England suffered a humiliating 253-run defeat by New Zealand within the second Take a look at at The Oval.
Starting day 5 on 182-5 and nonetheless needing 281 extra runs to win, the hosts collapsed in a heap as Matt Henry took 6-29 to go along with his first innings 5-80 as they had been dismissed for simply 109.
Jofra Archer, Matt Fisher and Josh Tongue all fell for geese to cap what has been a chastening 5 days for this inexperienced England group within the absence of Ben Stokes.
The three-match sequence is now stage at 1-1 heading into the third Take a look at which begins at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Day by day Mail Sport’s LAWRENCE BOOTH was at The Oval and he has rated each units of gamers under.
England collapsed in a heap on the ultimate day to lose to New Zealand by 253 runs on the Oval
Matt Henry bowled sensationally as he took his second five-wicket haul of the match
Ben Duckett – 5
Regarded in gorgeous contact earlier than Homosexual ran him out on the second day, however dropped a expensive catch off Jamieson and fell to a misguided hook on the fourth. Has now gone 14 innings with out a half-century.
Emilio Homosexual – 6
Scored one other handsome 50, however ran out Duckett within the first innings, and performed a free clip within the second.
Jacob Bethell – 4
4 wickets for his left-arm spin and three sharp catches couldn’t masks one other skinny efficiency with the bat. Now has 29 runs in 4 innings since getting back from the IPL.
Joe Root – 7
Ticked off 14,000 Take a look at runs, and outscored all his team-mates with 46 and 77, however was pinned twice by Henry and his captaincy confirmed no signal of enchancment from 4 years in the past.
Joe Root handed 14,000 Take a look at runs which is an unimaginable achievement however struggled as captain
Harry Brook – 6.5
A complete of 82 runs off 86 balls, together with the shot of the match – an outrageous open-faced carve for six over backward level off a full-length ball from O’Rourke. However twice was left feeling unfulfilled.
James Rew – 4
Twice misplaced his wicket with round 10 minutes to go earlier than stumps, the primary time to a poorly judged hook. Missed two obtrusive possibilities behind the stumps on a troublesome debut.
It was a chastening debut for James Rew as he struggled with the bat and missed two possibilities
Jordan Cox – 6
Performed some good strokes on debut, however his first-innings chip to midwicket was tame, and he was left with the tail within the second innings.
Jofra Archer – 6.5
At instances bowled with tempo and hostility, significantly to Phillips on the primary night, and once more on the fourth morning. However Root’s reluctance to overbowl him value England on day two.
Matthew Fisher – 6
5 wickets didn’t fairly inform the story, since three got here when New Zealand had been going for fast runs on the fourth afternoon. Posed little risk when it mattered, however batted properly for a half-century.
Josh Tongue – 6
Wasn’t flattered by match figures of three for 161, and bowled properly on the fourth morning, although by then it was too late.
Sonny Baker – 5.5
His first two Take a look at wickets had been good ones – Ravindra and Mitchell – and his enthusiasm infectious, however he went at 4.7 an over and nonetheless has loads to study.
Sonny Baker bowled fast and confirmed positives indicators however he additionally nonetheless has loads to study
New Zealand
Tom Latham 4
Devon Conway 3
Henry Nicholls 8.5
Rachin Ravindra 7.5
Daryl Mitchell 7.5
Tom Blundell 8
Glenn Phillips 8
Nathan Smith 6
Kyle Jamieson 7
Matt Henry 9
Will O’Rourke 7.5
