On Sunday, in the second and final Test between New Zealand and England, Kiwi’s skipper Time Southee played a fight-back knock of 73 runs off 49 balls. But it was not enough to get followed on by the English side.
New Zealand ended their first innings with a score of 209 runs. England decided to put a follow-on on the hosts to cease them early and get the match easily. But this time, the hosts were ready with something else.
On day 3, in the second innings of New Zealand, Kiwi openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway gave a steady start to the team and smashed 83 runs and 61 runs, respectively.
The way things unfolded for the hosts in the first session, it looked like they would give up sooner or later and England would walk away with another simple victory. But the opening pair of Latham and Conway led the fight back with a crucial partnership of 149.
After finally getting the breakthrough, England capitalised quickly to take wickets at regular intervals. Devon Conway became the first victim of Jack Leach. With his partner gone, Tom Latham didn’t survive long on Day-3. He gave his wicket away to Joe Root. Will Young came in to restore New Zealand’s hope once again. He tried to settle on the pitch first but ended up falling to Jack Leach.
After losing three wickets in a span of 10 overs Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls stepped up to re-ignite New Zealand’s innings. The hosts ended the day with a score of 202/3. New Zealand’s former skipper Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls remain unbeaten at the end of Day-3 with scores of 25(81) and 18(70) respectively.
New Zealand still trails by 24 runs with wickets in their hand New Zealand will try to score as many runs as they can on Day-4 to shift the momentum in their favour. If they manage to survive on Day-4 you can expect this match to go down to the wire on the final day.
