Lunch New Zealand Trail 12 for 2 (Latham 7*, Young 1*). England 435 for 8 Dec (Brook 186, Root 153*, Henry 4-100) by 423 runs England’s aggressive statement paid dividends for the second Test series as James Anderson claimed the wickets of Devon Conway and Kane Williamson in a testy seven-Test spell before lunch. The … Read more
Tea England 325 for 9 Dec and 79 for 2 (Pape 14*, Broad 6*) lead New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138, Conway 77, Robinson 4-54) by 98 runs Neil Wagner went into the third day’s tea break with impressive figures of 11-0-104-2 as England’s batsmen went into overdrive, even by their recently uncapped standards. And yet, … Read more
Tea New Zealand 138 for 5 (Conway 72*, Blundell 21*) trail England 325 for 9 Dec (Brook 89, Duckett 84) by 187 runs Devon Conway held on for New Zealand with a battling half-century but England cemented their dominance of the first Test at Mt Maunganui with two more wickets on day two, including the … Read more
Toss New Zealand chose to bowl first vs England Tim Southee won the toss and elected to bowl in the first Test against England at Mount Maunganui as New Zealand prepared to field an attack with two debutants in Scott Kuggeleijn and Blair Tickner. After a build-up dominated by Cyclone Gabrielle – which wreaked havoc … Read more
England XI 465 (Brook 97, Lawrence 85, Root 77, Foakes 57) vs New Zealand XI For a warm-up program that was beginning to look like an afterthought before it had even begun, England had the first major day’s cricket on this tour. The score of 465 came in 69.2 overs against a New Zealand line-up, … Read more