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NZvsENG: New Zealand’s decision to follow-on was heavy, England’s name became an embarrassing record

In the second Test match between the England and New Zealand team, the England team not only faced defeat but also got an embarrassing record in the name of the team. In this series of two matches, the matches ended with 1-1. The first match of the series was named after England, where England won by 267 runs. After winning this match, the England team wanted to capture the series by winning the second match as well, but it could not happen.

In the second match, the England team had to face defeat by 1 run. With this defeat, England has made an embarrassing record. England’s name has also been added to the list of losing teams after giving follow-on. Let us tell that England had declared the first innings at 435 runs for nine wickets. The team then bundled out New Zealand’s first innings for 209 to take a 226-run lead.

Former captain Kane Williamson scored 132 as New Zealand scored 483 in the second innings after following on, setting England a target of 258 for victory. England started the day at 48 for one but New Zealand took four wickets in the first hour. England’s score became 80 runs for five wickets. After this Root and Stokes took the lead. Taking an aggressive approach, Root completed his 57th half-century in 51 balls. He hit eight fours and three sixes in his 113-ball innings. Stokes, playing with a left knee injury, batted carefully and scored 33 runs in 116 balls.

Embarrassing record recorded
In this match, the England team got defeated after the follow-on. The England team could only score 256 runs and had to face defeat by one run to win the match. With this, England became the second team to lose after a follow-on. Before this, Australia’s team has lost the match three times by giving a follow-on. India has also defeated Australia once in this. The last win after the follow-on was in 2001 when the Indian team defeated Australia by 171 runs at Eden Gardens.

 

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