Brydon Carse’s ban has been the making of him, while Shoaib Bashir still represents an Ashes gamble
Unless you’re Australia, New Zealand is not an easy place to win a Test series. India haven’t done so since 2008-09; England hadn’t managed it since 2007-08. The relatively modest praise for England’s achievement suggests New Zealand are condescended to in defeat as well as victory. If the first Test was a flawed slugfest, the second was a clinical demolition. England put a good New Zealand team under so much pressure – listen to how often the captain, Tom Latham, used that phrase – that eventually they could take no more. In both games England perceived an early batting collapse as an invitation to go harder, a common occurrence in the first Bazball summer and a sign, when it comes off, of a team in rude health. It was also telling that, for the first time in a while, England’s players looked like they were having all kinds of fun.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/09/cricket-key-takeaways-england-new-zealand-brydon-carse-jacob-bethell
Author : Rob Smyth
Publish date : 2024-12-09 18:00:19
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