The benefit of England’s approach is they got 280. I think some people forget that we’ve seen us be more judicious in the past and still get rolled over. I reckon if we’d been tentative today we would have still been out, but probably for about 150.
I think if they are going to continue to play in the manner they have been under Stokes and McCullum, then days like today are going to happen.
I'm still not sure it's the best approach to test cricket, as if you get a relatively low first innings score in quick time, the opposition have plenty of time to put themselves in a dominant position. Works very well if you can get a very big first innings score quickly like in the last test though.
Despite not being sure about it, I'm fine with them going with that approach as long as they firmly believe in it and stick with it. If their approach is clear and resolute, then they can be judged on that and the results it brings. It's brought some pretty spectacular results so far, but there will be some bad losses on the way.
