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Last Update: February 26, 2023, 12:44 IST
Ollie Pope takes a blinder on silly point (Twitter)
Jack Leach’s delivery to get rid of Mitchell stunned the home crowd as they watched Pope anticipate the trajectory of the Kiwi batsman’s willow ball as he steered in the right direction to pull the coach’s blinder with one hand They went.
Half-centuries from Tom Latham and Devon Conway powered the hosts to 202 for three in the second innings as they trailed the visitors by 24 runs on the third day of the second Test between New Zealand and England. England follow.
England scored 435 runs for 8 wickets and declared the Kiwi team for 209 runs in their first innings.
The Kiwis were 96 for 5 before England’s Ollie Pope took a brilliant catch at silly point to send back New Zealand player Daryl Mitchell.
Jack Leach’s delivery to get rid of Mitchell was met with raucous applause when Pope, anticipating the trajectory of the Kiwi batsman’s willow ball, saw him move in the right direction to pull the coach’s blinder with one hand Was.
England got off to a great start in the first innings with centuries from England batsmen Joe Root and Harry Brook. Root scored 153 while Brook scored a brilliant 186 to put New Zealand’s bowling attack under pressure.
The English bowling force, led by fast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad, wrapped up the Kiwis’ first innings. The dangerous duo took three and four wickets in the first innings, while Leach took three wickets to complete his ten-wicket haul.
The home side provided resistance in the second innings after England had decided to follow on in the form of Conway and Latham.
The openers held strong to reduce the deficit, before Leach had Conway caught by Pope for 61. Latham was hunted by Joe Root.
Leech also went to Castle Will Young a little later. At stumps, Kiwi batsmen Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls were steady at 25 and 18 each.
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