England vs New Zealand: Nicholls shines for NZ with ton as England struggle on day three, 2nd test
6/19/202616 min
Mark Butcher is joined by Stuart Broad and Dinesh Karthik as they reflect on another strong showing from New Zealand against England at The Oval, where Henry Nicholls struck 119 runs not out on day three of the second Test.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
[dramatic music] Yeah, gone. Gone. He gets his fairy tale ending.
Stuart Broad· Guest0:05
An epic way to go to a test match 100.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:09
The London Spirit, first-time winners.
Stuart Broad· Guest0:12
The most remarkable thing you'll probably ever see in cricket.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:15
604 and final test wicket to Stuart Broad.
Stuart Broad· Guest0:19
It's India who won the T20 World Cup.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:23
England's captain, Ben Stokes, while he is there, England have hope.
Mark Butcher· Host0:27
Hello, welcome. It's the, uh, post-day review. Day three is almost done. We've got about 10 minutes of play left. Uh, New Zealand have a lead of 335 and have second innings wickets. Well, seven of them in hand. I've got, uh, Stuart Broad and Dinesh Karthik, DK, with me. Um, it's not been one of those days where, where you were on the edge of your seat and couldn't take your eyes off the cricket. But E- but New Zealand have kind of worn England down and have got themselves into a position where they are very much likely to win this test.
Dinesh Karthik· Guest0:59
Yeah, for a wee bit you thought England had something when they picked up a couple of early wickets, and there was an LBW call that obviously didn't go even for DRS, Rachin Ravindra, early in his innings. But before and after that, you've got to say that New Zealand have dominated this game.
Mark Butcher· Host1:14
They have.
Dinesh Karthik· Guest1:14
By a half an hour stretch, New Zealand have actually gotten ahead to a point where it's gonna be hard for England to come back into the game, and they've batted quite nicely. Yes, they were lucky with the opportunities that they presented, but England weren't good enough to take it today, and that's made things worse for them.
Mark Butcher· Host1:28
England, uh, started with