By Chris Stocks at Edgbaston

THE last time New Zealand won a Test series in this country back in 1999, England sunk to the bottom of the world rankings.
Joe Root’s current team are by no way the worst in the world, yet this chastening defeat has underlined just how far off the top they are right now.
Losing is an occupational hazard for any international team in any sport. Yet defeat was perhaps inevitable for England given the way they treated this series – resting too many first-choice players, not picking a spinner in Jack Leach and asking for flat pitches that wiped ou...