Poms, Caps. 3 Test series.

[Donny]

Caps bowlers are into them

5/98. Jamieson 2/20.

Last 20 balls - 3/6.

[Donny]

Boult claims Bairstow.

6/100.

[Pies4shaw]

And 7/100, reaching 7/116 at Stumps. After getting to 0/59 and 2/92, England lost 5/8 from 28 balls. These teams are demonstrating nearly equal ability with the bat.

Root's decline continues. After averaging 66.1 in 2021, he averages 33.54 in 2022 and most of his 2022 runs came in 2 centuries against the West Indies.
That's not quite as woeful as Williamson - he averages 26.50 in Tests over the last 12 months. Indeed, it's coming up to 12 months since the NZ captain reached 50 in a Test.

[Skids]

Maybe the poms and kiwis should be allowed to use bigger bats and tennis balls... for a while.

[Donny]

Broad gorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnn. Southee 3/44.

England 8/125.

[Donny]

9/130. Southee again. Has 4/37.

[Donny]

Poms 141. Boult 3/21.

Caps 2/30. Anderson and Potts have the wickets.

[Donny]

3/35. Potts takes his 6th. wicket for the Test.

[Donny]

3/51.

Mitchell 10*, Conway 10*.

[Donny]

4/90. Mitchell 38*, Blundell 6*.

[Donny]

These 2 batting well. A total collapse was on but they got their heads down to get to 4/128, so far.

Mitchell 47*, Blundell 39*.

Tea.

[Donny]

The lead is now 187 and both bats are in the 70s.

[Pies4shaw]

Stumps on Day 2. 4/236 (227 lead). Blundell 90*, Mitchell 97*.

[Donny]

180 unf. partnership between Mitchell and Blundell, starting at 4/56.

Test batting at its best.

[Pies4shaw]

^ They just had to get the spuds out of the way, first.