Williamson stopped at 999, England on the way to victory
England's day in Christchurch. England, who started the day with 319 runs, scored 499 in the first innings. They took a lead of 151 runs. New Zealand lost 6 wicket
Williamson stopped at 999, England on the way to victory
England's day in Christchurch. England, who started the day with 319 runs, scored 499 in the first innings. They took a lead of 151 runs. New Zealand lost 6 wickets while trying to make up for such a big deficit in the first innings.
At the end of the third day, their total was only 155 for 6 wickets. The lead was only 4 runs. There were only 4 wickets in hand. This means that England's control of the match was completely established by the end of the third day of the Christchurch Test. For now, New Zealand's only hope is on Daryl Mitchell. The right-handed batsman is unbeaten on 31 runs.
The Kiwis lost wickets at regular intervals from the beginning in the second innings. The two openers Devon Conway and Tom Latham returned within 23 runs. Then Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra put on a 41-run partnership.
Williamson scored 61 runs
When Ravindra was dismissed for 24 runs, Williamson formed a partnership with Mitchell. This partnership produced 69 runs. At one stage of the innings, New Zealand reached 133 for 3. However, the partnership was broken when Williamson was dismissed for a personal 61 off Chris Woakes.
On the way to playing an innings of 61, Williamson became the first New Zealand batsman to reach the milestone of 9000 Test runs. There was also an opportunity to touch the milestone of 1000 fours in his Test career.
However, for now, he had to stop at 999 fours. The next ball after Williamson was dismissed lbw, Woakes caught Tom Blundell behind the wicket. England took control of the match with two wickets in two consecutive balls. Then, towards the end of the day, Glenn Phillips, who had scored 58 runs in the first innings, was dismissed. Brydon Curtis and Woakes took 3 wickets each.
Earlier, England, which had started the day with 319 runs for 5 wickets, lost their first wicket for 381 runs on the third day. Harry Brook returned with 171 runs. Captain Ben Stokes scored 80 runs before being dismissed as the ninth batsman.
Stokes and Brooke put on 159 runs. Stokes also put on 63 runs with Gus Atkinson. He added 40 runs to his partnership with Brydon Curtis. That was the main reason England added 180 runs on the morning of the third day. Matt Henry took 4 wickets, Nathan Smith 3.
New Zealand 348 and 155/6 (Williamson 61, Mitchell 31; Woakes 3/39, Curtis 3/22).
England: 499 (Brooke 171, Stokes 80; Henry 4/84, Smith 3/141).
