England face a week of reckoning after slumping to a humiliating 253-run Oval defeat in Ben Stokes’ absence – they must swiftly rediscover their spine and heart to beat New Zealand at Trent Bridge, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH

English cricket faces a week of reckoning after New Zealand completed a 253-run drubbing with humiliating…

England face a week of reckoning after slumping to a humiliating 253-run Oval defeat in Ben Stokes’ absence – they must swiftly rediscover their spine and heart to beat New Zealand at Trent Bridge, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH

English cricket faces a week of reckoning after New Zealand completed a 253-run drubbing with humiliating…

England face a week of reckoning after slumping to a humiliating 253-run Oval defeat in Ben Stokes’ absence – they must swiftly rediscover their spine and heart to beat New Zealand at Trent Bridge, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH

English cricket faces a week of reckoning after New Zealand completed a 253-run drubbing with humiliating…

England vs New Zealand second Test player ratings: Which star was ‘left feeling unfulfilled’? Who ‘still has plenty to learn’? And which debutant endured a ‘difficult’ match?

England suffered a humiliating 253-run defeat by New Zealand in the second Test at The Oval.Beginning…

England vs New Zealand second Test player ratings: Which star was ‘left feeling unfulfilled’? Who ‘still has plenty to learn’? And which debutant endured a ‘difficult’ match?

England suffered a humiliating 253-run defeat by New Zealand in the second Test at The Oval.Beginning…