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Notes from the Basin #2

Notes from the Basin #2

A very short and bleak summation of a hopelessly lopsided day two cut mercifully short by the mother-in-law ($).

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Dec 07, 2024
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England 280 & 378 for 5 (Bethell 96, Duckett 92, Root 73*, Brook 55); NZ 125 (Atkinson 4-31, Carse 4-46)

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No faffing around here.

If you’re a New Zealand fan, the first session of day two will forever stand as one of the grisliest two hours of cricket you’ll witness.

If you’re in the Black Caps’ leadership group, on-field or off, it should stand as two of the most mortifying hours you’ll endure.

Awful.

Just sheer, unmitigated awfulness from the moment Brydon Carse tilted Tom Blundell to Jacob Bethell swaying out of the way of a Will O’Rourke quasi-bumper to signal the end of the session.

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