Nick Compton showed great

             If we keep on seeing pitches like this we will get a drawn series and that would be bad for cricket. People want to see results and a competitive element between bat and ball. On pitches like this bowlers are cannon-fodder.No bowler could get any help out of the surface. It had low bounce, no pace, no spin, no seam movement and you would have been hard pressed to get a result in a timeless Test. Looking ahead to the Ashes, we look to have a settled side except for positions two, six and eight. Nick Compton played very well but will have to continue to make runs.If anybody thinks that making a century in your fifth Test match cements your place then they should read Wisden because there have been a lot of players who have made occasional scores and not gone on to have a career playing for England. Yet I am still convinced if we get any kind of helpful or competitive pitches in the two remaining Tests, England will beat New Zealand comfortably.