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  • New Zealand limps to 168-5 and 137-run lead towards England

    England strangled New Zealand’s best order via tempo and spin in the second one innings to stick within the ascendency 3 days into the 3rd take a look at at Headingley on Saturday.

    New Zealand was once 168-5 for an general lead of 137 runs when rain introduced an early closure with 17.1 overs last within the day.

    Jamie Overton overlooked out on a dream hundred in his debut take a look at however Jonny Bairstow’s masterful 162 gave England a slim first-innings lead of 31 runs when it was once all out for 360 simply ahead of lunch.

    Tom Latham (76) and captain Kane Williamson (48) raised New Zealand hopes of atmosphere a large goal within the closing take a look at of a compelling collection till England hit again with 4 wickets within the closing consultation — claiming the closing 3 for simplest 9 runs.

    4 wickets within the ultimate consultation ?

    New Zealand 168-5 on the shut main by way of 137 ?

    Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/AIVHwaRwQv

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    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 25, 2022

    That left New Zealand’s very best batters within the collection, Tom Blundell on 5 and Daryl Mitchell on 4, on the crease.

    Latham and Williamson batted solidly towards tempo and ruled the spin of Jack Leach ahead of Stuart Vast brought on a wholesome outdoor fringe of Latham’s bat which Joe Root couldn’t grasp in the beginning slip overdue in the second one consultation.

    OLLIE POPE! ? ?

    Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/AIVHwaRwQv

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    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 25, 2022

    There was once just about no lateral motion for the quick bowlers and Latham was once fast to punish anything else pitched within the slot. Each batters additionally performed some spectacular sweep photographs and blended in hitting 18 fours.

    Latham and Williamson just about performed out all of the heart consultation and took their crew to a comfy 125-1 at tea. Then rapid bowler Jamie Overton struck off the primary ball after the tea ruin.

    The very best begin to the consultation! ?

    Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/AIVHwaRwQv

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    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 25, 2022

    Latham, who hit 12 limitations, was once tempted outdoor off stump and edged at the back of.

    Devon Conway (11) didn’t glance comfy towards tempo and England struck straight away after a brief rain ruin when Ollie Pope plucked an excellent one-handed low catch at ahead brief leg off Joe Root’s offspin.

    Matthew Potts, who claimed Will Younger for 8 simply after lunch, were given the important thing wicket of Williamson, who edged at the back of after just about 3 hours.

    Leach snapped up a law go back catch from Henry Nicholls and New Zealand slipped to 161-5.

    With nonetheless two days left in a sequence already misplaced to New Zealand, it’ll be hoping Mitchell and Blundell can submit some other century stand to set a aggressive chase for England.

    Previous, England’s decrease order persevered to prosper after it resumed from 264-6 in a single day.

    Jonny Bairstow made 162 and Overton 97, and their file seventh-wicket stand of 241 lifted England from a precarious 55-6 to 360 all out ahead of the hosts had been bowled out ahead of lunch.

    Overton was once overcautious towards the tempo after resuming on 89, and drove Trent Boult for his first boundary of the day and thirteenth general.

    A becoming ovation for a distinct efficiency ?

    Neatly performed, @JBairstow21 ?

    Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/AIVHwaRwQv

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    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 25, 2022

    Bairstow, 130 in a single day, raised England’s 2d quickest 150 in a take a look at off 144 balls when he drove Neil Wagner during the covers for 2 runs.

    Boult, who sliced via England’s best order on Friday, in any case broke the stand when Overton edged a low catch to the slips after the left-arm rapid bowler modified the road by way of coming around the wicket. Overton’s good counterattack got here off 136 balls and featured 13 fours and two sixes. Boult completed with 4-104.

    Vast performed a excellent cameo of 42 off 36 balls that incorporated sixes towards Boult and Wagner. Tim Southee (3-100) blank bowled the left-hander.

    Bairstow’s 2d successive blistering knock of the collection in any case ended when he got here down the wicket towards the spin of Michael Bracewell and Boult took a sensible catch at lengthy off. Bairstow won a thunderous applause from England supporters on his house floor.

    Bairstow’s blistering knock off 157 balls featured 24 fours, and rescued England hopes of sweeping the collection towards the sector take a look at champion.

  • Sensible Bairstow and not going hero Overton rescue England first innings

    England centurion Johnny Bairstow and debutant Jamie Overton blazed an exciting unbeaten 7th wicket stand of 209 in 223 balls to steer their teetering facet to 264 for 6 on the shut of the second one day of the 3rd check with New Zealand on Friday.

    The imperious Bairstow has now blasted back-to-back centuries as he completed unbeaten on 130 from 126 balls, whilst quantity 8 Overton confirmed his authentic all-round qualities with an similarly crowd pleasing 89 no longer out from best 106 deliveries.

    England path the vacationers’ first innings ranking of 329 by means of 65 runs at Headingley, however might be overjoyed with their fightback when they slipped to 55 for 6 of their answer.

    The ability. The facility. The Pastime. Merely implausible ?

    Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/AIVHwaRwQv

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    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 24, 2022

    It’s the very best seventh-wicket partnership for England in opposition to New Zealand and Overton’s ranking is essentially the most by means of an England participant on debut batting at quantity 8 or decrease.

    The pair did it in some taste too, with a mixture of competitive hitting and deft stroke-making as New Zealand had been merely not able to sluggish the waft of runs.

    Sure, @JamieOverton! ?

    A very important knock on debut! ?

    Scorecard/clips: https://t.co/AIVHwaRwQv

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    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 24, 2022

    The momentum within the check is now again with England however within the heart consultation of the day they had been floundering.

    After Daryl Mitchell’s 3rd century of the collection helped New Zealand to 329 simply after lunch, seamer Trent Boult blank bowled England’s opening 3 batsman because the hosts’ most sensible order wilted.

    HORROR SHOW

    England captain Ben Stokes stated sooner than the check that his facet had been within the “leisure trade”, however their innings used to be to begin with a horror display as Boult (3-73) ripped via their most sensible order.

    Alex Lees (4) fell to an unplayable Boult thunderbolt that clipped the highest of his off stump after pitching on heart.

    Ollie Pope made 5 sooner than having his off stump flattened as he performed around the line and Zack Crawley (6) then had his heart stump rocked again by means of a Boult inswinger.

    Trent Boult is on a project to smash each and every stump in Leeds ?

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    — Sport360° (@Sport360) June 24, 2022

    Tim Southee were given in at the act to have Joe Root (5) stuck at the back of after he nicked an angled supply to depart England 21-4.

    Stokes and Bairstow fought fireplace with fireplace, blazing away to in brief halt New Zealand’s momentum however Stokes, who regarded to recklessly assault each and every supply, threw his wicket away, chipping a Neil Wagner supply to Kane Williamson at mid-off having scored 18 from 13 balls.

    In the similar over Wagner then trapped Ben Foakes for a duck to depart England six wickets down after 11.5 overs — the fastest they’d ever misplaced their first six wickets in a house check.

    However Overton and Bairstow, whose 136 in 92 balls at Trent Bridge in the second one check received the sport for England, took up the mantle and scored runs at tempo as they grasped the initiative again.

    Previous, on an overcast morning, New Zealand resumed on 225-5 and placed on precisely 100 runs sooner than lunch with Mitchell as soon as once more a thorn in England’s facet.

    He misplaced his spouse Tom Blundell (55) with whom he shared but any other century partnership however reached 3 figures with a directly six off spinner Jack Leach.

    Mitchell, the primary New Zealand batsman to attain centuries in 3 successive exams in opposition to England, used to be out to the final ball sooner than lunch.

    England are looking for to win each and every fit of a house collection with a minimum of 3 exams for the primary time since a 4-0 rout of India in 2011.