The Cricket Thread 2016

[Chris Jameson]

As I'm not working next Tuesday I had a check to see if they are doing cheap tickets if it goes to a fifth day and was pleasantly surprised to see that tickets are £15.00 for the fourth day. Depending on the weather might take advantage of that!

[PaulWinch again]

Struggling now.

[ACVilla]

Does Tom Latham remind anyone else of Mark Lathwell?

[aj2k77]

Honours even I'd say, we've got to stop dropping catches. The one Ballance put down would have been meat and drink for Jordan at slip.

[Villan For Life]

That's a remarkable run rate for a weather-reduced day of test cricket. If the Kiwis could tone down the one day influence in their test cricket they would be a top team.

I've not seen any of the play and only caught the last hour on TMS. Vaughan, Swann and Aggers were critical of our bowling. I think if you take 8 wickets in a shortened day you're doing alright.

[tomd2103]

Another day of intriguing test cricket.  Got the feeling tomorrow will be a crucial day.  They won't want to hang around so the game should move at a fair pace.  Fingers crossed for Adam Lyth when it's our turn to bat.

[PaulWinch again]

Brilliant day. We need to knock them over quick now.

[PaulWinch again]

It is alarming how quickly we forget to bowl at the stumps. Poor this morning.

[PaulWinch again]

Stop fucking bowking short. It staggers me how dumb we are sometimes.

[PaulWinch again]

Terrible tactics.

[Percy McCarthy]

How did it end up today? Not risking looking at BBC Sport.

[Chris Jameson]

I was delighted for Lyth today until I found out he's an Arsenal supporter, so bollocks to him.*



*Give it a couple of days and I'll be genuinely happy for him.

[Chris Jameson]

New Zealand 350
England 253/5

[PaulWinch again]

Pretty dismal after the Lyth dismissal.

[PaulWinch again]

Bell has got to be sailing very close to the wind now. This is a real shambolic collapse.