ENG vs NZ Day 4: Rory Burns and Joe Root will resume their innings today:
England vs New Zealand (ENG vs NZ) 1st Test Live Cricket Score Updates: Tim Southee (4/35) was the star of the morning session of Day 4 as he rampaged through the England middle order. Joe Burns (72*) still unbeaten, even as New Zealand have claimed wicket after wicket at the other end this morning. Ollie Robinson (16*) their last recognized batsman still hanging in there with Burns. At Lunch, England were trailing by 214 runs, 15 runs away from staving off the follow on threat.
Day 4 of the first Test between England and New Zealand will resume from the point Day 2 ended. England opener Rory Burns is unbeaten on 59 and captain Joe Root on 42 not out after the hosts reached stumps Thursday on 111-2 in the first innings. The third day was a washout at Lord’s on Friday, increasing the likelihood of a draw.
The pair came together at the home of cricket with England in trouble on 18-2 in reply to New Zealand’s 378 that was anchored by Devon Conway’s 200 on his Test debut. Burns and Root were denied the chance to take the field on Friday morning by the weather, with steady rainfall continuing well into the afternoon and leading to any prospect of play being abandoned at 4:30 pm local time. A total of 98 overs can be bowled on Saturday when the forecast is better with the eight extra overs to be added at the end of the day.
Given him! Santner, given the ball for what surely will be only the one over before Lunch, gets a wicket! Ollie Robinson was given caught as short leg claimed a catch. The Review shows there was no bat and the decision is reversed. Umpire Michael Gough makes his second error of the day. And Lunch is taken, England trailing by 214 runs, 15 runs away from staving off the follow on threat. Burns (72*) still unbeaten even as New Zealand have claimed wicket after wicket at the other end this morning. Ollie Robinson (16*) their last recognized batsman still hanging in there with Burns.
ENG trail by 214 runs at Lunch with 4 wickets in hand
Apart from one top edge by Robinson that somehow went over first slip, there has been no boundary hit for the last 17 overs. Wagner and Jamieson continue bowing in tandem. Still no Santner, another candidate to be dropping out for when Boult returns. England still 17 runs away from avoiding the follow-on, but this partnership, now worth 22 off 64 balls, has seemingly staved off the immediate danger.
ENG 162/6
Southee continues his very long spell while Colin de Grandhomme joins him at the other end, his spot in the XI to protect from Boult. He gives nothing away, as Ollie Robinson and Burns find it hard to get the runs. Southee is finally replaced by Jamieson as the hosts inch closer to safety with the last half hour before the Lunch break. They are still 27 runs off the follow-on mark, with not much batting left to come after this.
ENG 151/6
A fourth for Southee! Bracey is also sent back for a duck. Southee gets through his defence and clatters his stumps all over the place. England are in crisis – could a follow on be on the cards?! – and it is Tim Southee who is dancing over their graves.
ENG 140/6
And another! Southee gets his third! Dan Lawrence gets an outside edge to go to the huge hands of De Grandhomme at slips. He goes back for a duck. ‘Poor shot, really poor shot,’ is Atherton’s scathing assessment. England half down with Southee and Jamieson all over them.
ENG 140/5
In comes James Bracey on debut, a top order batsman by trade but playing here today as a wicketkeeper batsman in Buttler and Foakes’ absence.
Southee gets one to jag back into Pope’s pads. Huge appeals for LBW. Umpire unmoved. ‘I don’t think he has hit it,’ Williamson’s scratchy voice booms around the ground. New Zealand Review! And they are right! Pope is gone! Southee gets a second wicket. Pope gone for 22.
ENG 140/4
Pope gets into the groove. An edged four against Jamieson is followed by two commanding drives down the ground against Southee. Clips off his pads for another four. The ball is racing to the fence from Pope’s bat. He is dealing in boundaries or shouldering of the arms.
ENG 135/3
The first runs of the day come with a boundary! Ollie Pope gets a hard outside edge that goes past the slips for four. It’s all pressure on England in the early minutes of this morning session.
New Zealand have struck with the first ball of the day. That’s not very guest-like behaviour from them. Home team captain Joe Root grumbles back to the pavilion, having edged Jamieson through to Ross Taylor in the slips.
ENG 111/3, trailing by 267.
Ollie Pope joins Burns.
Playing XIs:
England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Daniel Lawrence, Ollie Pope, James Bracey(w), Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, James Anderson
New Zealand:Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling(w), Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner
