Cricket Banter

A new name to some is the Hampshire pace bowler John Turner.

Yesterday, the death of former Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak was all over social media after a teammate Henry Olonga had been misinformed. After an exchange between the 2, Olonga posted his mistake hours later. Streak put out his own statement & expressed his sadness that news of this nature could spread without it being verified.

1st T20 - Chester-le-Street

England v New Zealand

Eng won toss and field

NZ: 139/9 - (20 overs) Phillips 41, Allen 21
Carse 3/23, L. Wood 3/37

England: 143/3 - (14 overs) Malan 54, Brook 43no
Sodhi 1/23, Southee 1/25

England won by 7 wickets.

2nd T20 - Old Trafford

England v New Zealand

Eng won toss and bat

England: 198/4 (20 overs) Bairstow 86no, Brook 67.
Sodhi 2/44

NZ: 103 all out (13.5 overs) Seifert 39
Atkinson 4/20, Rashid 2/18

England won by 95 runs and lead series 2-0.

3rd T20 - Edgbaston

England v New Zealand

NZ won toss and bat

NZ: 202/5 (20 overs) Allen 83, Phillips 69
Atkinson 2/31

England: 128 all out (18.3 overs) Buttler 40
Jamieson 3/23, Sodhi 3/33

New Zealand won by 74 runs

England lead series 2-1.

England replace Sam Curran & Carse with Jordan & Luke Wood.
New Zealand replace Ferguson & Milne with Henry & Jamieson.

4th T20 - Trent Bridge

England v New Zealand

Eng won toss and bat

England: 175/8 (20 overs) Bairstow 73
Santner 3/30, Sodhi 2/21

New Zealand: 179/4 (17.2 overs,) Seifert 48, Phillips 42
Ahmed 2/27

New Zealand won by 6 wickets.
Series drawn 2-2.

(16-08-2023 18:56 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  England ODI Squad v New Zealand & CWC 2023 Provisional Squad
Buttler ©, Ali, Atkinson, Bairstow, S Curran, Livingstone, Malan, Rashid, Root, Roy, Stokes, Topley, Willey, Woakes, Wood

Harry Brook has been added as batting cover to the NZ ODI Squad, he was already one of the travelling reserves for the CWC.

I'm all for loyalty, but don't you just pick your best players, especially for a World Cup.
Brook is already one of the best batting talents not just in England but the World. He has form on his side & would push out either Roy or Malan, not bothered which one, both have patchy form, maybe Malan sneaks in as a left hander, Livingstone has been both short of form & cricket, but his legspin/offspin option helps his case for inclusion.
One excuse for Brook's omission was that he hadn't played any 50 over cricket for a few years, but neither have any other England star, at least on a domestic level now that the One Day Cup is played alongside The Hundred.

England v Ireland ODI Squad
R Ahmed, H Brook, B Carse, Z Crawley ©, B Duckett (vc) S Hain, W Jacks, C Overton, M Potts, P Salt, G Scrimshaw, J Smith, L Wood

1st Sept 20 Headingly
2nd Sept 23 Trent Bridge
3rd Sept 26 Bristol

ENG v NZ 1st ODI Cardiff
Toss NZ elected to field.
ENG 80-0 (15 overs) Malan 54 Brook 25 no