England wasted the advantage of winning the toss because of tactical naivete of the highest order from their batsmen ©Getty
James Anderson's face said it all. He arrived at the crease, late on the third evening, with England 121 for 9. They led by just 36 runs. Earlier in the day, the bowlers had done a good job to restrict New Zealand's first innings advantage to 85 on a flat, slow surface that made batting, if not totally straightforward, certainly far from difficult. But in a little under three hours, England's batting line-up had imploded, wasting the good work of the bowling attack and
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