What a great start New Zealand! England’s first three batsmen were in the pavilion within 21 runs. New Zealand had seven overs on the first day of the Wellington Test, then England took control. They have 315 runs for 3 wickets.

The morning tells you how the day will go – this adage is proven false by Joe Root and Harry Brooke. The third session was not completed due to rain. Before this, the power of two Yorkshire batsmen is going on. Their partnership was 294 runs. There were no runs with the bat in the last series against South Africa and Pakistan. Root ended the criticism by scoring a century on the last ball of the day. He scored his 28th Test century playing 182 balls, he was unbeaten on 101 runs. On the other hand, Brooke is getting the first double century. He entered the 800 milestone in the ninth innings of his career.

The 24-year-old right-handed batsman played dynamic innings. He is unbeaten on 184 off 169 balls with 24 fours and 5 sixes. Let’s see if he can take the third century of his career to the house of two hundred. Matt Henry returned Jack Crawley (2) and Ollie Pope (10) in his two consecutive overs. Ben Duquette (9) was the victim of Tim Southee in the seventh over. Brooke and Root made a great start.