Bazball is at its fine display.
Regularly going with 5-6 runs per over clearly shows that now Poms have no interest in a traditional way of playing test cricket, where batters used to grind all day. One can argue that under previous leadership they lost so many matches that they don't trust their defense anymore and adopted an ODI approach in test cricket. At the same time no one can deny that it's very exciting to watch and under Baz-Ben's leadership, this method turned out to be very successful. Aussies will have a tough time in the upcoming Ashes.
I have never seen a test team being so aggressive. They were playing like it was an ODI match but still manager to score in 58 overs 325 runs. In my opinion, this is a good target. It won't be easy for the Kiwis to chase this target. Already they have lost 3 wickets which proves how good the English bowlers are bowling and psychologically they think the target is not that easy to chase. An excellent strategy by the coach and captain of the England team.
This is going to be another one-sided match it seems
Tbh i wish they succeed in this experiment.
If they do then more teams are going to approach these tactics and overall we are going to witness a new era of test cricket and at the same time we can have more volatile pitches, so far they only performed on flats deck, except in recent match but Kiwis are in decline so the jury is still out.