Henry leads NZ rout as Stokes return looms
6/21/202616 min
Michael Atherton and Simon Doull join the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast after New Zealand wrapped up a 253-run win over England at The Oval to level the series at 1-1. They discuss Matt Henry’s 11-wicket haul, Tom Blundell’s keeping, England’s chaotic week, the expected returns of Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson, and the build-up to the decider at Trent Bridge.
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First 90 secondsMark Butcher· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Yeah, gone, gone. He gets his fairy-tale ending.
Michael Atherton· Host0:05
An epic way to go to a Test match 100.
Mark Butcher· Host0:09
The London Spirit, first-time winners.
Michael Atherton· Host0:12
The most remarkable thing you'll probably ever see in cricket.
Mark Butcher· Host0:15
604 and final Test wicket for Stuart Broad. It's India who win the T20 World Cup.
Michael Atherton· Host0:23
England's captain, Ben Stokes, while he is there, England have hope.
Mark Butcher· Host0:27
[clapping] Hello and welcome. It's, uh, a little bit before, uh, what will be the end of the scheduled lunch break on day five here. New Zealand, uh, took no time whatsoever in wrapping up the remaining England wickets this morning. Matt Henry was absolutely sensational. The margin of victory in the end, 253 runs. Um, the Kiwis certainly like playing Test matches here at the Oval, albeit they don't do it very often. Michael Atherton and Simon Doull alongside me. Um, let's start with the Kiwis. It was a, it was a really, um, gutsy, professional, um, disciplined performance from them all-round, bat and ball.
Michael Atherton· Host1:05
All those things. Yeah, they had to do it the hard way because they lost the toss and the pitch was probably at its most helpful in those early stages. That key 100 from Glenn Phillips when he survived a barrage from Jofra Archer on that first evening. Tough, tenacious, gritty, uh, brave innings, and that 391 then looked a pretty good score, especially, uh, when England started to- their tactics went all wrong on that second morning. Um, so 391,