Tomorrow is the start of the 2nd test between England vs New Zealand at Edgbaston and both teams are going to make a few changes as they continue to apply a rotation  policy to keep players fit throughout the long cricket schedule that both teams have  England will bring in Jack Leach in place of Ollie Robinson who has been suspended after racist comments he made on social media a few years ago resurfaced during the 1st test. Mark Wood could be rested and Ollie Stone could be given a go in his place and Broad/Anderson could be rested as well. The batting order is expected to stay the same. England Probable XI:  1.Rory Burns, 2. Dom Sibley, 3. Zack Crawley, 4. Joe Root(C),5. Ollie Pope, 6. Dan Lawrance, 7 James Bracey, 8. Craig Overton, 9.Jack Leach, 10. Ollie Stone, 11. Stuart Broad/James Anderson New Zealand will be without their captain Williamson who is nursing an elbow injury and also Santner who was struggling with a cut on his index finger during the 1st test. Tim Southee and Wa

  The first test has come to an end with it ending in a draw. New Zealand gave it their best shot but the England batsman managed to keep them out and play out a draw. The game did get a little boring during the last session as England were just blocking everything as they were playing for the draw. They never looked like they were going to attempt to win the game at any stage of their innings. New Zealand on the other hand tried their best to get the match to end with a result but the England batsman was just better in executing their plans and batting out the 70 odd overs they were given to survive to get the draw. The match was a good one and if the third day was not lost to rain New Zealand were looking good to win this one and who knows we might have seen a result in the favour of England. As we all know a test keeps changing session by session and from day to day with the conditions varying depending on the weather forecast.  Looking forward to this week the 2nd test gets on the

 The Afternoon session between England and New Zealand was shared as the draw starts to look like the most likely result. England scored 56 for the loss of 2 wickets during this session. The New Zealand bowlers tried their best but the English batsman kept them out.  New Zealand did get the wickets of Burns who was out for 25 of 81 he was caught Southee bowled Wagner and the other wicket to fall was Crawley for 2 of 25 he was caught Nicholls bowled Southee. When tea was called Sibley was 19 of 83 and Root was 0 of 3. England requires a further 217 to win while New Zealand needs 8 wickets. There are 43 overs of play remaining in the day for either team to try and get a result or play out to a draw. The scorecard 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(2

  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. Con

  England New Zealand has gone ahead with a days play left in the match. England was bowled out for 275 to give New Zealand a lead of 103.  The morning session went to New Zealand as they picked up 4 wickets and conceded 53 runs to reduce England to 164/6 by lunch. Rory Burns and Ollie Robinson were at the crease. In the afternoon session, England added a further 101 runs as they were bowled out. They lost the wickets of Robinson for 42 of 101 he was caught Jamieson bowled Southee, Next was Wood out for 0 of 3 caught Watling bowled Jamieson,  Next Broad was out for 10 of 24 bowled by Wagner and the last Wicket was Burns for 132 of 297 caught Watling bowled Southee. As the last wicket fell Tea was taken  In the evening Session, New Zealand continued to extend their lead as their openers put a partnership of 39 before Conway was out for 23 of 64 bowled, Robinson.  They then lost the wicket of Williamson for 1 of 19  LBW to Robinson. New Zealand then sent in a night watchman in Wagner to

 Smackdown started off with the Tribal chief and Paul Heyman coming to the ring. Roman got on the mic and said he believes in being straight up about how he feels. He said last week he was not happy but after thinking about it over the last week he has had a change of mind about his cousin's tag title opportunity. He then said that Jimmy said last week that they will win so he is saying they better win. He then asks Heyman to get him his cousins.  The Usos come out and Jey hugs Roman. Roman then tells Jimmy it's his turn to acknowledge him. Jimmy says he already did at Hell in a cell and tonight is about becoming 7-time champs. It's about making the family proud. Roman then tells them good luck and that the whole family is watching so better get the job done. Match 1 Mysterios defend the tag championships against the Usos This was a good match as both teams had an equal amount of offence and it ended up with the Mysterios winning after Domnik revered a splash from Jimmy int

 After day 3 was washed out by rain both teams looked to make time up on day 4. Day 4 morning went to New Zealand as they took control of the game and continued to look for a victory. They took 4 wickets this morning to reduce England to 6 down at Lunch. Tim Southee got 3 wickets and Jamieson got one. The day started with Jamieson getting Root of the first ball of the day for 42 of 113 caught by Taylor. Then we had a bit of a partnership between Burns and Pope before Southee got Pope LBW for 22 of 32 and he had Lawrance caught de Gromme bowled Southee 0 of 2 and Bracey on debut 0 of 6 bowled Southee. The first session of day 4 saw 53 runs scored for the loss of 4 wickets as England went to Lunch on 164/6 with burns unbeaten on 72 of 203 and Robinson on 16 0f 48. This session was New Zealand's as they took the ascendancy in the test match. From here on two results are possible one a New Zealand victory and two a draw. unless England plays some incredible cricket an England victory i