England Test series v New Zealand (2 matches)

I applaud England's positive approach these days, but I think they have gone too far and are being a bit cocky. The first test saw a very early declaration, but England still scraped a first innings lead, so they kind of got away with that one. But the early declaration in the second test looks very dubious now. Declaring at 8 wickets down with Root 153 not out was throwing runs away and then they go on to lose the match by 1 run with plenty of time remaining. If the plan was to try to get New Zealand to follow on, then England surely needed as many first innings runs as possible. Anyway, it was a great advert for test cricket and we can celebrate that at least.