In the second Test, Harry Brooke’s 186 and Joe Root’s unbeaten 153 in the innings, losing 8 wickets, England declared the innings by scoring 435 runs. After that, New Zealand went to bat in their first innings and fell in the follow-on after being bowled out for 209 runs in front of the English bowlers.

However, the hosts turned around to follow on. And that was made possible by the bats of opening batsman Tom Latham and Devon Conway. Kiwis ended the third day with 202 runs after losing 3 wickets. They are still 24 runs behind England. At the crease are experienced batsmen Kane Williamson (25) and Henry Nicholls (18). Both of them will come out to bat again on Monday. In the second innings, Latham and Conway made a partnership of 149 runs. Conway was caught by Ollie Pope off Jack Leach in this team run. He returned with 61 runs with 6 fours and 1 six. Tom Latham didn’t last long either.

After 155 runs, he returned lbw to Joe Root. He played an inning of 83 runs with 11 fours before leaving. After 167 runs, Will Young was bowled by Leach for a personal 8 runs. Williamson and Nicholls then finished the day with a partnership of 35 runs. Before that, New Zealand, who ended the second day with 138 runs for the loss of 7 wickets, were all out for 209 runs before the midday break on the third day. Blundell, who was unbeaten with 25 runs the previous day, was dismissed for 30 runs today. And Tim Southee, who was unbeaten on 23 runs, showed his batting strength. Marmukhi scored 73 runs with 5 fours and 6 sixes. Steward Broad took 4 wickets with the ball. James Anderson and Jack Leach took 3 wickets each.