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Quote from: Mahdirakib on February 16, 2023, 06:53:13 PM

Quote from: JSRAW on February 16, 2023, 06:46:17 AM

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.

Isn't it better to score quickly by losing some wickets rather than scoring slowly by losing quick wickets? England has batted in the aggressive style against New Zealand in the first innings. England has whitewashed New Zealand in 2022 test series by playing in the aggressive mode. I think we are going to see the repetition of that series again. New Zealand is in under pressure now by losing the 3 wickets quickly.

you are right England's batsmen played well in the 2022 Test series and managed to win every match in the series. And in this series too, we are seeing the same kind of gameplay from the England team. The pitch is not batting-friendly. So England's batting was quite good. Since the pitch is not batting-friendly, now teams should aim to score runs by any means.

New Zealand batsmen are not able to play well. Although Devon Conway played well, no other batsmen could support him. Devon Conway remains unbeaten with 66 runs. And at the moment, New Zealand's collection is 127 runs with the loss of 5 wickets.

As long as the English team succeeds in this, these things will proceed. The idea of doing experiments is also a good one since many people around the world are no longer interested in test cricket. By playing ODIs style, they have changed this format. So far, England has done a fantastic job. They took six wickets of New Zealand because of their approach. Devon Conway remained strong until reach 77 runs as Stokes' got his wickets. New Zealand batters should perhaps change their batting approaches like England, as there is still a long way to go.

A nice test match to watch. England completed its first innings in a day scoring 325 runs, and by the second day New Zealand have ended it's innings scoring 306 runs. The match is really interesting as the result can be in favour of any of the teams. England have begun it's second innings and have scored 79 runs losing 2 wickets. Both England and New Zealand are playing in the similar way.