AndyRM
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1) no one chases something like that in 1st match of a 2 day series - too much to lose..
2) 275 off 75 was a significantly higher run rate that anyone had scored at during the game, including NZ 2nd innings where they had just lost 6 wickets getting to 169 off 52 overs, and they were presumably trying to score at a decent lick to set up a declaration, yet were slower than the target they left us
Luckily you're not England cricket captain so we can all rest easy ahead of the 2nd test.
Sure, the match could have been lost, but as I said, I don't care.
I'd rather England had a crack at winning rather than the terrible effort we saw.