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06/18 13:19 CDT New Zealand on top after reducing England to 222-6 and a
169-run deficit at The Oval
New Zealand on top after reducing England to 222-6 and a 169-run deficit at The
Oval
By FOSTER NIUMATA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) --- England was pegged back to 222-6 in reply to New Zealand's
bonus 391 on day two of The Oval test on Thursday.
New Zealand's all-pace attack relentlessly chipped away at England to retake
the momentum and leave the home side trailing by 169 runs with the tail exposed.
Debutant Jordan Cox, England's last recognized batsman, was on 22 at stumps
with Jofra Archer yet to score.
New Zealand was all out just before lunch for a bigger total than it would have
expected thanks to Glenn Phillips' maiden test century, an even 100.
England was propped up by opener Emilio Gay's 53, his second consecutive fifty
in his second test, and Joe Root's 46. Root was trapped two runs shy of
becoming the second man to 14,000 test runs.
Fast bowler Matt Henry, hampered by back spasms in the defeat at Lord's, led
New Zealand by pinning England captain Root and vice captain Harry Brook in
front of their middle stumps.
Nathan Smith featured with a wicket and a brilliant run out of Ben Duckett with
a low side-arm throw on the run. And 10 minutes before stumps, Will O'Rourke
broke a burgeoning 40-run partnership between two of England's three debutants,
Cox and James Rew.
Rew gloved to slip on 24, limiting the damage of a spilled catch by Rachin
Ravindra just minutes beforehand.
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