England's Cricketers Embarrassed

England are crushed for the second time in a row as New Zealand take a 2 v 0 lead in the One day format after a comprehensive ten wicket victory.

After a promising start in the Twenty20's Englands tour of New Zealand has swayed back in the favour of the kiwi's. Their victory in the first two one day games will again pose question marks over certain roles and positions within the team. Englands lack of fight and character is very evident at the moment. There no longer seems to be any individual performances that carry the rest of the side when they are struggling.

The most recent defeat took place in Hamilton. The tourists were put in by the Kiwis and got off to fast start. This was halted when phil Mustard was removed for 13. His opening partner Alastair Cook was the only bright point for England as he scored a lonely half century before being run out. The rest followed, only Kevin Pietersen offered any other threat. One other worrying factor was again Englands running between the wickets. Three batsman being run out. England eventually stumbled to a poor 158 from 35.1 overs on what looked a good wicket.

New Zealand were in a rush to get things over. Openers Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder made batting look unnervingly easy as Englands bowlers were smashed to all parts of the ground. 112 runs of the revised 165 target came in boundaries Brendon McCullum hitting fives sixes as he blundered the opening bowlers. However it wasnt just the opening bowlers that were hammered each variation captain Paul Collingwood tried resulted in the same outcome.The total was embarrassingly reached in the 18th over!

So going in to the next game things surley can only improve. The last two displays have been worse than dismal. All aspects of Englands game must improve to even compete with quite a strong one day outfit that is New Zealand. Momentum will be key for both teams going in to the test matches so a win in the next ODI game is essential.