New Zealand slumped to 224-7 as England gave themselves the chance to chase a dramatic series win towards the end of the game on the fourth day of the second Test. The Kiwis lost five wickets for 110 in a tense evening session at Trent Bridge and went into the final day with a 238 lead. With three wickets to go, New Zealand faces a rough patch on Tuesday morning as they work their way to safety. trying to get jobs. † Daryl Mitchell isn’t out at 32, with Matt Henry at 8, and if England can rattle through the tail they’ll be in a thrilling chase. England chased 277 to win the first Test at Lord’s thanks to a Joe Root century.
A second consecutive win over the Test world champions would give England their first win in the series since January 2021.
While England will be confident, they must heed the lesson of New Zealand’s sloppy second innings, which were marked by a succession of tame layoffs and needless run-outs.
On a memorable day on Trent Bridge, England’s James Anderson reached 650 Test wickets when New Zealand opener Tom Latham dropped a straight ball that clattered into his stumps.
The 39-year-old fast bowler is just the third man ever to reach the milestone after spinning legends Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Anderson’s milestone came just months after he admitted he was “praying” that his international career was not over after deciding to drop him from the West Indian tour.
England had been sacked for 539 on Monday morning.
Root scored a majestic 176 and Ben Foakes added a lively 56 to ensure that New Zealand only had a 14-run lead after their own massive first innings of 553.
Root resumed at 163 and Foakes at 24, while New Zealand suffered a blow when Kyle Jamison was ruled out of day four as the pace bowler awaited the results of scans from the back injury he sustained on Sunday.
Foakes took over for Tim Southee in the first of the day and broke two boundaries when the stunned pace bowler was sacked for 12 runs.
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Root joined the party with an outrageous reverse scoop from Southee flying high over the slip cordon for his first Test six since February 2021 in India.
Foakes crushed a four to hit a blistering hundred with Root, then pushed another frontier to get his 50 in what felt like an instant.
Trent Boult finally stopped the bleeding when he sent Root away, who fired at Southee for cover after chasing a wide delivery.
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Root slammed the bat to his pads in frustration and took off to cause a five-wicket collapse for 23 runs, while Trent Boult finished 5-106.
England got off to a flying start to New Zealand’s second innings when Latham bizarrely left a straight from Anderson.
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