Right, so what we feared the most would happen in New Zealand has kind of, sort of transpired, although it is kind of, sort of not as bad as it could have been, and in that, I guess, we can kind of, sort of take a few positives with the obvious negatives.
Yesterday morning – at the end of the fourth day of the first Test – the Proteas lost to the Black Caps by 281 runs.
For sure, it remains a hammering, and the first innings was especially dreadful from the Proteas, but there were some signs of fight.
The bowling attack at Mount Maunganui was always the major concern, and so it turned out to be, with the Proteas knocked around mercilessly for 690 runs, with only 14…