England won the Test series in New Zealand after 16 years, won the second match by 323 runs
New Zealand vs England: England defeated New Zealand by 323 runs in the second Test. With this, after 16 years, England captured the Test series at the home of the host team.
England won the second Test match against New Zealand by 323 runs played in Wellington and captured the three-match Test series 2-0. In this way, England has won a Test series in New Zealand after 16 years. The visiting team had earlier won the series by defeating New Zealand 2-1 at its home in 2008. England won the first Test match against New Zealand by 8 wickets.
After making 280 runs, England bowled out New Zealand for 125 runs and took a lead of 155 runs on the basis of the first innings. At the same time, in the second innings, England declared the innings at 427/6 and gave New Zealand a target of 583 runs to win on the basis of the lead of the first innings. Whereas New Zealand, in the second innings, managed to get 259 runs till they got all out.
Tom Blundell played a brilliant hundred for New Zealand in the second innings. He faced 102 balls for this and hit 13 fours and 5 sixes. After him, Nathan Smith contributed 42 runs, Daryl Mitchell 32 runs, and Glenn Phillips 16 runs in New Zealand's second innings.
Harry Brook and Joe Root became the heroes of England's victory in the second Test match against New Zealand. While Harry Brook hit a century, 123, saving England's faltering first innings with a 174-run partnership with Ollie Pope (66), he strengthened his team by hitting a half-century, 55, in the second innings. At the same time, dashing batsman Joe Root, dismissed after scoring only 3 runs in the first innings, played an important role in giving New Zealand a target of 583 runs by making a brilliant century (106 runs, 130 balls, 11 fours) in the second innings.
England's Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse dismissed 4 players each in the first innings and bowled New Zealand out for 125 runs in the first innings while in the second innings, Ben Stokes took 3 wickets while Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, and Shoaib Bashir took 2-2 wickets each. Gus Atkinson took 1 wicket in the second innings.
