First Test: New Zealand v England. 22-26 March.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Well done Broad on the 400. That's the story of the day.

[Arthur Crabtree]

What's even more annoying is that I have Wagner in my fantasy team, and he didn't even get a bowl.

Still, we have an early contender for best test bowling for the end of year awards.

If Waggy had bowled England might have scored 30.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Root, Malan, Stokes, Bairstow, Moeen scored two between them. Malan top scored with two.

27-9 at one point!

[meninblue]

Scorecard suggest England batters had no clues. 58 all out with 5 ducks. Worse scorecard than even a T10 match played in UAE.

Kiwis however having no major challenge in the batting innings. Leading by 41 and 8 wickets still intact. Massive favorites to win this test within 4 days unless rain comes to save. Not even Rabada's lawyer can save the match.

[Arthur Crabtree]

HA!

[Arthur Crabtree]

At least it wasn't England's lowest which was Sydney 1888. There are three below 52 scores v Australia in the nineteenth century, then two v WI more recently (Trinidad '94 and Jamaica '09. This is the lowest Test score since Pakistan made 49 in Jo'burg in 2013. Which was a month after NZ made 45 in Cape Town.

Might be a few sticky dogs in there.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/conten ... 45832.html

[Arthur Crabtree]

Anderson gets another wicket. NZ just 87 ahead. Kane still has the only score better than Overton's 33 not out.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Forecast suggesting there might not be any play after today until Monday.

[yuppie]

Forecast suggesting there might not be any play after today until Monday.

NZ obviously have enough runs on the board already.....

[bigfluffylemon]

Despite the 58 all out, the debate on TMS appears to be about how inferior England's bowling attack is and whether they should have played Wood instead of Overton.

It does look likely that play will be heavily disrupted for the next three days. England will be praying for a complete washout.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Well done to Kane. His innings was a complete anomaly.

[sussexpob]

I'd literally sack all the coaching staff, the director, the academy manager and draft up the Lions to play the second test.

I'm not even joking. Utter shambles. Rip it up and start again. Too many people getting an easy ride, no accountability, it's time for heads to roll.

[Alviro Patterson]

I'd literally sack all the coaching staff, the director, the academy manager and draft up the Lions to play the second test.

I'm not even joking. Utter shambles. Rip it up and start again. Too many people getting an easy ride, no accountability, it's time for heads to roll.

These England players are too pampered and behave like spoilt brats. I thought seeing England getting blown away at Wellington by Boult/Southee and slayed by McCullum in the World Cup was bad, but this took spectacular beating.

I'd make them fly home, ecomony class on a 51 hour flight with China Airways with a 18 hour stopover in Taiwan.

Anyone going to the IPL gets their NOC revoked and all central contracted players are made to play in the County Championship opener

[Arthur Crabtree]

Would be a vote of no confidence to replace the England team with a Lions side that just lost to WI A.

Hope there was at least no whistling.

[sussexpob]

The highlights make me confused. I feel like I am watching an instructional video the ECB have made for children to sit in a classroom and watch in PE entitled "Cricket: How not to play the game. An Introduction to bad technique Part I". The ball swings, but only really Woakes got one that swung a long way and late. And he played so far outside of the line of the ball, its doubtful he'd have connected with a gun barrel straight delivery.

No footwork. Batsman planting feet and feeling for the ball. Utter and complete widespread failure to display the most basic and fundamental elements of the game. And there you go, fraction of consistent movement on offer and the ship sinks. Quite literally the worst display of test batting I have ever witnessed.