Highlights of the third day of the second test between England and New Zealand from Trent Bridge
Highlights of the third day of the second test between England and New Zealand from Trent Bridge
Joe Ruth scored a superb, unbeaten 163 as England hit New Zealand on the ground, reducing the hosts’ lead to 80 on the third day of the second LV = Insurance Test at Trent Bridge.
Root’s ton, the 27th in test cricket and the fastest, scored 116 points, while Ollie Pope (145) also scored three figures, scoring his highest score in test cricket and finishing No. 3.
Alex Lees (67) also impressed, but the former will be disappointed as he did not win further in a flat deck after his maiden fifty test, and Ben Stokes scored 46 of 33 points late as England closed 473-5 in the first of innings. .
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Watch the best of Ollie Pope’s second trial in England’s second Test vs. New Zealand at Trent Bridge
Watch the best of Ollie Pope’s second trial in England’s second Test vs. New Zealand at Trent Bridge
The wonderful collaboration of Root and Pope 187 itineraries was undoubtedly the highlight of the day, with the tired New Zealand attack being particularly hit in an afternoon session that gave 136 of those routes in just 28 overs.
Pope was somewhat overshadowed in the morning, starving from the strike, as he added only 33 to the night’s 104 out of 104 pre-lunch runs. Lees raised the cover margin with regularity in his fight until half his century, before a corner kick – Matt Henry (1-128) over the wicket – gave Daryl Mitchell the lead on the first slip, which she this time he made no mistake after putting down two on Saturday.
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Matt Henry hits right after the drink after a loose shot by Alex Liss that flew straight into the hands of Daryl Mitchell.
Matt Henry hits right after the drink after a loose shot by Alex Liss that flew straight into the hands of Daryl Mitchell.
Root, who reached the jackpot with 100 runs on the board only for the third time in his last 45 appearances, left the spot with a cut of the first two balls and then fired the first of his 25 limits through the covers a little later – one the luxurious move that was to be characteristic of his fine participations.
Root served a half chance when on the 27th in the last over before lunch, shining an attempt to cut Trent Boult through the hands of Tim Southee on the second slip, who, despite his six-foot frame, was able to detach only to the third. -men fence for four.
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Aggressive England climbed to the top in the afternoon
England then accumulated in the runs after the break, the first of which came thanks to overturns and a reckless, unnecessary shyness in the stumps by Michael Bryswell, who beat the player he made back to run for four fours.
He won the Pope five runs, which he quickly added with a few more limits from his own bat, before taking the second hundred test with one drop and running on the covers for two – Root sprinted 40 yards on his mate to celebrate the milestone .
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Watch Joe Root reach his 27th and fastest test century on the third day at Trent Bridge
Watch Joe Root reach his 27th and fastest test century on the third day at Trent Bridge
Root, meanwhile, ran into a fifty-56-ball in the next over as 33 runs were looted from the first five overs of the session, which then became 58 of the top 10 as Root and Pope advanced to the top. century.
The runs kept coming fast and fast, with Root celebrating somewhat boringly hundreds – and a quarter of the five Tests – with arguably the ugliest shot of the day, a savage hack coming out of his inner limb and being clean of its stumps and down the fence with slender legs.
Stokes comes out floating in a dazzling cameo
New Zealand won the second new ball just before tea and brought them some quick breakthroughs after the break as the Pope made an attempt to pull Boult (3-89) to the thin leg – Surrey’s shot may be distracting after a short Delayed change of one of his pillows – and Jonny Bairstow (8) turned out to have left-handed gloves in the review.
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New Zealand captain Tom Latham is calling for a review, hoping Jonny Bairstow will be caught behind the glove and the move will pay off with a scratch on the UltraEdge indicating the blow was attached.
New Zealand captain Tom Latham is calling for a review, hoping Jonny Bairstow will be caught behind the glove and the move will pay off with a scratch on the UltraEdge indicating the blow was attached.
Stokes quickly signaled his intention, coming out of the spot with four buttons from his hip, while it was not long before he knocked out of his cup to beat Southee (0-119) directly on the ground for four more.
They were soon followed by Boult with their backs to the backs, while the first of two sixes from Stokes’ amusing result came when he shot Kyle Jamieson (0-66) straight behind his head and onto the podium.
The second maximum was another glorious straight shot, this time by spinner Brycewell (1-48), but Stokes then punched the next ball as he sought to clear the ropes again, this time aiming for the deep middle goal, but only managed to pick Bult. at the limit.
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Ben Stokes gets into the hands of Trent Bullt from Michael Bryswell Bowling.
Ben Stokes gets into the hands of Trent Bullt from Michael Bryswell Bowling.
Ben Foakes (24no) came in and continued from where he and Root stopped at Lord’s, the pair were playing beautifully in an uninterrupted 68-run stand, although Foakes should have left for nine, fell to the deep square foot of the Southee – New Zealand fourth mistake on the pitch to go with the England top five.
The Black Hats received another blow when Jamieson left the field late, feeling “severe pain in his lower left back” while bowling. Root, meanwhile, continued on his playful path, sweetly maturing a few more on the fence to pass the 150 Tests for the 13th time in his career.
Statistics of the day
1 – The Pope’s century was the first hundred first class north of the River Thames, with the other Test Century coming to Port Elizabeth and nine of his previous 13 tonnes scoring for Surrey at The Oval (The Ageas Bowl, Guildford, Dubai hosted by the rest).
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3 – Root’s arrival in the cup represented only the third time in the last 45 test innings’ where England’s score was over 100.
116 – Balls for Root’s fastest century in cricket testing, surpassing the 118 deliveries for his previous best, which were made against Australia at the 2015 Ashes in Cardiff.
85.55 – Root has more averages on Trent Bridge than any other home ground where he has played at least two tests, his last being fourth (to go with two fifty) in his 11 venue appearances.
Watch the fourth day of the second LV = Insurance Test between England and New Zealand at Trent Bridge, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10.15am. on Monday.