They should have NZ net bowlers running in at them with scratched up two-piecers. Their bowlers should be working with the four piece as much as possible although in my view, developing ability/gameplan against the swinging ball is easier for a batsman than it is for a bowler to get their wrist position right to get swing consistently.
Yes, Boult seems to have his number, but he's really only a gameplan away from solving that - stand on off stump, play late and refuse to play anything outside the line of your pads - wait for Wagner and Neesham to come on for easier runs and away you go.
England rely on plans to bowl at people. When they come up against someone they haven't planned for they often struggle c.f. Agar, Tino Best, tailenders in general. It was also a very flat pitch which they completely screwed up batting on in the first innings.The more I watch Rutherford, the more I wonder how he scored that 171 on debut. WTF were England doing during that innings
until the natural variation that doesn't swing puts him plumb lbw, or Boult gets his inswinger going.
More often than not he'll be out in the first 4 overs, thats a long time to go into a shell against quality swing bowling.
Anderson syndrome.
You secretly hate Sanga IMO.
Hence playing late - Sangakarra has knicked himself out going for the expansive drive outside off. He's basically been caught behind almost every time he's gotten out against Boult. If you think ultimately that Sanga with an average of near enough 60 isn't going to find a way to combat this attack when he's combatted every other attack in the world then I wish I had your optimism.
Secretly?
Incorrect.
Sanga is a scholar and a gentleman, he wouldn't care what plebs like us say. The man is on a higher plane of existence.
The way cricinfo represents those stats is ridiculous to the point of irrelevancy. It basically just means he doesn't get out to left arm quicks once he's set.
Again, check his stats against left arm seamers. It is and always has been a major weakness in his game.
(but better than Anderson)
Yup - those stats are attrocious reading - they don't take into account the final score at dismissal, nor any not outs. They just take "He played this left armer, he scored this many runs off of him and was dismissed by him in that innings" - any runs he scored against right handers wouldn't go into that mix.
The only way to actually check his stats his against left arm seamers would be to go through every Test's ball by ball commentary and add it up. The StatsGuru breakdown just shows when he gets out, not who he scored off in his innings (ie. it's pointless).
yeah I agree, they do it "runs per dismissal" which doesn't quite make sense but even so against LAs it's significant enough that we can call it a weakness.