This game was there to be won. Scared of losing? Pathetic.
Lost opportunity because of gutless captain. More tea and cakes at the end though so quite a pleasant day!!!!
Gutless and cowardly
posted on 6/6/21
I totally agree, very negative from England. Quite pathetic really.
However, I also think other nations are equally as negative. I’ve seen many teams in recent years go for the safe draw instead of the win.
Most sports nowadays are full of wimps, that’s why old grandpas are still dominating.
posted on 6/6/21
Williamson threw down the gauntlet; Root picked it up and wiped his arrse with it. Crowd must be pleased.
posted on 6/6/21
It appeared that the captain had no faith in the team to chase a total that was within their capability. Maybe he had Googled run chases and got scared. Root is a good batsman but there are other players who could do role of Capta
posted on 6/6/21
To not even give it a go was pathetic but alot of test playing teams would have done the same
Love test cricket but this is not a good advert
posted on 6/6/21
Had bairstow and Buttler been playing I think england would have gone did it... Infact don’t think NZ would have declared at 273 ahead. Never a chance with current line up
posted on 7/6/21
Surprised by this reaction tbh - I fully expected England to collapse and lose . Was pretty relieved we got a draw.
posted on 13/6/21
Now the decision to make no attempt to win the first test looks even worse.
posted on 13/6/21
comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
Now the decision to make no attempt to win the first test looks even worse.
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Not to me. To me it justifies my belief that we would have lost that match as well.
posted on 13/6/21
I’d rather lose 2-0 trying to win than lose 1-0 trying not to lose.
posted on 13/6/21
comment by JustTrue (U13155)
posted 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
I’d rather lose 2-0 trying to win than lose 1-0 trying not to lose.
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This