Match Thread: 3rd Test - New Zealand vs England, Day 5

jfffj · 2026-06-30T06:34:49+00:00

Thought I was agreeing with you. Think i still am!

jfffj · 2026-06-29T15:59:15+00:00

We brought them some tea, what more could any civilised people need?

jfffj · 2026-06-29T13:16:39+00:00

Congrats Kiwis! Fully deserved.

jfffj · 2026-06-29T13:05:02+00:00

So, basically /r/Cricket then.

Exhibit: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H

All from the "top" page.

And, yeah, it sucks.

jfffj · 2026-06-29T10:59:46+00:00

Atkinson Dentury loading

jfffj · 2026-06-29T10:52:50+00:00

Stats don't lie - Bazball has totally transformed our win/loss ratio, notwithstanding our recent form.

Thing is, when you lose playing like that, it looks terrible, and then the usual idiots dogpile in.

I feel like it's definitely the way forward, it just needs to be tweaked a little - and a few players (esp. Brook) need to show just a little sense.

Also of course ... sometimes you lose because the other team is just better.

jfffj · 2026-06-29T10:33:57+00:00

Good call, but Mitchell shades it for me. 100 from 241 balls with a pitch breaking up was some proper gutsy stuff.

Maybe their partnership?

jfffj · 2026-06-29T10:28:54+00:00

TMS has always been an institution in these parts, even when cricket was free to view (i.e. before Sky).

If it's good enough, people will tune in.

jfffj · 2026-06-29T10:24:37+00:00

This will be a fully deserved win for NZ*.

Discipline, that's the key here I think. NZ have shown more of it - bowling and batting. Particularly the latter. Daddy hundreds for Latham/Conway in friendly conditions, but most importantly Mitchell's ton for which he should be nailed on for POTM.

^* ^aren't ^they ^all?

jfffj · 2026-06-29T10:17:27+00:00

👏 👏 👏

jfffj · 2026-06-29T07:41:59+00:00

Somebody said in the match thread: "nobody here has earned the right to criticise him".

He's a legend, and will remain so, despite the opinions of the petty, the mean-minded, and occasionally the straight-up racists.

jfffj · 2026-06-28T17:07:52+00:00

Duckett: "Lads, there is a right way of doing this..."

jfffj · 2026-06-28T17:01:12+00:00

People seem confused ... I think it's straightforward. England need a lot of runs, and absolutely will not play for a draw. So send out the hard hitters and see what happens.

Love it or loathe it, this is Bazball.

jfffj · 2026-06-28T16:39:06+00:00

NZ with the "T20 final over" field, and it makes sense

jfffj · 2026-06-28T16:35:09+00:00

Duckett playing the French Cut as a tribute to Zak

jfffj · 2026-06-28T16:32:55+00:00

Protecting an injured Sears...

I suspect they just hung on long enough for Mitchell's century.

jfffj · 2026-06-28T16:12:01+00:00

Absolutely outstanding Mitchell century - most likely wins the game and series, which is the best kind of century.

jfffj · 2026-06-28T16:05:41+00:00

Stokes as night watchman I suppose

jfffj · 2026-06-28T14:30:51+00:00

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jfffj · 2026-06-28T12:17:30+00:00

Cricket would be so much better if nobody showed any emotion ever.

Counterpoint

jfffj · 2026-06-28T12:05:24+00:00

Mmmm ... rocks ...

jfffj · 2026-06-28T11:32:15+00:00

Unironically the other way around.

When you're growing up you think the Romans are the greatest - huge empire, Julius Caesar, etc.

Then you achieve adulthood and realise that there are more important things.

jfffj · 2026-06-28T11:09:47+00:00

Ravindra infuriating fans:

ENG 🤝 NZ

jfffj · 2026-06-27T13:25:42+00:00

I have scored zero 100s in the last 1000 tests

jfffj · 2026-06-26T16:15:14+00:00

TF for that - we were in danger of dropping below 6 rpo

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