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Tea New Zealand 195 for 4 (Mitchell 20*, Blundell 7*) vs England

It may have been worse for the vacationers had Zak Crawley taken a catch diving from second slip throughout Joe Root at first to take away Nicholls on 17 earlier than Root shelled a regulation slip probability which dipped barely on him off Daryl Mitchell, who had only one run to his identify on the time.

As it was Mitchell and Tom Blundell, who shared a 195-run stand within the second innings of New Zealand’s 5-wicket defeat at Lords, went to the interval with their newest partnership intact at 26.

Stokes accounted for Nicholls with a ball that nipped away off the seam, drawing a prod to wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and ending a 77-run stand with Conway.

Conway had produced some eye-catching drives and pulls en path to his rating which included seven fours earlier than he was carried out by a superb Anderson supply which regarded like shaping away earlier than jagging again off the seam and discovering an enormous inside edge by way of to Foakes.

Stuart Broad additionally managed to seek out some motion to hassle the bowlers submit-lunch and will have had Nicholls with a fuller ball angled into the left-hander from across the wicket however Crawley – who had additional to maneuver than Root – was maybe left to rue not leaving the possibility to his former captain when he managed solely to parry it away from them each.

Anderson thought he had Conway out for 41 when the batter picked out Matthew Potts at midwicket however a smooth sign of not-out was upheld when third umpire Rod Tucker dominated that the ball had gone to floor.

Stokes allayed considerations over his potential to bowl, raised when he confirmed some discomfort in his aspect whereas coaching on Wednesday, bringing himself on within the nineteenth over. He opened with a unfastened supply outdoors off stump which Young punished to the boundary by way of level and which turned out to be the primary of two entrance-foot no-balls for the over.

Jack Leach adopted Stokes into the assault, having recovered from the concussion he suffered whereas fielding on the opening day of the primary Test at Lord’s, nevertheless it was Stokes who made the breakthrough in his second over.

Having conceded two extra boundaries to Young on the drive, the second misfielded by Leach within the covers, Stokes bowled a good off-stump line and received the ball to kick into the splice of Young’s bat with Crawley gathering a superb catch low at second slip.

Potts took a pointy catch at midwicket to despatch Latham, who slapped a brief ball straight to him at tempo as quickly as Anderson returned to the assault. All of a sudden, New Zealand had misplaced two wickets in as many balls, altering complexion of the morning.

After dropping the toss, Latham – standing in as captain for Kane Williamson who examined constructive for Covid-19 on the eve of the match – mentioned he would have appreciated to bowl first on a inexperienced-tinged pitch which he mentioned regarded dry beneath.

Willamson’s absence, and that of Colin de Grandhomme who injured his foot whereas bowling within the first Test and was dominated out of the collection, pressured two staff adjustments for New Zealand, who additionally overlooked left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel. They introduced in Henry Nicholls, again from a calf damage adopted by a bout of Covid-19, and added Matt Henry in a 4-pronged seam assault, with Michael Bracewell, the left-handed batter who additionally supplies an off-spin possibility, making his Test debut.