England vs New Zealand 2nd Test at Birmingham, 10 Jun, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 303/10 (101)  &  122/10 (41.1)
New Zealand 388/10 (119.1)  &  41/2 (10.5)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Matt Henry
  • Tom Latham 23 * (32)
  • Ross Taylor 0 * (0)

Over 10.1 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Dominic Sibley,1 run, gets forward and clips it down to fine leg

Over 10.2 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets cover the off stump line and lifts his bat to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 10.3 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, no run, stays on the front foot and once again shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 10.4 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets forward and watches it along with going through to the keeper.

Over 10.5 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Rory Burns, no run, stays on the front foot and knocks it to mid-off

Over 10.6 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets forward and drawn into a poke, luckily the ball does just enough to go past the outside edge

Over 12.1 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an angled bat.

Over 12.2 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets forward and watches it all the way and lets it through to Tom Blundell

Over 12.3 Neil Wagner bowls a back of length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets inside the line and lifts his bat and lets it go

Over 12.4 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, prods forward and tentatively defends to cover.

Over 12.5 Neil Wagner bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Dominic Sibley, no run, stays deep inside the crease and digs it out to mid-on

Over 12.6 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets forward and  keeps his bat and pad close to defend it solidly

Over 14.1 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, leans across and pushes it back at the bowler

Over 14.2 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, comes on to the front foot and  lifts his bat and lets it go

Over 14.3 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 14.4 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets inside the line on the back foot and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 14.5 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run,  gets a good stride across and defends it to the off-side

Over 14.6 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets forward and defended to the off-side

Over 16.1 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Dominic Sibley, Boundary! Gets forward and went hard on the shot, sliced it in the air, but well wide of the diving Young at cover-point.

Over 16.2 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 16.3 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run,  gets a good stride forward on the defensive push to mid-off

Over 16.4 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, presses across and defends it back at the bowler

Over 16.5 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Dominic Sibley, Boundary! Leans into the drive, gets on top of the bounce, high elbow and a pristine shot through cover for four.

Over 16.6 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 18.1 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, Boundary! Gets to wait for the ball on the back foot and guides it away down to the third man fence for four.

Over 18.2 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Rory Burns, 3 runs, gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off-side and picks up three runs.

Over 18.3 Neil Wagner bangs it short onto the pitch to Dominic Sibley, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 18.4 Neil Wagner bowls it short of length to Dominic Sibley,1 run, goes on to the back foot and tucked to the left of square leg and Sibley scampers across for a quick single

Over 18.5 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets covers the off-stump, lifts his bat and lets it go.

Over 18.6 Neil Wagner bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, no run, gets covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go

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