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Great start to the series by the Aussies. Hopefully England's recent performance in the West Indies is a good indicator of how they will perform in the Ashes series! That said, looking to the second test, do the Aussie's have a selection dilemna? If Rogers is fit, does he come in for Marsh? Or...

Great result for NZ! Reckon they would've started favourites had there been a 3rd test given the momentum they would've taken away from Headingley. If the Lords test had gone slightly different, they could've taken a comprehensive 2-0 victory away from this series, leaving England in all sorts...

Points well made, and as a new poster here I'll take it on board. NZ are indeed 3rd on the ICC rankings - fantastic achievement, though they haven't had the good results sustained over an extended period, hence they are not really in the "big boy" category & are playing a 2 match series, not a...

Pity if the match is to be ruined by the weather. All things being equal, NZ could well knock Eng off here.

My humblest apologies Shasivardhan sir, I will show more respect for cricket while posting from here on.

Celtic actually. Although Liverpool is my preferred Eng team as my g/f is from there, & "5 European Cups" sounds better than "1 European Cup"! Would I be way off the mark guessing you are a Man Utd fan that has never been to Manchester / doesn't know where Manchester is on the map?

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but by "big boys", I meant the team playing the big 5 match series in England following this 2 match warm up act.

I don't know - can you elaborate?

NZ are reinventing cricket? That's drawing a long bow isn't it?

Blaming it on the IPL is a cop out. Day 1 - NZ had them by the balls, decent fight back from England though. Day 2 - NZ back on top Day 3 - NZ still in the box seat Day 4 - Game slipping away from NZ Day 5 - NZ p*ssed it away I thought that Eng (not surprisingly) batted too long on the 5th...

Not many teams make 520 in their first dig and lose from there. Seem to remember Eng making 550 in first dig in Adelaide during the 2006/07 Ashes and losing. Any other instances of 500+ in first dig and losing a test?

Any chance Cook is going to declare early enough on Day 5 to give Eng a realistic chance of taking 10 wickets?

Looking back through this thread, a few chaps have egg on their face re Steve Smith!!!