Andrew Alderson: Newstalk ZB Sport reader on the latest at Hagley Oval between the Black Caps and England

The Black Caps still have some work to do in Day 2 of their opening test against England at Hagley Oval.

The hosts were bowled out for 348 at the start of the day, but England continue to chase down their target, buoyed by a century for Harry Brook.

The high point for the Black Caps’ bowling efforts has been Nathan Smith, who bagged two wickets in the opening session.

Newstalk ZB Sport reader Andrew Alderson joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
For ever du for ze Ellen.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
So the Black Cats are still on top. At Hagley Oval,
on day two of their Test match against England, New
Zealand was bowled out for three hundred and forty eight.
Came Williamson top scored on ninety three the English last
time I checked with two hundred and sixty one for five,
and Andrew Ordison is at the ground for us.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Then zaid me, hey, orders greeting's heather, would you say? Look,
I've seen.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
Just how he approximated his seventh Test century not long ago.
So he's moved through to one hundred and four. But
in New Zealand still holding on here, but England looking
well in contention now moving to two sixty four for
five with the Stokes out there as well in a
couple of gus Etkinson's had a Test century, so there's
still plenty of work to do for this New Zealand

(00:41):
bowling attack.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Was I getting ahead of myself when I said we're
still on top?

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Well you're technically creep Yeah, Well I've ever know I
need to be wrong.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Oh you carry on like that and you have a
place on the show forever. Hey tell me you impressed
with Nathan Smith.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
I was it.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
I thought he was really whippy that actually brings his
shoulder over and really gets that ball through.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
He was bowling the sort of mid one thirties from
what I could see.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
But they were to get two wickets with his first
nine balls in Test cricket, which was a terrific Evitt
would have had more too. But the reason he's in
to let themselves down of it here, that is these
four dropped catches in the field.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Tom Lathan dropped a couple we saw.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Devin Conway dropped one out on the boundary as well,
and yeah, just there was just an ef by Glen
Phillips as well on the slips of Phillips made up
for it with the spectacular diving effort to remove Olie
Pope and that brought that partnershore one fifty one for
the fifth wicket to an end. They came together a
seventy one for four, so distmissed Pope. I think Pope

(01:45):
made seventy seven, but that was a crucial wicket.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
What did you make of Russian Ravendra yesterday? Did you
notice this where he got the edge and the English
didn't realize that actually caught him.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Yeah, I did see that, Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean
I don't think anyone realizes that in the edge maybe right,
and did I don't know, but it's unusual for teams
not to go up for an appeal, that's for sure.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
It must have been an absolute feather. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
And what are you making of the fact that it's
been pointed out to be by some of the guys
here in the newsroom that actually England is bowling really slowly.
I'm not sure that they're clearing ninety overs a day,
is that.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
We Yeah, I thought that was exceptionally so.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
I think they only got through eighty three overs yesterday
and you tend to get fined by the ICC for that,
by the match referee at the game's end, but.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Equally you also get and it's.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
Not going to affect thing on that much because they're
not in contention for the World Test Championship, but you
get points doctor as well if METS referee David Boone
decides that that is indeed the case. But it's actually
it's cheating spectators really because they're not seeing the ninety
overs that they've paid for or should be getting. So
it's a bit unfortunate TOI on their part. They need
to get a bit more spring on the step.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Fair enough orders. Now, do you have to actually work
full time or are you allowed to have a little
brew here and there?

Speaker 1 (03:03):
No, I'm working full time here. No, no opportunity for
forty winks here. You know, just such a nice day.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
It's beautiful. It's a little chilly in the tent, but
I'm not complaining. I mean, you know, obviously it's but
it's lovely out here, just outside at the moment. And yeah,
just quite a barmie afternoon. Really perhaps chilling down a touch,
but just a light breeze coming across the ground I
think from the east at the moment. In just extremely
pleasant conditions, a pretty full, crowded friday.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Somebody just said to me and my headphones, he loves
the buffet. What does that mean.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
I'm fond of a fond of lining up for a
decent fee here. It's part of the joys of covering
it here.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
I'll tell you what. The The caramel slice was a treat,
as I was described by a British do.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
You know, as millionaires short bread and I just had
a bit of that with a cup of earl gray,
and that was delightful.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
Oh yum orders. Thank you for that. Andrew Ordison ended
me cricket commentator on my immediately I need. I have
this like burning desire to eat a Cara More slice.
It's not normal, by the way, this is not a
normal impulse that I'm feeling. This is what happens when
you tell a pregnant lady about something delicious, like immediately,
I have to have it. So anyway, I'm a bit
stuck here, aren't I in a chair talking to you?

(04:17):
But at some stage, Star, we'll have that. Actually.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
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