Sports · 19 June 2026
England's 'brainless' bowling hands New Zealand control of Test
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England's tactic of bowling only short balls on day two backfired badly, allowing New Zealand to score 100 runs in under 20 overs. Sky Sports pundits Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain slammed the approach as "inept" and "brainless" as history repeated itself. New Zealand declared on 391, leaving England trailing by 169 runs at stumps on day two.
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