5 talking points ahead of the second Test as England look to save the series
England will look to draw a line under a crushing defeat to New Zealand earlier this week and end their tour with a win in the second and final Test at Hamilton.
England will look to draw a line under a crushing defeat to New Zealand earlier this week and end their tour with a win in the second and final Test at Hamilton.
New Zealand have been dealt a blow ahead of the second Test against England at Hamilton with paceman Trent Boult and all-rounder Colin De Grandhomme sidelined due to injury.
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Aston Villa manager Dean Smith is convinced Jack Grealish will eventually earn an England call-up after speaking with his captain “at length” about failing to so far make the squad.
Mitch Santner followed up his maiden century for New Zealand with a late three-wicket burst to leave a chastened England facing a mountainous task to save the first Test in Mount Maunganui.
BJ Watling’s double hundred and Mitch Santner’s maiden international century ground England into submission as New Zealand assumed total dominance of the first Test.
BJ Watling’s double hundred and Mitch Santner’s maiden international century ground England into submission as New Zealand assumed total dominance of the first Test.
England’s bowlers stuck dutifully to their task but they could not prise apart the watchful BJ Watling and Mitch Santner on the fourth morning of the first Test against New Zealand.
BJ Watling’s tenacious 119 not out inched New Zealand into a first-innings lead as England toiled in the field on the third day of the first Test at Mount Maunganui.
New Zealand pair BJ Watling and Colin De Grandhomme registered contrasting half-centuries to frustrate England on the third afternoon of the first cricket Test at Mount Maunganui.