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Kane Williamson is not the type to call someone out publicly, let alone a fellow New Zealander. But the recent forecast from Greg Barclay, independent chair of the International Cricket Council, that a reduction in the number of Test matches is coming certainly goes against his personal preference.
Kane Williamson is not the type to call someone out publicly, let alone a fellow New Zealander. But the recent forecast from Greg Barclay, independent chair of the International Cricket Council, that a reduction in the number of Test matches is coming certainly goes against his personal preference.
England and New Zealand will square off in the second Test of the three-match series, beginning Friday at Trent Bridge. This is a must-win Test for the Kane Williamson-led side if they want to win the series. Joe Root had played an unbeaten 115-run knock to help England get the better of the Kiwis in the Lord's Test and as a result, Stokes got off to a winning start. Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum would look to build on the momentum. New Zealand's top-order disappointed in the first Test and they would look to come good at Trent Bridge.
England will aim to carry on from where they left off under their new leadership duo of captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand skipper, when they face the Black Caps in the second Test in Nottingham starting Friday. They are 1-0 up in this three-match series after a five-wicket victory over New Zealand at Lord's last week gave England just their second win in 18 matches at this level. Now Stuart Broad wants to gee up the crowd at Trent Bridge, his home ground, just as he did in changing the momentum at Lord's, when New Zealand lost three wickets in three balls to spark a collapse of six for 34 on the third day. Daryl Mitchell (108) and Tom Blundell (96) had shared a partnership of 195 to leave New Zealand, the World Test champions, well-placed. But Broad, returning alongside James Anderson after England's all-time leading Test wicket-takers were controversially left out of a series loss in the Caribbean, got his team back into the game as he waved his arms at spectators.
New Zealand paceman Kyle Jamieson said the tourists were making fresh plans to combat star batsman Joe Root as they bid to draw level in their three-Test series away to England. The Black Caps, the reigning World Test champions, are 1-0 down in a three-match series heading into the second Test at Trent Bridge, starting on Friday And that's mainly because former England captain Root made an unbeaten hundred to guide the hosts to a five-wicket win in the first Test at Lord's completed on Sunday. That fourth-innings knock of 115 not out also catapulted Root back to number two in the latest edition of the International Cricket Council's Test batting rankings published Wednesday. Root remains just behind Australia's Marnus Labuschagne, but three places above New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, and could go into top spot if he is in the runs again in Nottingham this week.
England bowler Stuart Broad has insisted that he and former Test captain Joe Root remain "great friends" after dismissing speculation that a rift had formed between the pair over his exclusion from the West Indies tour.
New Zealand paceman Kyle Jamieson said the tourists were making fresh plans to combat star batsman Joe Root as they bid to draw level in their three-Test series away to England.
England’s preparations for the second Test against New Zealand, which starts at Trent Bridge on Friday, have been boosted by the apparent recovery of Jack Leach, withdrawn from the opening match after an hour’s play after suffering concussion in the field. Leach will be assessed again on Thursday but is on course to prove himself available for selection, while Ben Stokes is said to be fully fit despite bowling gingerly in the nets on Wednesday afternoon.