England set about chasing New Zealand’s first innings with an abandon not seen from them for several years in Tests
Tickets for this Test went on sale last September, and so the vast majority of fans at Trent Bridge on Sunday will have reserved their seats months in advance. Really, you have to admire the leap of faith involved there.
Batting collapses. Erratic weather. Covid postponements. For much of the last few years, buying a ticket to watch England play Test cricket has been an act of the purest optimism: the sporting equivalent of playing the lottery.
Written by Jonathan Liew at Trent Bridge
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/jun/12/england-and-root-reward-fans-optimism-with-riotous-batting under the title “England and Joe Root reward fans’ optimism with riotous display of batting | Jonathan Liew”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
