ENGLAND’S “Bazball” revolution continued apace yesterday when the tourists wrapped up a thumping 267-run victory over New Zealand in the first Test with the best part of two days to spare at Bay Oval.
It was a first Test victory for England in New Zealand since 2008 and a 10th win in 11 matches since former Black Caps skipper Brendon “Baz” McCullum and Christchurch-born Ben Stokes took over as coach and captain.
The Black Caps were perhaps still shellshocked after Stuart Broad’s brilliant spell with the pink ball on Saturday evening and only Daryl Mitchell offered any real resistance as they slumped to 126 all out in the opening session of the fourth day.
Broad (4-49) laboured in vain yesterday to get his 20th five-wicket haul in Tests, but his strike partner James Anderson (4-18) stepped up to lead the mopping up of the New Zealand tail.
The pair on Saturday supplanted Australia’s Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne as the most prolific Test bowling partnership and now have a combined 1,009 wickets from 113 matches together.
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