Lawrence Booth It has been a grim 12 days for English cricket, and the bad news is that things may get worse before they get better. As Henry Nicholls, with his 11th Test hundred, and the elegant Rachin Ravindra ground England's bowlers into the Oval dirt, it seemed improbable that New Zealand will not now win this second Test and set up a decider next week at Trent Bridge. By then, of course, the Ben Stokes psychodrama will still be rumbling on, even if – as expected – he does return as captain.