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Well, that wasn’t too hard. Brydon Carse thunders in, drops it short, and Southee toe-ends a pull shot into the deep where Gus Atkinson safely holds on.
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Hello, fellow night owls (in the UK), and welcome to our coverage of the second day’s play at the Hagley Oval. Christchurch looked a picture yesterday, and the game was pretty decent, too. New Zealand were 199 for three on a pitch that was green but hardly treacherous before England snapped back, Shoaib Bashir sneaking in an opening day four-for and Brydon Carse looking more and more like a very serious Test bowler. It ended 319 for eight, the visitors probably a touch happier.
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The morning should be fun, with Glenn Phillips (41*) and Tim Southee (more Test sixes than Virender Sehwag) out in the middle, up against the second new ball. Once that wraps up – something’s gone horribly wrong with England if not – we could end up getting a glimpse of Jacob Bethell, the debutant in at No 3.
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Feel free to share your thoughts, queries, midnight snack suggestions, favourite Denzel film, general life wisdom, whatever makes you happy.
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main events
90 overs: New Zealand 341-9 (Phillips 55, O'Rourke 0) Phillips hits Wakes with his back foot through the cover and breaks through the four-four. England's attacking leader was not looking himself this morning, but almost found Phillips' outside edge with an outswinger. A hoop inswinger ends the over but can't shake off the towering O'Rourke.
Glenn Phillips' half-century!
89 overs: New Zealand 335-9 (Phillips 50, O'Rourke 0) Phillips breaks through offside to create room to beat Kearse, finds third man and sprints back to two. Phillips needs a sharp dive to get to the ground. With the pull shot, No. 7 completed his half-century, his fifth in Test cricket. O'Rourke has to deal with the last two balls of the over, and he does.
88 overs: New Zealand 332-9 (Phillips 47, O'Rourke 0) shot! Glenn Phillips scooped wide and sent Woakes over the keeper's head for four points.
Mark Beadle writes: “Are they trying to instill confidence in Woakes here? Wouldn't England be better off using Atkinson alongside Kearse?” Or will Bashir also target Michel? ”
I get your point, but it makes sense to entrust Woakes with new ball if that's his primary skill set. But he wasn't at his best.
87 overs: New Zealand 327-9 (Phillips 43, O'Rourke 0) Oops. Phillips top-edged the ball from Kearse onto his helmet, causing part of the lid to come off. Good to see he's doing well and requesting a new helmet. Play resumes and Phillips shows his willingness to take on everything…he finds a little bit of luck. He sticks his bat and edges Root at slip. People who cannot continue diving with one hand on their right side. It's a tough chance.
Damian Clarke read my foreword and contributed the following:
Thoughts: Please let me sleep.
Question: Why are extra characters added to the refrigerator abbreviation?
Night snack suggestion: Toasted crumpets with a criminal amount of butter and strawberry jam.
Favorite Denzel movie: An impossible question. Can I have it all? If not, he is the one who hurt many people. I like him hurting people.
General Life Tip: Never eat yellow snow.
Whatever makes you happy: See question 1.
86 overs: New Zealand 326-9 (Phillips 42, O'Rourke 0) Phillips tried to hit Woakes back against Birmingham, but misread the late ball and the swing of his bat only caught the Christchurch air. Woakes momentarily loses control of his inswinger and Ollie Popes collects it well down the leg side. Another leg side take is needed, but Pope can't hold on and escapes with a leg bye.
85 overs: New Zealand 325-9 (Phillips 42, O'Rourke 0) Kearse shows a bouncer to Will O'Rourke, but also sends in an outswinger with a 6-7 stump who is safely left alone.
Wicket! Southie C Atkinson B Carse 15 (New Zealand 325-9)
Well, it wasn't that difficult. Brydon Kearse dived hard and dropped it short, and Southie hit a toe-end pull shot deep and Gus Atkinson kept it safe.
84 overs: New Zealand 325-8 (Phillips 42, Southie 15) And we're off. Phillips quickly got up and started running with one leg side clip on. Tim Southey was having fun, jumping down the pitch and slamming Woakes to the ground for four. Don't worry about swinging the new ball. Southee hit a gentle outswinger into the covers and ended the over in one.
Before I get into it, I really like New Zealand's No. 7 Glenn Phillips.as a game changer for specialists. He hits hard with his bat, his average batting average as a pitcher is less than 30, and he is an insane fielder. He goes central with Tim Southee and Chris Woakes takes the ball away.
Details of Ali's first day coverage. Kane is back.
Tom V d Gucht writes: “This is a great list of number three debutants and a reminder of how fallible our memories can be. Trott could have sworn he was hitting three when he was replaced by Bopara in the 2009 Ashes. Who did it in that game?
It was Ian Bell! Trott came on at five o'clock next to Paul Collingwood.
I would also like to share this that was passed on to me by another OBO colleague, Tom Davies.. A group is running a marathon in memory of friend Josh Baker, a Worcestershire spinner who died in May this year. Learn more here.
We'll probably see Jacob Bethel take a walk at No. 3 later today. My colleague Rob Smith passed away. This very useful #3 list of England men's Test debutants. Four games into this century, Rehan Ahmed was on duty as a night watchman and Jason Roy was scheduled to open the game against Ireland (Jack Leach came on in his place and hit 92). . The other two are Owais Shah and Tom Westley, the former scoring 88 against India and the latter scoring 59 against South Africa. They remained the highest scores on the test. Roy's best record of 72 off 78 balls also came on his debut.
Ali Martin is our field guy.here is his first day report. Great intro.
preamble
Hello night owls (based in the UK), welcome to our coverage of the second day of play at Hagley Oval. Yesterday's game in Christchurch was a great game. New Zealand made 199 for three on a green but hardly dangerous pitch before England hit back, with Shoaib Bashir sneaking four fours on the opening day and Brydon Kearse becoming an increasingly serious Test bowler. It looked like. The number of participants was 319 out of 8, and the audience was probably a little satisfied.
It should be a fun morning as Glenn Phillips (41*) and Tim Southee (who has more Test sixes than Virender Sehwag) come into the middle to face the second new ball. Once that is over, if not, something has gone horribly wrong in England, we might get a glimpse of Jacob Bethell, who made his debut at number three.
Feel free to share your thoughts, questions, late night snack suggestions, favorite Denzel movies, general life wisdom, and anything else that makes you happy.
