NZ vs Eng Day 2: New Zealand Dominates after Will O’Rourkee Spell Shattered England’s Middle-Order

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After losing two test matches, New Zealand is back in the third test match. At the end of the second day, New Zealand is leading the game by 340 runs, putting a break on England's desire for a clean sweep.

New Zealand 347 & 136/3

England 143

Test 3 of 3 (ENG leads 2-0) - End of day 2

NZ lead by 340 runs

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NZ 1st InnENG 1st InnNZ 2nd Inn

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham (c) c Ollie Pope b Matthew Potts	63	135	9	0	46.67
Will Young c Harry Brook b Gus Atkinson	42	92	10	0	45.65
Kane Williamson b Matthew Potts	44	87	9	0	50.57
Rachin Ravindra c Ben Duckett b Brydon Carse	18	25	4	0	72.0
Daryl Mitchell c Ben Stokes b Gus Atkinson	14	32	3	0	43.75
Tom Blundell (wk) c Jacob Bethell b Brydon Carse	21	29	4	0	72.41
Glenn Phillips c Zak Crawley b Matthew Potts	5	10	1	0	50.0
Mitchell Santner b Matthew Potts	76	117	10	2	64.96
Matt Henry c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes	8	20	0	1	40.0
Tim Southee c Brydon Carse b Gus Atkinson	23	10	1	3	230.0
Will O'Rourke not out	5	30	1	0	16.67

Extras: 28 (NB 4, W 2, B 12, LB 10)

Total: 347 (10 wkts, 97.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 105/1 (W. Young, 30.3 ov), 149/2 (T. Latham, 44.1 ov), 172/3 (R. Ravindra, 52.3 ov), 185/4 (K. Williamson, 58.6 ov), 206/5 (D. Mitchell, 63.3 ov), 212/6 (G. Phillips, 66.2 ov), 231/7 (T. Blundell, 68.6 ov), 272/8 (M. Henry, 77.5 ov), 303/9 (T. Southee, 80.4 ov), 347/10 (M. Santner, 97.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matthew Potts	28.1	7	90	4	3.2
Gus Atkinson	26.0	7	66	3	2.54
Brydon Carse	19.0	2	78	2	4.11
Ben Stokes (c)	24.0	6	91	1	3.79

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley c & b Matt Henry	21	14	5	0	150.0
Ben Duckett b Will O'Rourke	3	5	0	0	60.0
Jacob Bethell c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee	35	45	7	0	77.78
Harry Brook b Matt Henry	0	1	0	0	0.0
Joe Root c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee	5	12	1	0	41.67
Ollie Pope c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	48	72	8	0	66.67
Ben Stokes (c) c Tom Blundell b Will O'Rourke	5	7	1	0	71.43
Gus Atkinson c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	4	10	1	0	40.0
Brydon Carse b Will O'Rourke	0	3	0	0	0.0
Matthew Potts b Matt Henry	2	6	0	0	33.33
Shoaib Bashir not out	11	15	2	0	73.33

Extras: 9 (B 4, LB 5)

Total: 143 (10 wkts, 35.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 32/1 (Z. Crawley, 4.2 ov), 33/2 (B. Duckett, 4.6 ov), 77/3 (J. Bethell, 15.5 ov), 77/4 (H. Brook, 15.6 ov), 82/5 (J. Root, 17.6 ov), 134/6 (O. Pope, 30.5 ov), 137/7 (B. Stokes, 32.1 ov), 141/8 (G. Atkinson, 33.5 ov), 141/9 (B. Carse, 34.2 ov), 143/10 (M. Potts, 35.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matt Henry	13.4	2	54	4	3.95
Tim Southee	10.0	1	45	2	4.50
Will O'Rourke	12.0	4	44	3	3.67

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham (c) b Gus Atkinson	19	31	3	0	61.29
Will Young c Jacob Bethell b Ben Stokes	60	85	9	0	70.59
Kane Williamson not out	50	58	8	0	86.21
Will O'Rourke c Ollie Pope b Ben Stokes	0	8	0	0	0.0
Rachin Ravindra not out	2	10	0	0	20.0

Extras: 5 (B 4, LB 1)

Total: 136/3 (32 ov)

Fall of wickets: 35/1 (T. Latham, 9.4 ov), 124/2 (W. Young, 27.1 ov), 128/3 (W. O'Rourke, 29.3 ov)

Yet to bat: Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matthew Potts	6.0	2	33	0	5.5
Gus Atkinson	5.0	2	10	1	2.0
Brydon Carse	6.0	1	21	0	3.5
Ben Stokes (c)	10.0	1	45	2	4.5
Shoaib Bashir	5.0	1	22	0	4.4

From the First Day

After winning the toss, England chose to bowl; New Zealand came to bat and scored a 105-run partnership. The team scored 315 runs, losing nine wickets, with Mitchell Santhner and Will O’Rourkee remaining unbeaten at the end of day 1. Matthew Potts and Gus Atkinson took 4 and 3 wickets from England's side, respectively.

England’s Struggle for the Last Wicket

When Mitchell Santhner and Rourke came to bat on the second day’s morning, England supporters were expecting a quick Inning finish, but with England's lousy bowling, both batters were able to score 44 runs before the last wicket. Santher scored 25 more runs in the morning with the unwavering support of Rourke, who faced 30 balls. New Zealand got all out at 347 runs while playing 15 overs on the second day.

England’s Flop Show

When England came to bat, the opener started in a T20 style batting, scoring 32 runs in just 4.1 overs with six boundaries. The quick start suggested a good fight in the game, but both got out in the same 5th over. Jacob Bethell and Joe Root tried stabilising the inning, batted for the next ten overs together, and contributed 34 more runs.

Rourke’s devastating spell

England came to trouble when Rourke came to the ball in the 16th over; in the 5th ball of the over, he bowled to Bethell; the ball got a thick edge of the bat and landed in the Phillips hands, who was at backward point. On the next ball, Harry Brooks, who had already scored two centuries in the series, came to bat, surprised he got bowled on his first ball of the innings as the ball flicked the leg bell. In the next over, Rourke struck again; this time, the victim was Joe Root; on the last ball of the 17th over, Root tried to cut, but he found Will Young. Rourke took three wickets in just eight balls, leaving England's middle order shattered at 85/5.

After five wickets in just 85 runs, Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope tried to stabilise the innings with a 52-run partnership. But as Pope got dismissed at 134 during the 31st over, England didn't even last for ten more runs as the team got all out at 145, unable to play the complete 36 overs.

New Zealand’s Second Innings 

When New Zealand came to bat in the third session, Will Young and Tom Latham scored a 35-run partnership before Latham was dismissed at a personal score of 19. After that, Young and Kane Williamson scored half-centuries, and Young was dismissed when New Zealand was at 124 runs. Soon after him, night watchman Rourke also got out for a duck. At the end of the day, Williamson and Rachin Ravindra were batting at 60 and 2, respectively, with New Zealand scoring 136/3.

That's that for Day 2 in Hamilton. pic.twitter.com/TNJp3CQ0Oj

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