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Sat 11 Nov 2009England face into familiar mountain
ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND:THE WEATHER forecast is miserable and England are battening down the hatches. Beating New Zealand for the first time since 2003 would be nice, but today’s most urgent priority is to restore their supporters’ faith and cause fewer paper darts to be hurled from the upper tiers of the stadium.
If the home side kick the ball ineffectually skywards for 80 minutes there will be something close to uproar across middle England.
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