New Zealand currently sits second on cricket's World Test Championship table, and overall fifth in the world. As I write this they are playing at Lord's Cricket Ground, the home of cricket. They're playing England who are ranked fourth in the world and currently sit seventh on the World Test Championship table. So, both teams are the creme de la creme of world cricket. You'd expect this to be a contest for the ages.
Except it isn't. What we are being fed is slop. The NZ team is playing so badly, one has to wonder about the players will to be in the team. They are atrociously bad, disgraceful. A school team could bat better.
NZ has been given an easy target to win the match as England are playing equally badly. But, in all likelihood, NZ will lose as the batsmen simply refuse to score runs. They appear to be more willing to get out as soon as possible. The match is now only in its third day, and they've been like this the whole way through.
The pitch itself seems to be very substandard, but it is the same for both teams, so they should adjust. But in NZ's case that hasn't happened. Extras are proving one of NZ's best players. Yes, the runs scored not off the bat are doing better than these actual elite players.
Searching questions need to be asked, and players who haven't performed need to be dropped. And don't just look at athletic performance but everything else, including off-field behaviours and relationships.
