New Zealand v England: Black Caps resist after following-on in Wellington

All 3 wickets England took successful the 2nd innings fell to spin, with Jack Leach toiling distant for 31 overs

England person enactment to bash successful bid to triumph the 2nd Test aft New Zealand's defiance following-on successful Wellington.

Tom Latham made 83 and Devon Conway 61 successful an opening basal of 149, earlier New Zealand mislaid 3 wickets for 18 runs to the rotation of Jack Leach and Joe Root.

But Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls dug in, astatine times painstakingly so. Williamson crawled to 25 not retired from 81 balls and Nicholls 18 from 70 successful an unbroken concern of 35.

Captain Tim Southee earlier clubbed 73 from 49 balls to resistance the Black Caps to 209 each retired successful their archetypal innings.

Southee added 98 for the eighth wicket with Tom Blundell, lone for some to autumn to Stuart Broad arsenic portion of his 4-61.

Then came the New Zealand rearguard, leaving a lucifer that could person been one-sided delicately poised.

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To enforce oregon not to enforce?

A determination made by a skipper to enforce a follow-on oregon state (which England did successful their innings) is lone ever judged successful hindsight.

When Ben Stokes opted to usage the follow-on - the archetypal clip helium has had the accidental nether his captaincy and the archetypal enforced by England since August 2020 - it was incredibly hard to argue.

That New Zealand subsequently batted good does mean it was a atrocious call.

Indeed, the information the Basin Reserve transportation is staying existent to its estimation for getting amended for batting - it is gradually turning from greenish to brownish - means England could person the champion of it erstwhile they travel to a run-chase.

The hosts' grit volition not person travel arsenic a astonishment to England and, for the archetypal clip successful the series, the Black Caps looked similar the reigning satellite Test champions.

England are inactive favourites to triumph this match. They volition instrumentality refreshed connected Monday with a shot that is lone 3 overs aged looking to marque inroads and bounds their eventual target.

But New Zealand person besides fixed themselves an extracurricular accidental of redeeming the bid by becoming the archetypal squad to triumph a Test against England aft pursuing on.

Latham and Conway pb New Zealand rearguard

Faced with specified a immense deficit, left-handed openers Latham and Conway gradually chipped distant astatine England's vantage with old-fashioned Test values: patience, determination and dependable judgement.

Both men near well. Latham was beardown disconnected the pads, Conway drove handsomely done the covers and besides deed Leach for six implicit long-on.

An incredibly crisp accidental backmost to Leach disconnected Latham was the closest England came until Ollie Pope erstwhile again showed his worth arsenic a adjacent fielder by holding connected to Conway's wrong edge.

Three overs later, Latham missed a expanse to beryllium lbw to Root and erstwhile Leach produced a ripper that turned past Will Young's antiaircraft stroke, New Zealand were 3 down inactive 59 adrift.

But Williamson and Nicholls dropped anchor with dead-batted defence. Nicholls survived an wrong borderline flashing past Pope astatine abbreviated limb erstwhile helium had eight.

The little burst with the 2nd caller shot could not portion them and New Zealand person the likes Daryl Mitchell, Blundell, Michael Bracewell and Southee inactive to travel connected Monday.

Southee chaos precedes Kiwi defiance

England mightiness person been hoping for triumph wrong 3 days erstwhile play resumed with New Zealand 138-7, 237 behind.

On a grey morning, Southee caused chaos. From 23 not out, helium swiped 50 from the 30 balls helium faced until his dismissal. Three sixes were belted disconnected a azygous Leach over, different maximum pulled disconnected Ollie Robinson.

He was enactment down by Leach - a skier astatine good limb - but adjacent shot chipped Broad to Zak Crawley astatine mid-wicket.

In Broad's adjacent over, Tom Blundell hammered to mid-on and was retired for 38, past Matt Henry looped a abbreviated shot to point.

After bowling lone 11.2 overs, England invited the Black Caps to bat again, lone to brushwood immoderate hard toil successful the warmest upwind of the match.

England's gait bowlers got the shot to swing, but bowled a interaction excessively wide to utilise the assistance. There was crook for the spinners, albeit with Leach erring connected the abbreviated side.

Stokes held himself backmost until the 50th implicit and sent down 2 overs of ineffective bouncers, including a wide and 3 no-balls, earlier Leach recovered the breakthrough.