New Zealand v England Test Match Series

How sloppy was the NZ fielding on day two? Blimey. Just shows how important fielding is.
So many dropped catches.

Been a very interesting test match so far today's play could be a vital one for who may gain any advantage in the test and for the rest of the series

There was a made an interesting comment made on TalkSport Radio regarding the luck of the game, Brook has given 4 chances, so far with varying degrees of difficulty, all dropped, Pope gave one chance & Phillips pulled off an unbelievable catch, having already dropped a much easier chance.

(28-11-2024 23:23 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(27-11-2024 19:33 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  New Zealand v England 1st Test - Christchurch Day 3 Close4Toss - England elected to bowl
New Zealand 348 (91 overs) Williamson 93 Phillips 58 no Latham 47 Ravindra 34 Bashir 4-69 Carse 4-64 Atkinson 2-61
England 499 (86.1 overs) Brook 177 Stokes 80 Pope 77 Atkinson 48 Duckett 46 Carse 33 no Henry 4-84 Smith 3-142 Southee 2-85
New Zealand 155-6 (49 overs) Williamson 61 Mitchell 31 no Ravindra 24 Carse 3-22 Woakes 3-39

England are gradually working their way forwards in an effort to build a decisive lead. It's tricky out there but Ben Stokes is doing his best to coax the lower order through. Just got to keep chugging along. Lots of time left in the match.

(29-11-2024 23:41 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(28-11-2024 23:23 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(27-11-2024 19:33 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  New Zealand v England 1st Test - Christchurch Day 4
Toss - England elected to bowl
New Zealand 348 (91 overs) Williamson 93 Phillips 58 no Latham 47 Ravindra 34 Bashir 4-69 Carse 4-64 Atkinson 2-61
England 499 (86.1 overs) Brook 177 Stokes 80 Pope 77 Atkinson 48 Duckett 46 Carse 33 no Henry 4-84 Smith 3-142 Southee 2-85
New Zealand 254 (74.1 overs) Williamson 61 Mitchell 84 Ravindra 24 Smith 21 Carse 6-42 Woakes 3-59
England 102-2 Bethell 50 no Duckett 27 Root 23 no
England won by 8 wickets

England completed the formality of the win as Carse took 6-42 & 10-106. Mitchell made a battling 84. The target of 104 was cleared in style with in 12.4 overs. The highlight was an eye-catching 50 from Bethell. In the process of the case Root became the leading Test run scorer in the 4th innings, passing Tendulkar.

Ben Stokes has said he should be ok to play in the second test after pulling up when bowling.
Apparently just wear and tear so it looks to have been precautionary.

New Zealand v England 2nd Test - Wellington Day 1 Close
Toss - New Zealand elected to field
England 280 (54.4 overs) Brook 123 Pope 66 Henry 2-43 O'Rourke 3-49 Smith 4861
New Zealand 86-5 (26 overs) Williamson 37 Carse 2-28

Sends a truck load of helmets to wellington let the bazball begin