England v New Zealand Report Card

Featuring refusing to defend, dying formats, part-time bowler variations and missing limericks

Refusing To Defend
Grade: A

It’s World Cup time again! Exciting! It’s been weeks since we’ve had one of those.

Of course, most of the recent ones have been T20 World Cups, which are fine in their way. But they lack the gravitas of a proper, full-scale ODI tournament. Why, any old team having a bit of a thrash with no previous form or expectations can inexp…