Key events
37th over: New Zealand 123-3 (Ravindra 61, Mitchell 28) Archer pins Daryl Mitchell on the crease and England go up en masse… Given out! Mitchell consults Ravindra and then calls for the review. It hits him above the knee roll and is GOING OVER the top by an inch. Decision overturned on DRS and Daryl Mitchell does not his his joy/relief. Have we ever seen a player celebrate a DRS call in such a way? Archer beats him outside off stump to complete a good first over. England thought they had the early wicket but not yet, not yet.
36th over: New Zealand 122-3 (Ravindra 60, Mitchell 28) Stokes beats Daryl Mitchell with a full ball outside off stump that jags away late. Ooosht! That kept low! A ball of similar length then squirts a few inches off the ground after pitching, we might well see some more misbehaviour from this wicket today. Mitchell collects two runs through the covers and that’s the first over. Here comes Jofra Archer.
Ben Stokes is going to start with the ball for England, cometh the BIG FIRST HOUR…
The players head out to the middle the the strains of Jerusalem. No hangovers out there… you’d hope (!) A fair few bleary eyed folk shuffling around the ground though, which made me feel a lot better about myself.
Andy Bull laments England’s current situation:
Simon Burnton dipped his quill on Kiwi super sub Zak Foulkes:
We’ve got about five minutes until the start of play, just enough time to catch up on yesterday’s action. It was New Zealand’s day, that’s for sure:
Rachin Ravindra looked in ominously good form yesterday, particularly at the start of his innings where he hit some pristine strokes to wrestle any momentum back from England.
Preamble
James Wallace
Hello and welcome to day four of the deciding Test between England and New Zealand from Trent Bridge. It’s balmy and bright, the players are on the outfield going through their motions. I’m in the press box going through my emotions. Am I late starting this blog because I’m a wee bit dusty this morning. I couldn’t possible comment… but any typos are entirely deliberate, it’s all part of the process.
New Zealand lead by 204 runs with seven second innings wickets in hand.
It’s been said before but… BIG FIRST HOUR this morning*.
Please do get in touch, it would be nice to have some help you on board for what is a very big day in English cricket.
*For all of us
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