New Zealand’s Mitchell and Blundell hold up England’s charge in Third Test
almost 2 years in The guardian
Third Test, day one: New Zealand 225-5Visitors recover from early setbacks in quest to avoid whitewashThey have been accustomed to freak cricketing occurrences in this part of the world but as the spectators filtered out after an engrossing first day of this third Test between England and New Zealand, a good number were no doubt still computing one of the five dismissals they had witnessed.The tourists had closed on 225 for five from – shock – 90 overs as Daryl Mitchell continued a personally golden series with an unbeaten 78 from 159 balls. But it was the right-hander’s role in the demise of Henry Nicholls on the stroke of tea which had folks rubbing their eyes in disbelief and Jack Leach, whose career has been pockmarked with misfortune, wondering whether his own worm had possibly turned. Continue reading...
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