DAY 5 New Zealand Declare setting England 273

The Morning session of day 5 of the first test match saw New Zealand come out with an aggressive approach and look to score as quick as possible to declare and give their bowlers a chance to try and bowl England out.

They managed to add a further 107 runs for the loss of 4 wickets as all the batsman were looking for quick runs. The first wicket to fall this morning was Wagner for 10 of 32. he was out caught Bracey bowled Robinson. The second wicket was Latham who was out LBW to Broad for 36 of 99 and the third was Taylor for 33 of 35 and he was out caught the Bracey bowled Wood and the last wicket to fall was Nicholls for 23 of 36 he was out caught Burns bowled Root.

The session ended with Watling on 15 of 26 and de Grandhomme on 9 of 5. New Zealand was on 169/6. During the lunch break, we came to know that New Zealand has Declared and after Lunch England would come out to chase this score.

The scorecard for the match looks like this so far

New Zealand 378 122.4 overs

D. Conway 200 (347) O. Robinson 4-75 (28)

H . Nicholls 61 (175 M. Wood 3 - 81(27)

England 275 101.1 overs

R.Burns 132 (297) T.Southee 6-43(25.1)

O. Robinson 42 (101) K. Jamieson 3-85 (26)

New Zealand 169/6d 52.3 overs

T. Latham 36 (99) O, Robinson 3-26(14)

R. Taylor 33(35) J. Root 1-16 (4)

England Need 273 to win

What do you guys think the result will be in this match do share your thoughts in the comments?

Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

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