TOP SPINNER AND FAST MAN WOULD BE A START IN CURING TRAVEL BUG

As England lurch towards a possible record worst away run, Derek Pringle assesses what needs to be done to arrest the slide

Running on empty: Chris Woakes has not taken enough fivewicket hauls

There is an unenviable record hanging over England’s red-ball cricketers as they begin the final Test against New Zealand in Christchurch – and it is that anything but a win will see them set a new record of 13 Away Tests without victory, a sequence unprecedented in their 142-year history of international cricket.
Winning abroad has become tougher for all te...

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