England vs New Zealand 2nd test day

After Day 1 the 2nd test between England and New Zealand is balanced as stumps were called England were 258/7. It is hard to tell who is in control but a good passage of play for either side could move the game in their team's favour.

England had a good start as they played out the first session and went to lunch on 67/0 and it looked like England were setting themselves up for a huge first innings score.

New Zealand had different plans as after lunch they picked up 2 wickets and then a further 2 again in the middle session as they put England in a spot of bother. During this session, England managed to score 85/4 as they went to tea on 152/4.

During the session, they lost the wickets of Sibley for 35 of 84 he was caught Blundell bowled Henry and they also lost Crawley for 0 of 4 he was caught Mitchell bowled Wagner, they also got Root for 4 of 7 he was out caught Blundell bowled Henry. Next was Pope to go as he made 19 of 49 and was caught Blundell bowled Patel.

In the Evening session, England managed to add a further 106 runs for the loss of 3 wickets as the day came to a close with the match evenly poised and neither team having the upper hand as England ended the day on 258/7

During this session, they lost the wicket of Burns for 81 of 187 he was out caught Latham bowled Boult and the very next delivery Bracey was out for 0 of 1 caught Mitchell bowled Boult. The last wicket of the session was Ollie Stone for 20 of 52 as he was LBW to Patel.

The Day ended with the Scorecard looking like this

England 258/7 90 overs

R. Burns 81 (187) A. Patel 2-34 (14)

D. Lawrence 67* (100) T. Boult 2-60 (23)

D. Sibley 35 (84) M. Henry 2-66 (21)

Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

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