England ended day two of the second Test at Trent Bridge on 90-1 in reply to New Zealand’s 553 built around 190 from Daryl Mitchell, who dropped two catches
After five sessions in the field, the bulk of which was spent watching Daryl Mitchell deliver a masterful 190 as New Zealand amassed their highest Test total on these shores, it was over to England’s top order to soften the analysis of their bowlers.
As such, excitement over England’s initial reply should be tempered and there is a good deal of work still to be done. In contrast to the first Test at Lord’s, here at Trent Bridge the Dukes ball has offered more lateral movement once its initial lacquer has worn off. Certainly he and Blundell look at home together out in the middle. The pair resumed on 318 for four and turned their overnight stand of 149 into 236 from 67.2 overs, the highest by a New Zealand pair in England – overtaking Martin Crowe and Bruce Edgar’s 210 at Lord’s in 1986 – and also the country’s all-time record for the fifth wicket.
Leach, manhandled at times in figures of two for 140 from 35 overs, finally got his man when a clothed drive flew to Ben Stokes at mid-off. But further resistance formed, Michael Bracewell delivering an impressively languid 49 on debut in a stand of 91 with Mitchell that saw Stokes finally move to stem the runs and call for negative lines.
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