One day after a numbing, naive innings defeat against New Zealand the impetus for England to become as effective with a red ball as they are with a white one is surely redoubled. Joe Roots team were ultimately thrashed on a true, hard, unyielding pitch upon which the Kookaburra ball seldom deviated.
Often the conditions in New Zealand are likened to those in this country but that no longer seems to apply. The announcement of the first-class fixtures for the 2020 domestic season in England offers little encouragement that our Test team can easily rectify their deficiencies.
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