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 49.5 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, stretches forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 49.6 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and pushes off the toe-end to extra cover.

Over 50.4 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run,  shuffled across and that made the impact to be outside off. The ball was also not doing enough to hit the stumps. So an overall poor use of the review by Boult

Over 50.5 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, goes deep inside the crease and misses the glance.

Over 50.6 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence,1 run, moves across and turns it past a diving short mid-wicket, off the mark with that single.

Over 51.1 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it to mid-on.

Over 51.2 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets into the forward push and the ball spins away to beat the outside edge.

Over 51.3 Ajaz Patel bowls it flat in the air to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets into the forward defensive, the ball turns past the outside edge.

Over 51.4 Ajaz Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 51.5 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, 2 runs, moves across in the crease and whips it through mid-wicket and scampers back for the second.

Over 51.6 Ajaz Patel bowls it short of length to Daniel Lawrence, Boundary! Makes room and pierces the gap in the cover region. The ball races away to the fence.

Over 53.1 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence,1 run, gets forward and  angles it past backward point and crosses over.

Over 53.6 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, prods forward and turns it to short mid-wicket

Over 55.1 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, 2 runs, moves across in the crease and glances it down to the fine leg and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 55.2 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets forward and squeezes the drive to mid-off

Over 55.3 Ajaz Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Daniel Lawrence, no run, sits back and turns it to mid-wicket.

Over 55.4 Ajaz Patel tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets inside the line and happy to let it go through to the keeper,

Over 55.5 Ajaz Patel bowls it short of length to Daniel Lawrence,1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it to extra cover and races across

Over 56.1 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence,1 run, stretches across and makes a tumbling stop but can't prevent the single

Over 57.1 Matt Henry bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 57.2 Matt Henry bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, Boundary! Took a late call of withdrawing his bat from the line and ended up guiding it off the face between slip and gully.

Over 57.3 Matt Henry bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets forward and watches it closely and lets it pass through to the keeper.

Over 57.4 Matt Henry bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 57.5 Matt Henry bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, Boundary! Gets squared up slightly in the crease. Gets a thick outside edge that beats the slips and rolls to the boundary

Over 57.6 Matt Henry bowls a pitched up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, no run, gets forward and patted back towards the bowler

Over 58.6 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns,  out Caught by Latham!! Burns wanted to attack, threw his bat away from his body and lost control. Elicits a healthy outside edge which went low to Latham at the second slip.

Over 59.1: No runs. Matt Henry to Daniel Lawrence,

Over 59.2: Two runs. Matt Henry to Daniel Lawrence,

Over 59.3: No runs. Matt Henry to Daniel Lawrence,

Over 59.4: No runs. Matt Henry to Daniel Lawrence,

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