A dreadfully dull final day was livened up only by watching everyone think up ‘hilarious’ new nicknames for Steven Finn.
It was a long night – but a memorable one, particularly for the handsome family Compton.
The third day of the first Test happened to coincide with record numbers of Australians seeking permanent New Zealand residency.
In years to come they may well talk of the Miracle of Dunedin – where the meek inherited the Earth.
Only Australia and, first, New Zealand stand between England and fifteen Test match wins in a row. They begin their trip down the path to greatness in Dunedin on Tuesday.
There’s no getting away from it. This week was all about kicking Australia while they were down. It was quite a lot of fun.
Job done for England once again, with a comfortable victory that utterly failed to inspire anyone to get out of bed.
A pretty standard week for the 51allout podcast, consisting of accidental racism, deliberate racism and trying not to talk about Australia. Or indeed anything at all, in one particular case.
Joe Root is so awesome that even Usman Khawaja’s mum has a new favourite player.