I think it's worth pointing out that this is a very good England team at the mo who will push the Aussies all the way in the World T20 in October (and beat them in T20's and ODI's last year). Ecclestone is the top ranked bowler in the world in limited overs by a big margin, Cross has just moved into 2nd. NSB is the top ranked batter. It's a strong team across the board. So yes, NZ are getting a bit of a hiding, but I don't think it's just about their lack of quality.When crossing 200 & taking more than 3 wickets is a moral victory, you know it's been terrible.
Also, when your top wicket taker is the seeming England specialist Brooke Halliday, you know something is wrong.
I don't know about the T20s. At least Tahuhu & Kasperek will be in.
Or maybe not….Maybe the T20's will be closer....
And nor was a T9 or whatever they ended up playing last night.Or maybe not….
England have chopped and changed all series and rarely played their best 11. It hasn't made any difference. One thing we did see last night was NZ open with spinners and it caused issues (even if Wyatt managed to get out to a long hop first ball). At 87-6, NZ should've been well on top. But Knight and Dean took it away and the chase never remotely looked like being successful.What a dreadful tour. England are obviously strong at the moment, but it really feels like we're going backwards.
In all fairness Jonas bowled some beautiful deliveries using the slope well and that C&B was a worldie.I do wonder about their own batting against spin.