New Zealand have a lot of learning to do
"A glance at the scoreboard from this week's second Test loss to England would suggest New Zealand's wretched batting performance in the third innings alone decided the outcome," says Adam Parore in the New Zealand Herald
We have become used to these collapses, which tend to be put down to bad sessions. One each at the Basin Reserve and Napier cost New Zealand dearly in their two Test defeats to England earlier in the year. But I believe they have come about as a result of New Zealand actually having to play extremely well to stay with England. At some point they have slipped up, and the results have been disastrous. Even as they have been competing well, there have been signs that all is not hunky dory.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo