Over-by-over report: Join our writers for updates from day two of the second Test at Basin Reserve
Please turn on JavaScript to use this featureJust the one single off Atkinson’s over, most of which to be frank was bowled while I was still thinking about the previous one.A Goldilocks over from Carse: the first is too full=, and Blundell punches through cover for a couple, and the next is too short, and Blundell pulls for four.
Ah, so you’re on the ground, you lucky thing. Google tells me it’s cloudy in Wellington today, but the TV pictures suggest it’s glorious sunshine.This feels like the day this Test, and with it the outcome of the series, will be decided. New Zealand start it on 86 for five, still 194 behind, and with 15 wickets falling on day one everything is scuttling along at great pace.
Day one featured another spectacular success for Harry Brook, whose 123 took his average in away Tests to 91.50, 11 and a bit behind Don Bradman and 22 and a bit ahead of anyone else in the history of Test cricket . He’s obviously a wonderful player, but given that he is assumed by many to be the team’s next captain, having dipped his toe into the captaincy waters across this English summer, I found his interview with the BBC for today’sinteresting: along the way he admits that “to be honest I try to stay away from the toss talks and chats” and also that “I’m the worst at judging pitches”.
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