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Ben Stokes hailed "another great performance" as England's "Bazball" revolution continued apace on Sunday when the tourists wrapped up a thumping 267-run victory over New Zealand in the opening session of the fourth day of the first Test at Bay Oval.
Skipper Tim Southee is confident New Zealand can brush of their heavy loss to England in the pink ball test at Bay Oval and bounce back in the second match in daylight hours in Wellington next week.
:England's "Bazball" revolution continued apace on Sunday when the tourists wrapped up a thumping 267-run victory over New Zealand in the opening session of the fourth day of the first test at Bay Oval on Sunday.
England completed a resounding 267-run win over the Black Caps in the first Test at Mount Maunganui on Sunday, powering to their first win in New Zealand for 15 years. The tourists snared the required five wickets in the opening session of day four, dismissing the Black Caps for 126 after they had resumed at 63-5. Pace bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson both finished with four second innings wickets as England took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
The victory was England's first in New Zealand in 15 years (since 2008) and 10th in 11 matches since former Kiwi skipper Brendon "Baz" McCullum and Christchurch-born Ben Stokes took over as coach and captain.Unable to recover from Stuart Broad's fiery spell with the pink ball on Saturday evening, The Black Caps, resuming at 63 for 5 skittled out for 126 in the morning session on the fourth day. Pacers Broad and James Anderson both finished with four second innings wickets as England took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
England's "Bazball" revolution continued apace on Sunday when the tourists wrapped up a thumping 267-run victory over New Zealand in the opening session of the fourth day of the first test at Bay Oval on Sunday.
NZ vs ENG, 1st Test Live Updates: England look to extend their 98-run lead over New Zealand on Day 3 of the 1st Test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. The visitors lost openers Ben Duckett, for 25, and Zak Crawley, for 28, in reaching 79-2 off 16 overs at stumps on Day 2. Earlier, Tom Blundell's career-best 138 steered his side to 306 and just 19 runs short of England's 325-9 declared. Blundell shared a 75-run partnership with opener Devon Conway (77) but just as valuable were late stands with tailenders Kuggeleijn and Blair Tickner -- both on Test debut -- of 53 and 59 respectively. (LIVE SCORECARD)
:Tom Blundell scored a defiant half-century and frustrated England for an entire session as New Zealand reached 238 for eight at the dinner break on day two of the first pink ball test on Friday.