England vs New Zealand 2nd Test at Birmingham, 10 Jun, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 303/10 (101)  &  122/10 (41.1)
New Zealand 388/10 (119.1)  &  41/2 (10.5)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Matt Henry
  • Tom Latham 23 * (32)
  • Ross Taylor 0 * (0)

Over 22.4 Ajaz Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Olly Stone, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and solid block back to the bowler

Over 22.5 Ajaz Patel bowls a slower one to Olly Stone, no run,  gets across and pushes it back to the bowler.

Over 22.6 Ajaz Patel bowls it flat in the air to Olly Stone, no run, comes on to the front foot and happy to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 23.4 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and happy to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 23.5 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Olly Stone,1 run, gets forward and played with hard hands, the edge though falls well short to the left of Latham in the cordon. 

Over 24.1 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, 2 runs, gets across the line and flicks it down to the fine leg and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 24.2 Ajaz Patel bowls it flat in the air to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and tried to block on the leg-side, catches the outside edge and falls short of Taylor at slip

Over 24.3 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, comes forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 24.4 Ajaz Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and blocked to short leg.

Over 24.5 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and pushes it with soft hands.

Over 24.6 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, goes on the back foot and punches the quicker delivery back to the bowler. 

Over 25.2 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Olly Stone, no run, gets forward and looks to flick and misses. Stone, though, manages to get his pad in the way which takes the ball rolling towards square leg

Over 25.3 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Olly Stone, no run, leans forward and driven firmly towards mid-on

Over 25.4 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Olly Stone, no run, gets forward and drives off the inside half to mid-wicket's right.

Over 25.5 Neil Wagner bowls a back of length delivery to Olly Stone, no run, stands tall and punches straight to cover

Over 25.6 Neil Wagner bowls a slower one to Olly Stone, no run, stay composed and push the drive back at the bowler. 

Over 26.5 Ajaz Patel bowls it flat in the air to Joe Root, out Caught by Tom Blundell!! Root goes for a flashing cut and sends a thick edge through to the keeper.

Over 27.1 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Olly Stone, no run,  goes chasing after a wide delivery and gets thin air. 

Over 27.2 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Olly Stone, no run,  hangs back and punches it into the covers.

Over 27.3 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Olly Stone, no run, gets across the line and looks to flick and misses. Off the thigh pad and to the left of the keeper

Over 27.4 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Olly Stone, no run, gets forward and  pushes the drive to the right of mid-off

Over 27.5 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Olly Stone, no run, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives off the toe-end towards cover.

Over 27.6 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Olly Stone, no run, goes on to the back foot and  incredibly well to dig that out into the off-side

Over 29.1: No runs. Matt Henry to Olly Stone,

Over 29.2: No runs. Matt Henry to Olly Stone,

Over 29.3: No runs. Matt Henry to Olly Stone,

Over 29.4: Boundary!. Matt Henry to Olly Stone,

Over 29.5: No runs. Matt Henry to Olly Stone,

Over 29.6: No runs. Matt Henry to Olly Stone,

Over 31.4: No runs. Matt Henry to Olly Stone,

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