England's unsurprising defeat sets up tantalising decider with all eyes on Stokes

​​​​​Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson made it beyond 12 o'clock. Shame England's batters couldn't do likewise. The captain and one of his bowlers venturing out past midnight after the final day of the first Test was a root cause of their team-mates being rolled before midday on the final day of the second.

Stokes and Atkinson's nightclub antics - however minor they now appear to be - meant they were stood down for the Oval encounter and an inexperienced England were shown up in their absence, out-thought and out-skilled by a wily New Zealand side.

Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson return for decider at…