Cricket

[Connor]

Anyone know if it's a half nine or ten start tonight?

BBC sport app has it down as 9:45

 

[Cool_Blue]

Pope should try using his bat here, currently looking like a no.11

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Uh oh

 

[Cool_Blue]

Should have batted NZ out of the game, not enforced the follow on

 

[ToffeeTim]

Should have batted NZ out of the game, not enforced the follow on

Agree, but I think Stokes is smart enough to take it on the chin and learn from it

That was a really poor innings by Pope. Didn't look settled at any time, and his feet were all over the place.

 

[Connor]

What are you doing lads

 

[ToffeeTim]

Well that was just plain stupid

 

[ToffeeTim]

Stokes captaincy has won many many games, but it single handedly lost this one. It was always going to happen at some point. It is what it is

 

[tommye]

WTactualF did Joe Root just do ffs

 

[Old Blue 2]

Blown it, surely blown it...

 

[ToffeeTim]

There might have been a single there to me but not sure about in test cricket

 

[tommye]

Blown it, surely blown it...

Root and Stokes at the crease. Ain't over yet.

 

[PITA]

Just seen the Bracewell runout from yesterday. When Foakes hit the stumps was there nothing over the popping crease. Obviously he didn't ground his bat but it looked like his foot was grounded although they didn't show a proper frozen view of what happened.

 

[PITA]

Half-way there. 129-5.

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

Root and Stokes at the crease. Ain't over yet.

Correct, sadly.