Rahul Tiwari
khelja|15-12-2024
ENG vs NZ: On one hand, the third match of the five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy is being played between India and Australia, while on the other hand, the teams of England and New Zealand are facing each other in the last match of the three-match series. In the first innings, the New Zealand team played brilliantly and scored about three and a half solar runs on the board. However, in response, the England team collapsed within 150 runs. New Zealand bowlers bowled brilliantly and pushed England on the back foot.
New Zealand had scored 347 runs in its first innings with the help of captain Tom Latham's 63 runs and Mitchell Santner's 76 runs.
In response, the England team was limited to only 143 runs. Harry Brook, who has become the new sensation of England, could not even open his account and was out on 0 on the very first ball. Joe Root scored the maximum 32 runs for the English team. For New Zealand, Matt Henry took 4 wickets and Will O'Rourke took three wickets. Whereas another bowler also added to the bad fate of England.Apart from Matt Henry and Will O'Rourke, Mitchell Santner also had a big contribution in breaking the back of England's batting.
First he showed his prowess in batting and played a brilliant inning of 76 runs in 117 balls at a strike rate of 64 with the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas after this he created a lot of fun with the ball also. He took out three England batsmen in just 18 balls (three overs) and spent only 7 runs.Recently New Zealand visited India for a three-Test series. During the second match of the series, Santner was in trouble against the Indian batsmen.
He took 13 wickets in the test match played in Pune. 7 wickets were taken in the first innings while 6 wickets were taken in the second innings. Apart from this, this spinner had contributed 33 runs with the bat in the first innings of New Zealand. He took 13 wickets in the test match played in Pune. 7 wickets were taken in the first innings while 6 wickets were taken in the second innings. Apart from this, this spinner had contributed 33 runs with the bat in the first innings of New Zealand.