Ben Stokes has enforced the follow-on after Stuart Broad mopped up the New Zealand tail to provide England a 226-run first-innings lead within the decisive second Test at Wellington.
Stokes determined to bowl once more after dismissing the Black Caps for 209 on the Basin Reserve.
Home captain Tim Southee launched a daring counter-attack on the third morning, resuming in a dangerous place of 7-138, smashing 50 runs in 31 balls.
That included a run of three sixes in a single over from Jack Leach, with one other one following as he hooked Ollie Robinson into the gang.
He was 4 wanting his career-best 77, made on debut in opposition to England 15 years in the past, when the introduction of Broad ended his enjoyable. One ball after being dropped by Leach at tremendous leg he swung laborious once more and skied straight to Zak Crawley at midwicket.
Broad swooped on his likelihood to financial institution some tidy figures, ending Tom Blundell’s defiant keep on 38 when he middled a cross-bat shot straight to mid-on.
Matt Henry was then totally overwhelmed by a brief ball that he fenced to backward level, leaving Broad with 4-61 regardless of not taking any of the primary six wickets to fall.
Stokes had not used James Anderson within the morning session, a tell-tale signal that the follow-on was incoming. He duly knowledgeable the umpires, earlier than tossing the brand new ball to his document wicket-taker.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
