England vs New Zealand
England strike under the lights after Harry Brook, Ben Duckett cut loose Which feature of this most recent installment most appeals to you? The concept that any or both of Ben Duckett and Harry Brook might have been able to break Gilbert Jessop's 121-year-old 76-ball record for the fastest England hundred, and perhaps at least one of them should have? What about Joe Root, England's outstanding Test batsman of the contemporary era, being caught at slip while attempting a ramp shot on the opening day of a Test? How about Ben Stokes' most recent captaincy crowning achievement, a first-innings declaration after just 58.2 overs that is the second-fastest in Test history? By that point, England had cruised to an usually carefree 325 for 9, at a rate of 5.77 an over, with perhaps only Ollie Pope falling victim to anything that would typically be characterized as traditional bowling "pressure." Despite the eternal class of Tim Southee and the unflappable Neil Wagner, an ...