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The ongoing second Test between England and New Zealand has seen some exciting action at the Trent Bridge. After conceding 553 runs in the first innings, England had to perform well with the bat, which they did. Joe Root and Ollie Pope were absolutely superb as both scored a century for their side in the second innings. Root, however, had managed to stay through day three.
On the next day, he tried to continue his dominance, but the Kiwi bowlers were at the top of their game. Trent Boult and Michael Bracewell broke through England's middle order and their tail to give the team a lead of 14 runs going into the next innings. The former English captain scored 173 runs in the match, and was the highest scorer of the innings. On the other hand, Boult picked a sensational fifer.
In the following innings, James Anderson got an early breakthrough with the wicket of Tom Latham. He completely outplayed the Black Caps captain with a brilliant delivery. Anderson struck Latham's stumps with an in-swinger in the first over of the third innings. The batter attempted to leave the length ball as he expected it to move outside, but he was taken aback. With this, James Anderson become the third bowler to complete 650 Test wickets.
Will Young (56) and Devon Conway (52) then stitched a crucial partnership as they added 100 runs together. However, the English bowling attack bounced back, and put the batters under pressure. In the final session of day four, England was able to take five wickets leaving only the tail to bat with Daryl Mitchell. New Zealand currently has a score of 224/7 with a lead of 238.
The game is well poised for England now. They will strive to get early wickets on the last day and then quickly chase the target. However, the playing conditions at the venue are also in favour of the batters.
Here is how Twitter has reacted to the game so far
WE ARE NOTTINGHAM! Come on England. #ENGvsNZ
— Ben (@bignoisebeats) June 14, 2022
What a great day of test cricket at Trent Bridge. 2 teams playing daring cricket going for win #ENGvsNZ Refreshing 🏏
— James Petherbridge (@jamespethers) June 13, 2022
Looking forward to a scintillating day of cricket tomorrow with a winner at the end of the day. #ENGvNZ #ENGvsNZ https://t.co/O1w1goEKDI
— Ravi Shukla (@rkshukla) June 14, 2022
Sick in bed today, but there's enough live cricket to catch 😁 First #SLvsAUS ODI game, and also a potentially very exciting #ENGvsNZ Day 5 ahead.
— Jonathan Anthony (@jonathanthony16) June 14, 2022
Test cricket must be protected. It's beautiful.#ENGvNZ #ENGvsNZ pic.twitter.com/FuqWNXxMtb
— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) June 2, 2022
Test cricket 🙂😍#TestCricket #ENGvsNZ pic.twitter.com/s1W3sLag2j
— Himanshu joshi@321 (@Himansh78538452) June 14, 2022
JAMES ANDERSON becomes 3rd bowler to take 650 test wickets.#cricket #ENGvsNZ #jimmyanderson #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/oSfImESkpB
— sportslike (@sportslike999) June 14, 2022
New Zealand collapse on Day 4 gives England hope in tense second Test
The Kiwis lost five quick wickets before reaching 224-7 in a tense evening session at Trent Bridge and head into the final day with a lead of 238.
READ: https://t.co/rSOJAyM8hn#ENGvNZ #cricket #ENGvsNZ pic.twitter.com/dHyn8sVTZt
— TOI Sports (@toisports) June 14, 2022
Joe Root all set to become No.1 Test batsman in the ICC test batting rankings after this second test match against New Zealand.#ENGvsNZ #JoeRoot #testcricket pic.twitter.com/BZqaT1V6Ga
— RADHAKRISHNAN (@RADHAKR11391382) June 14, 2022
Day 5 of the test match interestingly poised at #TrentBridge .
If England can bowl NZ out quickly, then we have a game to watch out for. 55-45 chance, tilted towards England. #ENGvsNZ— Harisankar Menon (@jammyhari) June 14, 2022