ENG vs NZ / New Zealand beat England by 1 run in a thrilling Test match, this Kiwi bowler wreaked havoc

ENG vs NZ: Test format is considered to be the most important format of cricket, because here the patience of the batsmen is really tested. The thrill of Test cricket was seen in the Test match between England and New Zealand. When New Zealand won the match by defeating England by 1 run in the second test. The match could have gone either way at the last minute, when England needed 2 runs to win and New Zealand needed 1 wicket. Then the result went in favor of New Zealand. With New Zealand winning the second Test, the series is level at 1-1.

New Zealand won the thrilling match

New Zealand gave England a target of 258 runs to win the match, which the England team could not make and the entire team was all out for 256 runs. Neil Wagner proved to be the biggest hero for New Zealand. He took 4 wickets in the second innings. Apart from this, he also got a wicket in the first innings.

Opener Jack Crowley scored 24 runs and Ben Duckett scored 33 runs for England. After this Joe Root and Ben Stokes played an excellent partnership. Root scored 95 and captain Stokes played an inning of 33 runs. When Root and Stokes were playing. Then it seemed that the England team would win the match, but the result of the match changed as soon as these two were dismissed. Harry Brook could not even open his account due to run out. Ben Fox did play an innings of 35 runs, but he could not win the England team.

Kane Williamson scored a fiery century

After trailing by 226 runs against England in the first innings, the New Zealand team played brilliantly in the second innings. Kane Williamson scored a blistering century for New Zealand. He played an innings of 132 runs. Openers made a big partnership in the second innings for New Zealand. Tom Latham scored 83 and Devon Conway scored 61 runs. After this, Tom Blundell came in last and scored a blistering 90 runs. New Zealand scored 483 runs in the second innings. Jack Leach took 5 wickets for England.

England had achieved a big lead

England declared their first innings by scoring 435 runs. In the first innings, Joe Root scored 153 runs and Harry Brook scored 186 runs for England. It was because of these players that the England team was able to score big. After this, the New Zealand batsmen could not show amazing in the first innings and their innings got scattered like cards. New Zealand scored just 209 runs in the first innings, with Tim Southee contributing 77 runs. England took a lead of 226 runs on the basis of the first innings, but New Zealand scored 483 runs in the second innings on the basis of Kane Williamson's century.