England dominate New Zealand on the second day of the first Test – Cricket news
At stumps on the second day of the first Test between hosts England and the touring team from New Zealand, the Kiwis ended the second day of play on 153 for the loss of four wickets and now trail by 79 runs with six wickets in hand at Lord’s, London.
England resumed their first innings from an overnight score of 160 for the loss of four wickets with Joe Root on 25 and Jonny Bairstow on three.
The pair led the side towards 192, before the dismissal of Root, who was caught behind off Tim Southee after a knock of 40 runs. On the next delivery Southee struck again by nabbing the prized wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984, who failed to get off the mark.
With 195 on the scoreboard, the English suffered their seventh loss when Stuart Broad was trapped in front of stumps by N Wagner without scoring a run off five deliveries.
Bairstow was then joined by Graeme Swann as the English supporters hoped to see the two prosper against a resurgent bowling attack.
However, the batsmen could take their side to only 201 runs, before Swann found his way back to the pavilion after he was dismissed by Neil Wagner. The batsman hit five runs off nine deliveries before walking back.
Steven Finn, then provided Bairstow with an incredible support as he faced 44 deliveries and scored only four runs, before losing his wicket on a leg-before decision against Southee. The batsman left his side lingering on 221 runs.
Southee later wrapped up the English innings by dismissing Bairstow, who scored an important knock of 41 runs to see his side pile 232 in their first innings.
From New Zealand, Tim Southee, was the best bowler with four wickets to his name, backed by N Wagner, who took three.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 had a disappointing start to their innings as they lost their first wicket with only five runs on the board when English pacer James Anderson took the wicket of Hamish Rutherford, who scored only four runs off three deliveries.
With New Zealand on seven, Anderson struck once more as he nabbed the wicket of PG Fulton, who hit the showers after scoring only two runs off 22 deliveries.
The next partnership between Kane Williamson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 was impressive as it took the score to 100 runs, before Ross Taylor became the next casualty, losing his wicket to Anderson after scoring 66 runs.
With 147 on the scoreboard, the Kiwis lost the services of Doug Brownlie, who was trapped in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 after scoring 23 runs.
At stumps, Williamson was on 44 and skipper Brendon McCullum on one with England in a dominating position.
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