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The hosts had a bit of a stinker in the field yesterday, dropping several catches, and Harry Brook took advantage to post his seventh Test hundred and sixth away from home, which is just a bit ridiculous. He remains unbeaten on 132, with Ben Stokes, searching for form, alongside him on 37. England trail by 29, with five wickets still in the bag.
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Feel free to drop me a line with your thoughts, queries, views on where Ollie Pope should bat, favourite Lemsip flavour (I’m feeling a bit meh), whatever makes you happy.
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75 overs: England 324-5 (Brook 133, Stokes 41) Will O'Rourke takes the lead with six overs left until the second new ball becomes available. Brook goes for the strike, quickly moves away from it and hides behind the legside square for a one-for-one. Stokes throws his bat wide but it only connects with the air. He leaves the next well alone. Does he want a slash before the new ball? He hit a pull shot for four, setting up the stand of the century.
ben stokes and harry brookeeveryone smiles and heads towards the middle. Let's go.
“A rainy morning in Oakland,” writes Chris Pitts. “Assuming England can push this morning, how long will their lead be?”
England would probably be very happy if they could reach 450 and take a 100-point lead? Any lead feels like a worthy accomplishment considering where they were at lunch yesterday.
TalkSport provides radio communications for this serieshave My camera is broken!
Written by William Laneoffers some herbal wisdom.
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You can't go wrong with the classic lemon lemsip, but I like to make my own lemon and ginger mixture on the stove and stir in the powdered stuff. Add a tablespoon of honey to it as well and you're a winner.
To be honest, there's not much to say about the cricket itself, but it's all a bit 'classic England', isn't it? Riding their luck, they came within touching distance of the first innings score with a few wickets in hand, and then collapsed, conceding a sizeable score in the third innings before an all-time high chase in the fourth innings. Yawn….
Marc Quinn is having a good time. As you increase the temperature of the electric heater, your jealousy will increase. “Long time reader, first time writer… I’m on holiday in Christchurch so I thought I’d reach out to you. I really enjoyed watching Test cricket sitting barefoot on the grass bank and to boot yesterday It was a tough day. Yesterday's first session looked difficult, but it will be great for Stokes to reach a century in his hometown…”
Elsewhere in the test game, There's this crazy scorecard. Aside from the obvious “Sri Lanka, what are you doing?! Worth it.
Where would you like Olly Pope to bat? Despite playing a great knock at number six on the second day, he made it pretty clear.
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New Zealand vs England at Hagley Oval, third day could be a close match. Is this what Friday nights feel like?
The host team stunk a bit on the field yesterday, dropping a few catches, but Harry Brook took advantage of that to post his seventh Test hundred 6th Away from home, it's kind of ridiculous. He remains unbeaten on 132, with Ben Stokes, who is looking for form, level with him on 37. England are trailing by 29 with five wickets still in the bag.
Feel free to drop me a line with your thoughts, questions, thoughts on where Ollie Pope should bat, your favorite Lemsip flavor (I'm feeling a bit off) oh dear)whatever makes you happy.
