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Mar 26, 2008 1:00:03 GMT
Post by DazaB_WCFC on Mar 26, 2008 1:00:03 GMT
Tim Southee. Utterly gorgeous and just played one of the finest, most entertaining, somewhat hilarious test innings ever. Excellent stuff Sir - come and play for Worcs
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Mar 26, 2008 1:03:44 GMT
Post by DazaB_WCFC on Mar 26, 2008 1:03:44 GMT
T. Southee...not out....77....40 balls....4 fours....9 sixes
0039: WICKET - Martin b Sidebottom 5, NZ 431 all out - ENGLAND WIN BY 121 RUNS AND WIN SERIES 2-1 At last - Siders yorks Martin with a simple straight one and England fall across the line. That's the match and the series, England's first series win away from home for three years. Southee the Dashing Blade is left high on 77. England crack open the beers in the dressing-room and heave enormous sighs of relief.
Thanks for your company for the last few nights - tremendous work on the emails. See you for the home series in a few weeks' time...
0033: NZ 430-9 A white-faced Broad calls for his emergency Broad. Does Southee care? Of course not - he launches the gangler for two more sixes over midwicket, one of which lands on the roof of the grandstand. Southee now has 76, his highest-ever score, off 38 balls, and is New Zealand's top scorer in this innings. Nine sixes and four fours. So far.
From Ethan in Paris: "Just out of interest, has anyone ever won a Test with the number 10 and 11 scoring tons?"
0029: NZ 416-9 19-year-old Southee is ripping England apart - after missing one, he thumps Monts to the usual place - over midwicket - for another six. That's the fastest 50 in New Zealand Test history - a laughable 29 balls. Hold on - there's another four, edged to third man, and another one through cover. 17 off the over - since lunch, we've had 56 runs off five overs. And the first was a maiden. Just 137 more to win...
0026: NZ 399-9 Martin jabs at Anderson and gets an inside edge to fine leg for four. Chris Martin. Hitting a four. That's also the 50 partnership, quite possibly the first 50 partnership Martin has ever been part of. Southee has 45 of them.
0022: NZ 395-9 This is extraordinary - Southee now tears into Monty, clouting him way over mid-off for a massive six and then over midwicket for another maximum. After a brief breather with a two, he chances his arm again and batters it over midwicket again. Six more - 24 off the over, and Southee has blasted to 47 off 27 balls, with six sixes and two fours. Only England...
0019: NZ 371-9 Southee, all pistols blazing, backs away from Anderson's short one and smacks him out of the ground. Seriously. After a short delay while a new ball is found (the last one having landed in someone's cabbage patch halfway to Gisbourne) he dispatches the next one through cover for a blistering four. The comeback has begun.
0015: NZ 360-9 Monty to Martin, and the ferret (goes in after the rabbit) survives with surprising ease. Southee loosening his shoulders at the other end.
0011: We're back - how nigh is the end?
LUNCH
2330: NZ 360-9 Four slips in, short leg, leg slip, short extra cover, gully and point. Anderson lands a brutal snifter onto Martin's helmet first ball but then fails to dislodge him. A prodded single gives Southee the strike and he hoists an enormous six way over deep square leg. That's lunch. Could they not delay the interval? Have we not all got beds to go to?
2325: NZ 353-9 Massive swipe by Southee and Mont watches in amazement as the ball disappears for a maximum. One more over before lunch - can Jimmy see off the hapless Chris Martin? Hold on - Monty's going to slip....
From Darren Sheward: "If Sarah Green and Sarah Ferguson are going to the myspace party, fire up the Quattro and get me there pronto."
2320: WICKET - Vettori c Ambrose b Anderson 43, NZ 347-9
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