England vs New Zealand: Trent Boult breaks Muttiah Muralitharan’s document of maximum Take a look at runs as a No.11 batter

ENG vs NZ, 2d Take a look at: Trent Boult scored 17 runs off 15 balls in New Zealand’s 2nd innings of the fit on the Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

Trent Boult. Courtesy: Reuters

HIGHLIGHTSBoult has scored 640 runs from 69 matchesBoult surpassed the mythical Muttiah MuralitharanBoult completed the feat right through the Nottingham Take a look at

New Zealand’s Trent Boult has turn out to be the highest scorer in Take a look at cricket whilst taking part in at No.11, having scored 640 runs from 69 fits at a mean of 16.41 with one half-century to his identify. The best-handed batter completed the feat right through the Black Caps’ 2nd Take a look at in opposition to England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

On Day 5 of the continuing Take a look at, Boult scored 17 runs off 15 balls with 3 fours, serving to the Kiwis set the 3 Lions a stiff goal of 299 to chase down. Boult surpassed Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, who scored 623 runs from 87 fits at a mean of eleven.32 with a most sensible rating of 43.

Boult has a most sensible rating of an unbeaten 52 in opposition to Bangladesh again in 2013 on the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. It presentations that he’s no mug with the bat by means of any stretch of the creativeness. Within the earlier version of the Tremendous Spoil, New Zealand’s home T20 pageant, Boult smashed a six to take his crew house.

James Anderson, who may be taking part in the sport in Nottingham, is these days 3rd within the checklist with 618 runs from 119 fits at a mean of 8.13. Anderson were given his most sensible rating of 81 in opposition to MS Dhoni’s India long ago in 2014 at Trent Bridge.

Australia’s Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood have scored 336 and 260 runs respectively within the purest layout of the sport. So far as Boult is worried, he additionally picked up a five-wicket haul within the first innings of the continuing Take a look at fit.