England dominate New Zealand in second Test – Cricket news
England have certainly exhibited their might against the touring team from New Zealand as after winning the opening Test, the hosts seem destined to secure the second match as they lead by 296 runs with 9 wickets remaining at stumps on the third day at Headingley,
Leeds.
After the first day was washed up, the Poms made mincemeat of the New Zealand bowlers by bolstering a mammoth score of 354 in their first innings. With England on 337 for seven by stumps on the second day, the third day of play saw an end to their innings
with Graeme Swann unbeaten on 26. Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root was the highest scoring batsman in this innings with a knock of 104 to his name.
New Zealand began their innings in style as openers Peter Fulton and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Duncan-Rutherford-c61359 mounted an opening stand of 55 runs, before Steven Finn crashed the party by nabbing the wicket of Fulton for 28.
With the Kiwis on 62, Finn struck again by dismissing Rutherford, who was caught after scoring 27 runs.
Finn was ruthless as he went on to grab his third wicket by dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, who fell with only six runs off his bat. At the time of this wicket, New Zealand had reached 72 runs.
Swann then joined the party as he dismissed Dean Brownlie for two with New Zealand struggling on 79. This was followed by another wicket when the spinner dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 for one. By this time, New Zealand had reached 81 runs and were looking in
a bad shape.
A run later, they lost their sixth wicket on the departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813, who was also sent back by Swann after he had scored 13 runs.
With New Zealand’s main batting line-up pulverised, skipper Brendon McCullum and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659 crafted a defiant stand as they led their side towards 119 runs, before Southee was dismissed by Stuart Broad after scoring 19 runs.
With McCullum hammering 20, Neil Wagner 27 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708 24, New Zealand were bowled out for 174.
Beginning their second innings, England lost only one wicket before stumps as they piled 116 runs with skipper Alastair Cook on 88 and Jonathan Trott on ten.
England dominate New Zealand in second Test – Cricket news
England have certainly exhibited their might against the touring team from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 as after winning the opening Test, the hosts seem destined to secure the second match as they lead by 296 runs with 9 wickets remaining at stumps on the third day at Headingley,
Leeds.
After the first day was washed up, the Poms made mincemeat of the New Zealand bowlers by bolstering a mammoth score of 354 in their first innings. With England on 337 for seven by stumps on the second day, the third day of play saw an end to their innings
with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 unbeaten on 26. Meanwhile, Joe Root was the highest scoring batsman in this innings with a knock of 104 to his name.
New Zealand began their innings in style as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 crashed the party by nabbing the wicket of Fulton for 28.
With the Kiwis on 62, Finn struck again by dismissing Rutherford, who was caught after scoring 27 runs.
Finn was ruthless as he went on to grab his third wicket by dismissing Ross Taylor, who fell with only six runs off his bat. At the time of this wicket, New Zealand had reached 72 runs.
Swann then joined the party as he dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-Brownlie-c1349 for two with New Zealand struggling on 79. This was followed by another wicket when the spinner dismissed Martin Guptill for one. By this time, New Zealand had reached 81 runs and were looking in
a bad shape.
A run later, they lost their sixth wicket on the departure of Kane Williamson, who was also sent back by Swann after he had scored 13 runs.
With New Zealand’s main batting line-up pulverised, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 after scoring 19 runs.
With McCullum hammering 20, Neil Wagner 27 and Trent Boult 24, New Zealand were bowled out for 174.
Beginning their second innings, England lost only one wicket before stumps as they piled 116 runs with skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 on ten.
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