http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 happy with overall performance against New Zealand – Cricket news
England captain Alastair Cook is overwhelmed with his side’s performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the two-match Test series which they won by 2-0.
After his side registered the second win at Headingley, Leeds, the left-hand batsman had words of appreciation for everyone in the English squad.
“We put in a really good performance here and one to 11 everyone put their hand up,” he said.
Highlighting the performance of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ernest-William-Swanton-c56374 to get 10
wickets was a great effort too.”
The Poms always had a lead in the match after their fantastic performance in the first innings where they piled 354 runs with Root (104) and Jonny Bairstow (64) doing the damage.
England backed their performance in the field as well, where they bowled out New Zealand for 174, Swann leading the figures with four wickets to his name.
England did not show any mercy to their guests as they hammered 287 runs in the second innings, giving New Zealand a target of 486 before declaring the innings. Cook played a mesmerising knock of 130, shredding the New Zealand bowling attack into bits.
The second innings was no better for the Kiwis as the batsmen looked unsettled and under pressure.
Former skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 was the only batsman who showed some character as he played a good knock of 70 runs before being bowled by Swann.
The England spinner was on fire in the second innings as he took six wickets to incinerate New Zealand and was later named as the Man of the Match.
The tourists consequently faltered on 220 runs, losing the match by a big margin of 247 runs.
After decapitating New Zealand, England would be looking to repeat the performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the forthcoming Ashes series.
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