At the end of the second day of the second Test played in Wellington, England had scored 378 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. With this, England took a lead of 533 runs. Joe Root is unbeaten on 73 runs and Ben Stokes is unbeaten on 35 runs. Earlier, New Zealand had totaled 125 runs. Gus Attinckson and Brydon Case took 4-4 wickets in the first innings for England.
Joe Root remained unbeaten on 73 runs and Ben Stokes on 35 runs.
New Zealand lost the last 5 wickets for 39 runs on the second day. The Kiwi team, playing with a score of 86/5 on the first day, could only add 39 points on the second day. Kane Williamson played the biggest innings for the team and scored 37 runs with the help of 3 fours.
Attinckson becomes the 14th English player to score a hat-trick. Gus Attinckson became the 14th player to take a hat-trick in a Test for England. He completed his hat-trick by dismissing Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Tim Southee. The England pacer took four wickets, including a hat-trick in the innings.
It was the first hat-trick in Test cricket in almost three years. Earlier, the last hat-trick in Test cricket took place in 2021, which was achieved by South African star Keshav Maharaj against West Indies.
Gus Attinckson took four wickets in the innings, including a hat-trick.
Four England players scored half-centuries in the second innings. Four England players scored half-centuries in the second innings. Opener Ben Duckett scored 92 runs in 112 balls, followed by Jacob Bethwell who scored 96 runs in 118 balls. Apart from this, Harrybook scored 55 runs off 61 balls. While Joe Root is unbeaten after scoring 73 runs from 106 balls.
Jacob Bethwell scored 96 points and Ben Duckett scored 92 points.
England leads 1-0 in the series. It is worth noting that England leads 1-0 in the three-match Test series. In the first Test of the series played at Hagley Oval, the English team won against New Zealand by 8 wickets. Fast bowler Brayden Carse, who performed brilliantly for England in the match, was awarded the Player of the Match award. Kars took a total of 10 wickets in the match.
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