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Day 2 session 1
 This session belongs to England as they picked up 4 wickets. The England bowlers were very good this morning and kept things tight as they bowled 24 overs in which they conceded 68 runs and took the wickets of Nicholls for 61 0f 175 he was caught Robinson bowled by wood, they also got BJ Watling for 1 of 11 he caught Sibley bowled Wood, de Gromme was out LBW to Robinson for 0 of 10 and Santner 0 of 6 was the last wicket of the session caught Anderson bowled Wood. The session ended with Conway unbeaten on 179 of 315 and Jamieson on 7 of 17. New Zealand went into Lunch on 314/7 in 110 overs. 

Session 2

  Devon  Conway continued his good form and converted his century into a Double century as wickets continued to fall around him. New Zealand added a further 64 runs to their score to finish their innings on 378 all out. During this session, they lost the wickets of  Jamieson for 9 of 21 he was caught Crawley bowled Robinson, Southee was caught by Bracey (this was Bracey first catch as a wicketkeeper in international cricket ) bowled Anderson and the last wicket to fall was Conway who scored 200 off 347 he was run out by Root/Pope to bring an end to New Zealand innings. 



Robinson had a Debut to remember taking 4-75 (28) 

England came to bat for 10 overs before tea and they didn't make too the good of a start as they lost two wickets. Sibley was out for 0 of 7 LBW to Jamieson and Crawley was out for 2 of 10 caught Watling bowled Southee. The session came to an end with England 25-2 still a further 353 runs behind.  Burns was 15 of 30 and Root 7 of 14 as Tea was called.

Session 3 

This session was all England as they scored 86 runs without losing a wicket to end the day on 111-2 with Rory Burns unbeaten on 59 of 134 and Joe Root on 42 of 112 and they shared an unbroken partnership of 93 from 208 deliveries. 

The Final scorecard looked like this 

New Zealand      378  122.4 overs 
 
D. Conway  200(347)                                                                         O. Robinson 4-75 (28)

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

N. Wagner   25  (21)                                                                             J. Anderson 2-83 (28)


England           111-2  43 overs 

R. Burns   59 (134)                                                                             T. Southee 1-17(11)

J Root     42  (112)                                                                              K. Jamieson 1-19 (10)





That was Day 2 of the First Test between England and New Zealand do share your opinion in the comments 



Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar 





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