Ben Stokes enforced the follow-on but the hosts’ batters were defiant on day three of the second Test
On the third day of this second Test, the giant golden lollipop that is the ICC mace was on display at the Basin’s national cricket museum and out on the field, a good deal of local pride was too. An overnight deluge had turned the ground’s grass banks into mudslides but the two sets of supporters were undeterred, sitting transfixed by the gripping arm-wrestle that was unfolding.
But any thoughts of two days off were thwarted by a characterful response from New Zealand, reaching 202 for three at stumps and only 24 runs behind. Over the course of 53 overs, half-centuries from Tom Latham, 83, and Devon Conway, 61, laid the foundation. And though a wobble came after tea, Jack Leach and Joe Root sharing three wickets in the space of nine overs, the hosts had unquestionably won the day.
He was less vexed by the follow-on decision, even after Southee, resuming on 23, had crunched 50 runs from 31 balls first thing. It had logic too. With the surface turning brown after an emerald green start, this was possibly the last day with something for the seamers before it flattened out. Not that it resulted in wickets for them, with New Zealand’s opening pair finally showing the class England had previously suppressed.
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