5 reasons why New Zealand can whitewash England in the Test series

#2 New Zealand’s diverse fast bowling attack

Trent Boult and Tim Southee

The Kiwi fast bowling attack might not often be feted as one of the best in the world but it is right up there with some of the other great fast bowling attacks plying their trade at the moment in Test cricket.

The most important thing about their fast bowling trio is the sort of variety that is on offer.

Left-arm pacer Trent Boul is one of the top bowlers in the world and can swing the ball at serious pace, which can even trouble the best batsmen in the world.

His partner Tim Southee, on the other hand, is an extremely disciplined and accurate fast bowler, who can swing the ball either way. The right-arm fast bowler can also extract seam movement if there is any.

Now, once a batting line-up weathers the early storm, they are then faced with the battering ram approach of left-arm quick Neil Wagner. His regular delivery is the delivery that is either short or just short of a good length and is aimed between the head and rib cage of the right-handed batsman.

Wagner can be an extremely awkward bowler to face and facing the three bowlers together can be an exasperating experience for most batting line-ups.

England’s rather thin batting line-up are expected to find the going tough and considering the fact that it is almost always the bowling attack that wins Test matches, New Zealand’s superb trio might just have the final say.