Thread: England v New Zealand: 1st Test Lord's,Thursday 15th May 2008.
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Old 18-05-2008, 12:13 PM in reply to Occasional Fan's post starting "So, here we are at the beginning of the..."
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Originally Posted by Occasional Fan View Post
But England might be in with a chance: if they can put 350 on the board today, an overnight declaration just might give them time to win the match tomorrow.
But England's record of so far taking the light every time it's been offered suggests that they're not likely to do anything overly aggressive like you're suggesting.

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The forecast looks OK for the next two days - let's just hope that the Met Office has that right!
First time for everything.

Anyway, the match is a little closer now with England three down, and Vettori looking dangerous, as is Martin and Oram.
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