58 all out: England humiliated on first day of Test in New Zealand

Visitors post their sixth lowest Test total at Eden Park in Auckland in a performance described as ‘awful from ball one’

England 58 all out 1st Test New Zealand Eden Park cricket
 
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Dismal, embarrassing, humiliated: just three of the words used by cricket writers to describe England’s batting performance on the opening day of the first Test match against New Zealand.

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