Amidst the fall of 15 wickets, Harry Brook took England ahead by scoring a century.

The second Test match between hosts New Zealand and England is being played at the Basin Reserve. England had strengthened its position amid the fall of 15 wickets on the first day. After scoring 280 runs in the first innings thanks to Harry Brook’s century, England pushed New Zealand on the backfoot by taking five wickets for 86 runs at the end of the game. To remain in the race for the final of the World Test Championship, New Zealand will have to win this Test at any cost. At the time of stumps, Tom Blundell was playing on seven runs and Will Orucci was unbeaten. Williamson was out after scoring 37 runs.

New Zealand’s bowlers, who won the toss and fielded first, bowled lethally and took four wickets including Joe Root (3) and Zach Crawley (17) to take the score to 43 runs. After this, Harry Brook and Ollie Pope took over the team by making a partnership of 174 runs in 159 balls for the fifth wicket. Harry Brook scored his third century in New Zealand and his fifth fifty plus score in six innings. Brook scored 123 runs on 115 balls and Ollie Pope scored 66 runs. For New Zealand, Oruki took three wickets for 49 runs and Nathan Smith took four wickets for 76 runs.