do that. Especially when you have the talent of Brooks batting with you. Root is a great player when he plays in his own style.

 

[The Pilgrim]

Brook is currently averaging over 100 in tests. I know its only his 7th game but that's ridiculous. 807 runs so far, the record for fastest to 1000 is 12 innings so he's got the rest of this innings, 2nd innings here and 1st innings against Ireland to score another 193 to break that record.

 

[Bernie Bernbaum]

Amazing by Brook but he's new. Let's see if bowlers will eventually work out his weaknesses. Everybody has them.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

Fantastic from Root and Brook.

The way back in for Bairstow could be to replace Crawley, he has opened for England in other formats and the way England play in Tests with the traditional and accumulating way an opener used to play long gone there could be an 'opening' for Bairstow in the Ashes.

Interesting idea. It feels a bit like a square peg in a round hole, but as you say he has prospered as an opener in white-ball cricket. I'm surprised he hasn't been tried as an opener in Tests given how many players have had an unsuccessful stint there.

I wonder whether Crawley's best position is down the order ultimately. I wouldn't want to bowl at him if he came in at 200/3 or whatever, but he seems to be such a cheap wicket for fresh bowlers with a new ball.

 

[Joe Totale]

I'd like to see Crawley given some time out of the firing line. Have a rest after this series then if he scores plenty of runs in the forthcoming County Cricket season then I'd be happy for him to come back. There is some talent there but right now any decent bowler has worked him out.

For now I'd be keen for Bairstow to have a go with opening. His form was so good last year it's not fair to leave him out.

 

[Ottawa Green]

Brook adds only 2 runs before out
Harry Brook c & b Henry 186
Root hit a reverse 6 to bring up the 300 partnership
362/5 Ben Stokes c sub (SC Kuggeleijn) b Wagner 27
363/6 Ben Foakes st †Blundell b Bracewell 0
389/7 Stuart Broad lbw b Bracewell 14
401/7
425/8 Ollie Robinson c Southee b Henry 18
Root 153no
435/8 Dec

 

[Ottawa Green]

NZ 1/1 Devon Conway c †Foakes b Anderson 4
7/2 Kane Williamson c †Foakes b Anderson 4
21/3 Will Young c †Foakes b Anderson 2
60/4 Tom Latham c Root b Leach 35
77/5 Henry Nicholls c Pope b Leach 30
96/6 Daryl Mitchell c Pope b Leach 13
Tea
103/7 Michael Bracewell c & b Broad 6

 

[Ottawa Green]

LIVE
2nd Test, Wellington, February 24 - 28, 2023, England tour of New Zealand
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England
435/8d

New Zealand
(0.4 ov) (f/o) 209 & 4/0
Day 3 - Session 1: New Zealand trail by 222 runs.

 

[Ottawa Green]

LIVE
2nd Test, Wellington, February 24 - 28, 2023, England tour of New Zealand
PrevNext

England
435/8d

New Zealand
(90.5 ov) (f/o) 209 & 222/4
Day 4 - Session 1: New Zealand trail by 4 runs.

Henry Nicholls c Brook b Robinson 29

 

[Ottawa Green]

New Zealand lead by 3 runs

297/5

Daryl Mitchell c Root b Broad 54

NZ lead by 71

303/5

 

[Ottawa Green]

LUNCH
2nd Test, Wellington, February 24 - 28, 2023, England tour of New Zealand
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England
435/8d

New Zealand
(113 ov) (f/o) 209 & 325/5
Day 4 - Session 1: New Zealand lead by 99 runs.

 

[Ottawa Green]

NZ 400/5

led by 174

411/5
Williamson 105no, Blundell 58no

Tea 423/5

 

[Ottawa Green]

WOW look who broke the stand
Kane Williamson c †Foakes b Brook 132

455/6