Outcry at Lord’s: Record 17 wickets fell on the second day, England-New Zealand teams scattered like cards

At present, a test match is being played at the historic Lord’s ground, which is called the Mecca of cricket, which has taken the thrill of test cricket to its peak. Usually, when a Test match on the pitches of the Indian subcontinent is about to end within three days, the greats of England and Australia raise the bar on the pitch. But this time what happened on the green and bouncy pitch of Lord’s has surprised everyone. Within the first two days of the first Test match being played between England and New Zealand, a total of 33 wickets have fallen for both the teams. On the second day of the match, there was such chaos on the pitch that a record 17 wickets fell in a single day. Now this match has come to a completely exciting turn, where New Zealand needs 218 runs to win, while England needs only 7 wickets to win.

Glenn Phillips and Kyle Jamieson saved the honor of the Kiwi team.

The beginning of the second day of the match was very bad for New Zealand. The visiting team was struggling badly for runs and had lost its 6 main wickets at the score of just 60 runs. There was tremendous pressure on the Kiwi team to fall far behind in the innings. At such a critical moment, Glenn Phillips and fast bowler Kyle Jamieson took charge. Both of them came down the order and batted brilliantly and reduced the difference in runs of England’s first innings to just 37 runs. New Zealand’s first innings was eventually reduced to 113 runs.

4 hits for 2 runs in England’s second innings, Nathan Smith wreaked havoc

After getting the lead in the first innings, England had a golden opportunity to maintain their momentum. Openers Ben Duckett (33 runs) and Emilio Gay made an aggressive start and added 52 runs for the first wicket. But as soon as Duckett was out, the English batting fell apart like a house of cards. New Zealand bowler Nathan Smith bowled so lethally that England lost its 4 big wickets (Emilio Gay, Harry Brook, Joe Root and captain Ben Stokes) in just 2 runs. After this, thanks to 39 runs by young wicketkeeper Jamie Smith and valuable 29 runs by Ollie Robinson, England’s second innings could reach 226 runs. Nathan Smith performed brilliantly for New Zealand and took 6 wickets.

The match changed again in the last session, New Zealand got a big blow on the last ball.

Due to the early collapse of England’s innings, New Zealand had to come out to bat again in the last session of the second day. Chasing the target of 218 runs, Tom Latham’s team only needed a cautious start. But on the very third ball of the match, Captain Latham played a bad shot and got caught in the slip. After this, experienced Kane Williamson and Devon Conway took over the innings and it seemed that both would last till the end of the day’s play. But just before the end of the day’s play, Williamson was out and William O’Rourke also returned to the pavilion on the last ball of the day. By the end of the second day’s play, New Zealand had lost 3 wickets for 36 runs and now the path to victory has become very difficult for them.