RESIST URGE TO BOWL FIRST

AFTER a terrific display in the field at Lord’s, I wonder if England just felt the pressure of inserting New Zealand — and whether that pressure contributed to drops in the slips by Zak Crawley and Joe Root. It goes back to what Cyril Washbrook used to say at Lancashire, in the days when he ran the club with an iron fist: if you’re thinking about bowling first, don’t.