New Zealand vs England 1st Test Day 3: The England team has strengthened its position in the Test match being played against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui. On the third day of the match, England scored 374 all out in their second innings. He gave New Zealand a target of 394 runs to win the match. Ben Stokes’ team scored 325 runs in the first innings. He got a lead of 19 runs on the basis of New Zealand’s first innings. Kiwis had scored 306 runs in their first innings. At the end of the third day’s play, New Zealand scored 63 runs for 5 wickets in their second innings. Kiwis still need 331 runs to win the match and only 5 wickets are yet to be dismissed.
New Zealand’s defeat fixed
If there is no charisma in the Mount Maunganui Test, then New Zealand’s defeat is certain. At the end of the third day’s play, the Kiwis had scored 63 runs for 5 wickets in their first innings. At the end of the day’s play, Daryl Mitchell returned unbeaten on 13 and Michael Bracewell on 25. England paceman Stuart Broad played a key role in putting New Zealand on the back foot in the second innings. He has taken four wickets in the second innings of the Kiwis so far. While Oli Robinson was successful in getting one player out.
Kiwi fails against baseball strategy
England have been playing under the baseball strategy for the last few months after Ben Stokes became England’s Test captain and Brendon McCullum as head coach. Due to this strategy, England has won 9 out of 10 Tests. Even in the Mount Maunganui Test, he adopted the baseball strategy against New Zealand. In the first innings, England’s batsmen batted furiously. During this, Harry Brook and Ben Duckett scored fiery half-centuries. At the same time, in the second innings also, the batsmen of the visiting team did aggressive batting. Joe Root, Harry Brook and Ben Fox scored half-centuries in England’s second innings. Although New Zealand also did fast-paced batting in the first innings. But in the second innings, Kiwi batsmen have failed completely till now.
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