new zealand, pull your pants off

England are currently de-pansting New Zealand.

This is ugly.

Blame the Heavy roller.

Blame Al Gore.

Blame the fact New Zealand weren’t the underdogs.

Or you could look at England’s run rate.

Over 3 an over.

Interesting.

It’s almost as if they came out and tried to win the test.

KP hit a six.

Delightful.

Strauss is batting at a strike rate of over 50.

Exquisite.

England are playing positive cricket, they had to.

The Kiwis look shot, their collapses seem to have taught the English top order how to handle this wicket.

I do not argue that in certain circumstances defensive cricket is needed in test matches.

But the best defense is a good arson.

England should win this test, even though the wing commander Strauss just went out.

If England were to play in this fashion more often, they would be a pretty good cricket side.

BUT, they could win a lot of tests if they retained this positive attitude.

Like they did around 2005.

Ofcourse, they could still lose.

Which would make for great viewing, and the suicides of many English batsman.

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