International cricket thread

Yeah, poor enough response by Ireland, well beaten..

New Zealand punished for some awful catching and poor general fielding by the West Indies. Inexcusable some of them. Defending champs on the back foot to get out of the group now assuming England will top it.

India and Pakistan about as competitive as when the men play. No handshakes again and broadcaster used the same trick of having the scorecard on the screen instead.

Catching and fielding has been really poor so far. Even Australia had a few go down. I don't mind the different type of cricket the women play, slower bowling and loopy spinners and less sixes but bad fielding is a bit of a turnoff.

4 changes for England for the second test which will be at the Oval on Wednesday. Archer returns in place of Atkinson and Matt Fisher will play just his second test match as he replaces the injured Ollie Robinson.

Two debuts with Jordan Cox coming in at number 7 after he hit a double hundred at the weekend for Sussex and Sonny Baker is given an opportunity. He has taken 22 wickets this season in the First Division as England opt for a 4-man pace attack with Bashir left out. Bethell and Root will provide the spin option if needed.

Jamie Smith may also miss out as his partner is expecting their second child any moment and that would lead to a debut for James Rew which could mean 3 debuts which is chaotic to say the least.

Gay, Duckett, Bethell, Root (c), Smith (wk), Cox, Archer, Fisher, Tongue, Baker.

He was absolutely dreadful last year but has looked decent this year to be fair. England banking on his traits no doubt.

Jamie Smith will miss the second test after his second child was born today. James Rew will make his debut as his replacement and take over the gloves.

Gay, Duckett, Bethell, Root (c), Brook, J Rew (wk), Cox, Archer, Fisher, Tongue, Baker. Fair to say that's as random an England team as we've ever seen.

Henry Nicholls will slot in at number 3 in place of the retired Kane Williamson. Matt Henry has been declared fit after his back issues. New Zealand will only confirm their team at the toss in the morning.

The weather for the Oval is the complete opposite of the first test with clear blue skies for all 5 days. It should be a cracking pitch to win the toss on and bat, bat and bat some more.

difficult first 10 overs for NZ. Conway gone for 9 and only 19 runs on the board now after 10 overs. 🤔 NZ batsmen being very watchful as well they might need to be, looks like lots of late swing and some nip in this wicket.

Only caught the last hour or so. Archer and Phillips had a proper ding dong battle. Great stuff from both. Phillips will have a few nasty bruises but he's still in. Bethell bowled fine but gifted a few wickets.

dreadful start by England, conceding a plethora of boundaries, extras and now dropping catches. Load of really poor half trackers masquerading as bouncers…begging to be hit.

you can hear in Nasser’s voice on comms how bewildered and frustrated he is by what he’s watching… dumb bowing, both in execution and a tactical standpoint. Michael Atherton now joining in, he’s scathing about what he’s seeing from England…… “movement, carry and bounce, find a length !”

Duckett's short little legs were never making that run dive or no dive. It was a terrible call from Gay especially when they were flying along. It wasn't like the scoreboard was stuck and something had to give.

Gay after doing so well gets out to a shocker of a shot, neither played or left just hung hands and bat awkwardly out beside him. Yeah seeing the replay again Duckett was done for anyway just a poor call to run…

Don’t know why they don’t play Bethell down the order.

Will take a miracle for England to get out of this hole. Far too many changes and upheaval, it's not really a surprise. New Zealand are too good to not capitalise.

One all going to Trent Bridge, what will England even look like. Stokes and Atkinson straight back in surely. Robinson too if fit. Cox I like but with Archer the best of what's left, it might have to be the second innings for him to make his mark.

Haven't had the opportunity to catch much of this match but NZ slowly turning the screw here on England...lead nearing 200...8 wickets in hand.

Great start here with the ball by Ireland against New Zealand.

Ireland going OK. 33/1 off 6. 106 off 14 to win...

New Zealand women have been abysmal this World Cup. As defending champs they've been a real let down.