England were forced to park the glitz and the glamour and instead show they could get down and dirty with some old fashioned Test cricket too.
An attritional day of action with his bowlers taking just five wickets was not exactly the ‘sexy’ cricket Brendon McCullum was referring to as part of his blueprint for the England team. “For us, it’s a matter of trying to ensure that Test cricket’s still sexy and people want to watch it,” he told his previous employers on Kiwi radio.
“If England is strong, then Test cricket has got a real chance of thriving and being successful. That’s what’s in front of us and to do that, you’ve got to play an attractive brand of Test cricket.”
