England’s swaggering victory over New Zealand was built upon two incredible and rare feats.
England’s Harry Brook celebrates after scoring a century in Wellington England’s swaggering 323-run victory over New Zealand in Wellington, which came inside three days and decided the Test series in their favour, was built upon two incredible and rare feats – Harry Brook ’s better than a run-a-ball 123 and a Gus Atkinson hat-trick. Like a vintage Mike Tyson one-two, they stunned a New Zealand side buoyed by recent victory in India.
Our plan to Richards, on a proper-sized ground, was to bounce him out, the immortal words of Ian Botham being: ‘He can’t keep on hitting them for four or six.’ Well, he did. Richards thwarted our plans by racking up boundaries, something Brook did every bit as brutally in Wellington. On a pitch where lavish seam movement demanded a full length and tight-off-stump line, Brook forced experienced bowlers, who should have known better, to bowl short at him.
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