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 8.1 Mark Wood bowls a pitched up delivery to Devon Conway, 2 runs, presses forward and drives with an opened bat-face

Over 8.2 Mark Wood bowls a pitched up delivery to Devon Conway, Boundary! Gets reaches out by plunging forward and caresses it superbly through extra cover. Brilliant timing

Over 8.3 Mark Wood bowls a pitched up delivery to Devon Conway, Boundary! Gets forward and plays a good-looking square drive. Placed it all along the carpet.

Over 8.4 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler

Over 8.5 Mark Wood bowls a pitched up delivery to Devon Conway,1 run, comes forward and goes for an expansive drive but  gets an inside edge that misses the leg-stump and dribbles away to fine leg

Over 8.6 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Will Young, 2 leg byes, goes on to the back foot and flicks it off the pads down to the fine leg and picks up a couple of leg byes.

Over 10.1: No runs. Mark Wood to Will Young,

Over 10.2: No runs. Mark Wood to Will Young,

Over 10.3: Two runs. Mark Wood to Will Young,

Over 10.4: No runs. Mark Wood to Will Young,

Over 10.5: No runs. Mark Wood to Will Young,

Over 10.6: No runs. Mark Wood to Will Young,

Over 27.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, 2 runs, goes on to the back foot and pushes it past the man at backward point and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 27.2 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Devon Conway, no run, gets on top of the bounce and pats it to point

Over 27.3 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and defends close to the body and the ball rolls back to the cordon

Over 27.4 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Devon Conway, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and went for a hook but gets beaten.

Over 27.5 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 27.6 Mark Wood bowls a back of length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets inside the line on the back foot and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 29.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, 2 runs, goes deep inside the crease and  tucked away through mid-wicket. Easy two

Over 29.2 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, 2 runs, gets forward and  happy to shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 29.3 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks with soft hands

Over 29.4 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 29.5 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, comes on to the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 29.6 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 31.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Will Young, no run, gets forward and  watches it all along and blocks it under his eyes.

Over 31.2 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Will Young, no run, gets forward and drops it on the leg-side and thinks of a quick single, Wood was alert enough to chase the ball and prevent the single

Over 31.3 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Will Young,1 run, hops and tucks the length ball backwards of square leg. Easy single

Over 31.4 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Devon Conway,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and pulls and hits it straight towards the fielder at deep square

Over 31.5 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Will Young,1 run, gets forward and glanced away to fine leg

Over 31.6 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Devon Conway, no run, gets forward and resists the temptation and lets it go.

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