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England (325/9d & 374) inflict a 267-run defeat on New Zealand (306 & 126) to win the 1st Test

jnaveen1980 said:
Root is really wasting his form with these kind of shots. He could have easily made 100 here. You got whole 2 days.
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Right.

A classy batter like Root should play in a more dignifying way.

Bazball is a fad that would probably fade away soon.
 
Bracewell's figure so far: 3.1-0-12-1.

Why did Southee not bowl him more? This is a slow pitch. Spinners are supposed to do well.
 
sweep_shot said:
Bracewell's figure so far: 3.1-0-12-1.

Why did Southee not bowl him more? This is a slow pitch. Spinners are supposed to do well.
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Southee is not the brightest tool in the shed. They were lucky to have Kane for so long. Even in Pakistan they could have won a Test with a bit more strategy.
 
They should bring in Sodhi next match. A leggie might be more effective against these ultra positive team.

Yuzi Chahal vs Brook in T20


9 balls 7 runs got out twice !
 
I think both Williamson and Bracewell should bowl here. Spin from both ends.

NZ should've played 2 spinners here.
 
I think England may declare after dinner. Anderson should be threatening with pink ball under light.
 
One or two of the New Zealand commentators doing some serious “cope” today.
 
Ben Foakes is such an important player in this side. He is like the BazBall “buffer”.
 
James said:
Ben Foakes is such an important player in this side. He is like the BazBall “buffer”.
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Gets a 50 but then out.

That’s a really nice bit of bowling from Tickner to be fair.
 
355 lead is pretty good from England. It would now require a national record chase from New Zealand to score these runs. If England can get up to 380 or so, that would be even better.
 
James Anderson is 31 wickets away from surpassing Shane Warne. I think he can probably get it done next year.
 
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Even though Tickner was quite benign overall, he bagged 3 wickets in this innings.

Not bad as a debutant.
 
England 349-8 (Robinson 30, Leach 2) – LEAD BY 368 AT DINNER
 
New Zealand top order fully bottling this.

Broad having one of his spells.
 
This match is over. 150 too many runs given out top order has been knocked over under lights. and the timing of it all has exposed our top order to Broad and Anderson to the pink ball under lights when its most dangerous.

We were underdogs going into this series and expected England to sweep us but having two bowlers who are not anywhere near international standard made it even more difficult. It's disappointing but it is what it is.

Could have been more of a contest with a proper bowling attack but we've basically been chasing this game from the first ball.

Taking nothing away from England, just the likes of Tickner and Kuggeleijn should be nowhere near a NZ Test XI and do not offer much. These are bowlers who average mid 30s in domestic cricket. Probably the worst bowling line up I can remember seeing in a long time. Southee our only swing bowler then 3 hit the deck type bowlers in a pink ball test where the new ball in the 3rd session is critical to winning a D/N Test.
 
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The pitch actually isn't bad to bat on for the first 2 sessions, just our ordinary top order haven't been able to survive under lights.
 
To be clear - With Boult/Henry and Jamieson, the game would have been closer but we still will have lost by 100+ runs. England are one of the best teams in the world atm and we're middle of the pack.
 
Aman said:
This match is over. 150 too many runs given out top order has been knocked over under lights. and the timing of it all has exposed our top order to Broad and Anderson to the pink ball under lights when its most dangerous.

We were underdogs going into this series and expected England to sweep us but having two bowlers who are not anywhere near international standard made it even more difficult. It's disappointing but it is what it is.

Could have been more of a contest with a proper bowling attack but we've basically been chasing this game from the first ball.

Taking nothing away from England, just the likes of Tickner and Kuggeleijn should be nowhere near a NZ Test XI and do not offer much. These are bowlers who average mid 30s in domestic cricket. Probably the worst bowling line up I can remember seeing in a long time. Southee our only swing bowler then 3 hit the deck type bowlers in a pink ball test where the new ball in the 3rd session is critical to winning a D/N Test.
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Your Test side has been terrible since WTC final. I mean losing a Test to BD at home says it all.
 
Just get it done tonight. The bigger the embarrassment the better.

Heads need to roll.
 
Surely there is someone a bit younger and less spent whom New Zealand can bring in to replace Henry Nicholls, he’s absolutely dreadful.
 
James said:
Surely there is someone a bit younger and less spent whom New Zealand can bring in to replace Henry Nicholls, he’s absolutely dreadful.
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Will Young.

Kane looks pretty finished across formats, but people don't want to have that discussion.
 
James said:
One or two of the New Zealand commentators doing some serious “cope” today.
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Richardson or McMilian both have been pretty poor tbh. We've been getting pumped for most of this match and have no right to be saying some of the things they've been saying.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=25;opposition=3;opposition=4;opposition=5;opposition=6;opposition=7;opposition=8;orderby=win_loss_ratio;spanmin1=24+Jun+2021;spanval1=span;team=1;team=2;team=25;team=3;team=4;team=5;team=6;team=7;team=8;template=results;type=team

This is how NZ have fared since the last WTC. Minnow level performance.
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Our golden run is over and we need to start rebuilding across all formats. Better off bringing in young players and developing them than sticking with ttfs or 30 year old domestic cricketers with mediocre domestic records.
 
Test was effectively lost this morning.

Employing a short ball plan against England on this pitch with an overly excitable trundler like Neil Wagner was a massive tactical turkey, which led to the ball flying all over the place.

150 runs in the session — game done.
 
Aman said:
Richardson or McMilian both have been pretty poor tbh. We've been getting pumped for most of this match and have no right to be saying some of the things they've been saying.
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Until this session, much of the NZ commentary has been critical of England and their approach & talking up ways for NZ to come back into the game. Quite amazing lol.
 
James said:
Test was effectively lost this morning.

Employing a short ball plan against England on this pitch with an overly excitable trundler like Neil Wagner was a massive tactical turkey, which led to the ball flying all over the place.

150 runs in the session — game done.
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Wagner, Kuggeleijn and Tickner in a pink ball Test.

That's a sackable offense for a selector. No logic behind it at all and pretty much guaranteeing we do nothing with the pink ball.
 
Aman said:
Will Young.

Kane looks pretty finished across formats, but people don't want to have that discussion.
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I’ve liked the look of Will Young when I have seen him.

Don’t know why but Kane seems to have an awful record against England, I can’t remember him playing many innings of significance against us over the years at all.
 
Innings in tatters now.

Could be over tonight this.
 
Cool to see Foakes standing up to the England medium pacers too. That’s real keeping.
 
England 325-9 dec (Brook 89, Duckett 84; Wagner 4-82) & 374 (Root 57, Brook 54, Foakes 51)

New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138; Robinson 4-54) & 63-5 (Broad 4-21)

New Zealand need 331 runs to win


Stuart Broad's devastating late burst put England on course for victory over New Zealand on day three of the first Test in Mount Maunganui.

Bowling with the pink ball under lights in one of his trademark destructive spells, Broad took four of the five wickets to fall, all bowled, to leave New Zealand in tatters on 63-5 in their chase of 394.

Broad's first wicket, that of Devon Conway, was the 1,002nd he and James Anderson have taken in Tests together, making them the most successful bowling partnership in the history of the game.

England's late dominance was in contrast to the fluctuations of earlier in the day, when the tourists had to come through a see-saw battle to get to 374 all out.

Joe Root made a busy 57, Harry Brook a thrilling 54 off 41 balls and Ollie Pope accelerated to 49 off 46, but England still needed an important 51 from Ben Foakes when the game hung in the balance.

Not only did England set New Zealand a target that would be their highest ever to win a Test, they were also able to bowl for two hours with the pink ball as darkness fell.

Broad took full advantage, his 4-21 in a 10-over spell setting England on the way to what would be a 10th win in 11 Tests.

England on course after day of memorable moments

England have perhaps not always been at their best in this match but are set for a big victory after a thrilling, fluctuating day at a sun-kissed Bay Oval.

A breathless first session had the visitors pile on 158 runs for the loss of four wickets, during which time the treatment dished out to New Zealand pace bowler Neil Wagner left him with figures of 13-0-110-2, narrowly missing out on the indignity of having the worst economy rate ever in a Test innings.

In the afternoon, England captain Ben Stokes pulled his a record-breaking 108th six in Test cricket, beating the mark of coach Brendon McCullum. From the next ball, Stokes' 109th six was carried on to the boundary by the hapless Wagner.

But the day belonged to Broad, who marked his return after missing the series win in Pakistan with a golden spell that took his partnership with Anderson past Australia greats Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne as the most successful bowling duo in Test cricket.

Among the records and memorable moments, it was the contribution of the composed Foakes that earlier swung the game in England's favour. With the lower order chipping in, the tourists were able to add 137 vital runs after the fall of the sixth wicket.

Despite the good pitch, the target looked a tall order for New Zealand, especially considering the night-time start to their innings.

Broad ensured the chase was over as soon as it began, much to the delight of the singing England fans amassed on Mount Maunganui's picturesque grass bank.

Stuart Broad's bowling in this innings: 5% full, 85% good length and 10% short. 10 overs, 5 maidens, went for 21 runs, took 4 wickets with an economy of 2.10.

Brilliant Broad brings down Black Caps

Given the increased difficulty attached to batting against the pink ball under floodlights, it is uncanny how each of the three night sessions in this Test have seen one of these teams starting an innings.

Perhaps crucially, New Zealand, who won the toss, have had to do it twice to England's once. Whereas England reached 79-2 on day two, the Black Caps' combined return on days one and three is 100-8.

Broad was below-par in taking 1-72 in the first innings, but here was at his sublime best, nipping the pink ball from a full length to find gaping gaps in Kiwi techniques.

The history-making moment was a nip-backer to bowl left-hander Conway and the best of the four was a trimmer to bowl Kane Williamson, with away movement somehow passing a defensive stroke to shave the off bail.

Tom Latham was dropped at second slip by Zak Crawley, only for the left-hander to be bowled through the gate, then Broad completed a quartet of strikes on the stumps to get Tom Blundell.

In between, Ollie Robinson had Henry Nicholls caught behind and at one stage New Zealand were 28-5 before Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell somehow battled to the close.

Dependable Foakes builds England's lead

Pyrotechnics were expected when England resumed in glorious batting conditions on 79-2, 98 ahead. Though 'nighthawk' Broad fell to the fourth ball he faced, the tourists did not disappoint.

Pope pulled Wagner for three sixes, while Brook continued to exhibit his rare talent with a 37-ball half-century. With Wagner banging the ball in, Brook repeatedly slapped him, baseball-style, back down the ground.

But Brook's edge off Blair Tickner and the dismissal of a furious Root, out reverse-sweeping for the second time in the Test, left England 237-6 at lunch, their lead a precarious 256.

Foakes, though, is developing a habit of making important runs. Batting above Stokes, he combined with the captain in the second session for a calm and crucial stand of 56.

Tested by the short ball, Foakes hooked and pulled, he clipped off his toes and played superb back-foot punches. Even after Stokes was stumped by a distance off Bracewell, Foakes added a further 42 with Robinson.

Though Foakes edged Tickner behind just after he passed 50, Robinson continued on to make 39. Even Jack Leach and Anderson added 16 for the final wicket, but their fun was nothing compared to what was to come from Broad.

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James said:
Ben Foakes is such an important player in this side. He is like the BazBall “buffer”.
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Yeah, we need him to stop collapses that Bazball may feature. He’s like Collingwood used to be (though a less good batter). Bairstow behind the sticks might hit a counterattacking hundred, but might equally leave us 90-7.
 
I expect England to get beaten in places like South Africa, Australia, India, and Sri Lanka. I also think Bangladesh can trouble them on dust bowl spin pitches.

The reason why Bazball has been working is because England played most of their recent games in either English conditions or on flat pitches.
 
I liked the more nuanced approach shown by England. At 235/6, instead of looking to just hit out, they looked to batNZ out of the game and to bowl in the last session.

Just goes to show that you simply cannot approach a game blindly in the same manner all the time.
 
sweep_shot said:
I expect England to get beaten in places like South Africa, Australia, India, and Sri Lanka. I also think Bangladesh can trouble them on dust bowl spin pitches.

The reason why Bazball has been working is because England played most of their recent games in either English conditions or on flat pitches.
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England will win most places. If India can get a strong squad by next year, they might find it tough in India and they'll find it tough in Australia.

They will sweep aside BD, SL and SA with ease.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
England will win most places. If India can get a strong squad by next year, they might find it tough in India and they'll find it tough in Australia.

They will sweep aside BD, SL and SA with ease.
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Bazball approach is working due to players like Stokes, Bairstow, Butler etc.

Once these guys retire, I don't think it will work.

Bazball is a fad and I expect it to fail soon.
 
sweep_shot said:
Bazball approach is working due to players like Stokes, Bairstow, Butler etc.

Once these guys retire, I don't think it will work.

Bazball is a fad and I expect it to fail soon.
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Buttler has not even played in the Bazball era and Bairstow didn't play in Pakistan or here. Their best players have been Duckett and Brook.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Buttler has not even played in the Bazball era and Bairstow didn't play in Pakistan or here. Their best players have been Duckett and Brook.
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This Bazball thing started with Bairstow (home series against New Zealand). Brook and Duckett are copying the template.

Flat Pakistani pitch helped Bazball. Can Duckett and Brook do that on sluggish pitches? Let's see how they do in Nagpur, Mirpur, Galle etc.

I don't think England have been challenged enough in recent times (Test format).
 
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Bazball won't struggle in SL & BD because even though conditions are challenging they don't exactly have great bowling attacks to counter it. They will surely find it harder in SA & will absolutely be challenged to death in Aus & Ind. In Ind due to difficult conditions & quality of bowling. In Aus, less to do with condition or bowling attack & more to do with the mental scars that they have experienced in last 30 years or so.But still it's also true they never had a setup like this before. Stokes & Mccullum are unlike any pairing world cricket has ever witnessed.
 
ENG 325/9 d & 374
NZ 306 & 63/5 (23) CRR: 2.74
Day 3: Stumps - New Zealand need 331 runs
 
sweep_shot said:
I expect England to get beaten in places like South Africa, Australia, India, and Sri Lanka. I also think Bangladesh can trouble them on dust bowl spin pitches.
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Yeah, this isn’t going to happen.

England whitewashed Sri Lanka on the last two tours there. The last three Test series overall, England beat Sri Lanka 8-0. This was under Joe Root’s captaincy.

England have a very good recent record when touring South Africa. Last four away tours over there England won 2-1, drew 1-1, won 2-1 again, and then won 3-1.

The only problematic series “could” be the Ashes this summer, then tours of Australia and India.

England’s Test win rate under this captain & coach is 90%. That isn’t a fad approach, that’s just playing good cricket.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
I liked the more nuanced approach shown by England. At 235/6, instead of looking to just hit out, they looked to batNZ out of the game and to bowl in the last session.

Just goes to show that you simply cannot approach a game blindly in the same manner all the time.
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This is what Foakes is for.
 
England has been dominating with Bazball. It's refreshing to see a team so proactive in their approach and execution. Albeit, it was definitely painful watching Pakistan getting hammered in the previous test series lol
 
England should wrap up victory here, they have been brilliant with Bat and ball all game.
 
Watching the highlights now. NZ look bang average particularly in their bowling. Neil Wagner was too one dimensional with his short of a length stuff. The guy with the Dutch surname and the fella who looks like an 80s B movie star are not Test class. They sorely need Kyle Jamieson back.

The only player who's had England's measure last year away and now is Tom Blundell who almost single handedly kept NZ in the Test.

As for England - I don't like teams hacking away ODI style in Tests but crawling along at 2 RPO is no advert for Test cricket either.

This argument that "oh it won't work in AUS and IND" is ridiculous. ENG won 1 Test in 17 prior to the appointments of Stokes and McCullum. They tried the "traditional" approach in NZ in 2018 and 2019, and were distinctly second best.

Even if they get battered in AUS and IND, their overall record's still a vast improvement on the dross they produced with "traditional" Test batting.
 
Total Cricket in play.

Kiwis 72-8, Leach opening the bowling, obviously, taking a wicket followed by two Jimmy pearls.

Maybe Pakistan can take solace in getting sweeped by this iconic team.
 
ENG 325/9 d & 374

NZ 306 & 126

England won by 267 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Harry Brook
 
BazBall phenomenon rolls on as England break 15-year drought in New Zealand

England have continued their remarkable recent run under new coach Brendon McCullum by claiming an impressive 267-run victory over New Zealand in the first Test in Mount Maunganui.

It was yet another clinical team performance from England, who received valuable contributions from almost every member of their side to wrap up the win early on the fourth day of the Bay Oval contest.

Evergreen duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad created history on Saturday when they overtook Australia greats Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath to become the teammates with the most wickets in Test history, and the dynamic bowling duo were at it again to wrap up the Test triumph for England in style.

Anderson collected two wickets in as many balls to send Scott Kuggeleijn and Tim Southee packing early in the session, while the veteran finished the job when he returned to the attack to dismiss Blair Tickner and end the match.

It was the first time England have won a Test on New Zealand soil for almost 15 years, with their most recent triumph coming when a seven-wicket haul in the first innings from Ryan Sidebottom led Michael Vaughan's side to victory at McLean Park in Napier in March 2008.

It means England have now won 10 of their most recent 11 Test matches, with their only blemish since McCullum took over as coach early last year coming at the hands of South Africa at Lord's.

It's an outstanding recent run of form and it has helped England move up to third place on the MRF Tyres Men's Test Team Rankings behind only ICC World Test Championship leaders Australia and India.

While the series in New Zealand is not part of the current World Test Championship, it will provide England with plenty of confidence ahead of the second match and this year's Ashes series at home against Australia.

England will look to clinch the series against New Zealand when the second Test commences in Wellington on February 25.

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Massive win for the Engerlund after NZ won the toss.
 
Markhor said:
Watching the highlights now. NZ look bang average particularly in their bowling. Neil Wagner was too one dimensional with his short of a length stuff. <b>The guy with the Dutch surname and the fella who looks like an 80s B movie star</b> are not Test class. They sorely need Kyle Jamieson back.

The only player who's had England's measure last year away and now is Tom Blundell who almost single handedly kept NZ in the Test.

As for England - I don't like teams hacking away ODI style in Tests but crawling along at 2 RPO is no advert for Test cricket either.

This argument that "oh it won't work in AUS and IND" is ridiculous. ENG won 1 Test in 17 prior to the appointments of Stokes and McCullum. They tried the "traditional" approach in NZ in 2018 and 2019, and were distinctly second best.

Even if they get battered in AUS and IND, their overall record's still a vast improvement on the dross they produced with "traditional" Test batting.
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:))) :)))

Spot on post by the way.
 
Robert said:
Massive win for the Engerlund after NZ won the toss.
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Even after losing the toss it feels like we battered them. Apart from Martin Blundell’s century giving NZ some brief hope, they were never in the game from the first session onwards really.

Time to go down to Wellington and wrap this one up.
 
Ben Stokes backed Harry Brook to become a "global superstar" after a "clinical" and "entertaining" England thumped New Zealand in the first Test for a sixth victory in a row.

Player of the Match Brook, 23, made scores of 89 from 81 balls and then 54 from 41 during England's 267-run win in the pink-ball Test at Bay Oval and now has six fifty-plus scores in his eight Test knocks, including three centuries in as many games in Pakistan in December.

The Yorkshireman's Test strike-rate of 96.88 is a perfect fit for the style captain Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum have instilled since taking charge last spring, one which has yielded 10 wins in 11 Tests with a sole defeat against South Africa.

Stokes said: "Brooky is carrying on from his amazing series in Pakistan. He is a fantastic talent. I think he will go on to be a global superstar.

"The more senior guys with the bat have to take a lot of credit for allowing the young guys to go out and express themselves.

"They are trying to put on a show, which is what everyone wants to do and is being allowed to do. It has taken the weight off everyone's shoulders and the expectation only comes from the dressing room"

"Not only have I got an unbelievable bowling attack, we've also got a seriously skilled and very brave batting line-up. As much as it is me captaining the side, the team obviously have to take a lot of credit for the sort of record I have as a captain, even more than myself."

Stokes: Everything we tried to do paid off

England - who became the first team to score 500 on the opening day of a Test match when they played Pakistan in Rawalpindi in December - racked up 325-9 declared inside 59 overs on day one of the first Test against New Zealand before sending the hosts in to bat under the lights.

New Zealand slumped to 37-3 by stumps that evening before rallying to 306 all out the following day but their hopes of pulling off what would have been a Black Caps-record chase of 394 were all but ended the next time they batted under lights thank to Stuart Broad.

The England seamer's four-wicket burst - the first strike of which made him and James Anderson the most prolific Test bowling partnership off all time - left New Zealand 63-5 at the end of day three and Anderson struck four times the next afternoon as the tourists rolled their opponents for 126.

Stokes said: "It was another great performance - very clinical with the bat and very clinical with the ball. It was entertaining cricket.

"Even though we came away with the result, [entertaining] is what we want to do. Some days it is not going to work but thankfully everything we tried to do paid off.

"The most pleasing thing was that whatever New Zealand threw at us with the ball we managed to react. Then when you look at the bowling attack we have got with the pink ball under the lights, we executed everything we wanted.

"With Jimmy and Broady, it is always going to be tough for the opposition. Having Anderson and Broad makes captaincy a lot easier because you just throw them the ball and they'll probably get a wicket for you.

"Not only were they brilliant this whole game with the ball but we've got a 40-year-old and a 36-year-old setting the standard of what we're about in the field in terms of energy.

"They're setting a great example for anyone who wants to look at having a long career in professional sport. Seeing them with three lions on their chests is great, I don't really want to think too far ahead as to when they might call time on their careers.

"There is a tactical thing around these day-night games, really looking to take advantage of the new ball under lights, when the ball does a lot more.

"The way we set the game up and the pace we scored at allowed us to get ahead of the game and we were able to inflict some hard damage with the new ball on day one.

"I am pretty blessed to be in charge of this bowling group at the moment. The idea is to take 10 wickets and that is what we are trying to do - taking the scoreboard away in any situation.

"As long as we are taking 10 wickets, it doesn't really matter how many runs we go for. We have an ethos with the bat but also with the ball."

England will now look to wrap up the series in Wellington - a victory would earn a seventh Test win in a row, something they have not achieved since 2004.

SKY
 
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