England may need to rely on the rain until ECB gets its priorities right | Vic Marks

If England are trounced in New Zealand Test series the ECB will come under increasing scrutiny for agreeing to this scheduleIt is taking a while for England’s batsmen to have a chance to get back in the saddle after being bowled out for a paltry 58 in their first innings. On Friday and Saturday there were just 26 overs of cricket at Eden Park and those batsmen dutifully shuffled around the field, no doubt noting that the ball was not jagging around quite so deviously as on Thursday afterno