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So let’s try and get this right: this is new, old, new, old, old England. They appear to be, as the saying goes, “playing good, Test-match cricket”: carefully but not negatively.
Except what if the phrase is nonsense? In recent times, cricket has changed more than almost any other sport, but because the game’s fundamentals have stayed the same, “playing good, Test-match cricket” cannot mean anything more than “being good at batting, bowling and fielding”. If you do it, it makes little difference how you do it; do it however you do it but do it, often.
Written by Daniel Harris (now) and Tanya Aldred (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/nov/21/new-zealand-v-england-first-test-day-two-live under the title “New Zealand v England: first Test, day two – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
