Third Test, day two, Trent Bridge - series level at 1-1
England close on 223-2, trailing by 215
Duckett - dropped by Nicholls on eight - hits sublime century off 88 balls before chopping on for 113
Bethell brings up fifty off 60 balls and ends unbeaten on 74
NZ 438: Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70
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Image source, Getty ImagesBen Sears, who I saw bowling against Ireland in Belfast and has a bit of zip, is into the attack.
He draws an edge from Jacob Bethell's bat with his second delivery but it falls short of the slips.
Bethell punishes a full delivery from Sears later in the over, thrasing the Kiwi semaer through the covers.
Mitchell Santner with the first over after tea.
He gives it a bit of flight with his third delivery and Ben Duckett looks to glance it to leg, but it's into the ground before Rachin Ravindra at short leg can get anywhere near it.
Netherland is an excellent book, Peter. Possibly the best piece of cricket fiction I've read.
New Zealand's players just making their way back out on to the field at a sun-kissed Trent Bridge.
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Netherland by Joseph O'Neil and Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka must be the strongest opening pair of cricket literature.
Peter, Manchester
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesFastest Test fifties for Ben Duckett
Image source, Getty ImagesA bit of news for you, the International Cricket Council are continuing their fight against online abuse during the women's T20 World Cup.
More than 100 women’s cricketers have signed up for the ICC Player Protection Programme which works with players to silence trolls on social media platforms.
England's Amy Jones is one of those to sign up and she did so to help get rid of "toxicity" that comes with social media for women in elite sports.
"We have a great relationship with the vast majority of our fans, and we love interacting with them in person and on social media, where we can show what it is like to do what we do," Jones said.
"But the downside is that there are people who choose to abuse you instead, so it is great that there are companies who are trying to clean things up and offer us some protection."
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
New Zealand will be thinking they're still in a decent position, they should be in a better position. This is a great opportunity for England. Will O'Rourke seems like the key for New Zealand, he looks like the one bowler that can get a bagful.
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We have a photo in our pavilion at Rugby Cricket Club of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in one of his games for the MCC from the early 1900s. Fantastic tash!
Neal, Rugby
Thanks, Mike.
Some fantastic cricket literature suggestions filtering through.
Mike Peter
BBC Sport journalist
Aha, after four balls of Nathan Smith's over Tom Blundell sticks on a helmet to stand up behind the stumps.
New Zealand enjoyed success with this tactic in the second Test, although it doesn't elicit a wicket in the final two balls of the session.
Two runs from the over, while Jacob Bethell inside-edged onto his pads from the second ball.
England's afternoon, here's Timothy Abraham to see if it'll be England's evening.
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
In the first 10 overs, New Zealand seamers have bowled a 7.8m length on average, compared to England's 7.0m length.
Four more for England, with Blair Tickner firing byes down the leg side.
Meanwhile Andy Zaltzman informs us that just over half of Ben Duckett's fifties have been scored from under 50 balls.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
Ben Duckett has done quite a job on this New Zealand attack. They're a little bit frazzled.
Eng 66-1
Image source, Getty ImagesThere's Ben Duckett's half-century!
Facing Blair Tickner, he cracks his 10th boundary through third then brings up the landmark with two into the covers.
The fifty comes up off 40 balls.
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The cricket episode of the children’s show Bluey is an exceptional way to spend eight minutes of your life. Not quite literature, but still a piece of art in my eyes.
Ben, Hitchin
The description of match between Dingly Dell and all Muggleton in The Pickwick Papers is worth a read. The commentary by Alfred Jingle is very Norcrossian.
Terry, Wirral
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
England have shown a lot of spirit.
Nathan Smith returns, changing ends to replace Will O'Rourke.
Jacob Bethell drives his first ball through the covers for four, then doesn't score off the remainder of the over.
Image source, Getty ImagesOver in Belfast, there's no Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the India team for their T20 international against Ireland.
The hosts batted first at Stormont and posted 182-9 thanks to 50 from Lorcan Tucker and 49 from Gareth Delany.
Harshit Rana is the pick of the bowlers for the tourists with 3-24. India have just began their innings.
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Image source, Getty ImagesBen Duckett brings up England's fifty, sending Blair Tickner away through point.
He then adds a pair of twos to close the over, both hit out to mid-wicket.
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Image source, Getty ImagesDoes anyone remember Spedegue's Dropper by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Terrific read chaps!
John, Thailand
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of course, played 10 first-class matches for the MCC!
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latham,caught Smith, bowled Stokes Latham, caught Smith, bowled Stokes | 151 | 214 | 129 | 15 | 0 | 323 | 70.56 |
Conway,caught substitute, bowled Root Conway, caught substitute, bowled Root | 157 | 224 | 154 | 22 | 3 | 329 | 70.09 |
Nicholls,caught Smith, bowled Archer Nicholls, caught Smith, bowled Archer | 36 | 48 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 75.00 |
Ravindra,caught Smith, bowled Atkinson Ravindra, caught Smith, bowled Atkinson | 7 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 31.82 |
O'Rourke,caught Gay, bowled Stokes O'Rourke, caught Gay, bowled Stokes | 19 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 50.00 |
Mitchell,caught Smith, bowled Stokes Mitchell, caught Smith, bowled Stokes | 11 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 33.33 |
Blundell,leg before wicket, bowled Bashir Blundell, leg before wicket, bowled Bashir | 30 | 67 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 44.78 |
Santner,caught Bethell, bowled Stokes Santner, caught Bethell, bowled Stokes | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 33.33 |
Smith,caught and bowled Bashir Smith, caught and bowled Bashir | 6 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 21.43 |
Tickner,not out Tickner, not out | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 66.67 |
Sears,leg before wicket, bowled Archer Sears, leg before wicket, bowled Archer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 13 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 13 | |||||||
Total,438 all out 114.5 overs Total,438 all out 114.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atkinson | 21.0 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.76 |
Archer | 19.5 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.78 |
Tongue | 21.0 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.57 |
Bashir | 25.0 | 2 | 105 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4.20 |
Stokes | 21.0 | 3 | 70 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.33 |
Bethell | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
Root | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
317 for 1 (72.1 overs) | Latham |
319 for 2 (73.1 overs) | Conway |
361 for 3 (83.6 overs) | Ravindra |
361 for 4 (84.1 overs) | Nicholls |
392 for 5 (94.3 overs) | Mitchell |
393 for 6 (96.6 overs) | O'Rourke |
413 for 7 (100.6 overs) | Santner |
434 for 8 (113.3 overs) | Smith |
435 for 9 (113.6 overs) | Blundell |
438 for 10 (114.5 overs) | Sears |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duckett,bowled Smith Duckett, bowled Smith | 113 | 99 | 50 | 19 | 0 | 152 | 114.14 |
Gay,caught Blundell, bowled O'Rourke Gay, caught Blundell, bowled O'Rourke | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00 |
batting,Bethell,not out batting, Bethell, not out | 74 | 128 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 208 | 57.81 |
batting,Root,not out batting, Root, not out | 21 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 50.00 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 3, total 15 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 3, total 15 | |||||||
Total,223 for 2 45.0 overs Total,223 for 2 45.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith | 12.0 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.25 |
O'Rourke | 11.0 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.54 |
Tickner | 3.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.00 |
Santner | 8.0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6.87 |
Sears | 7.0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.42 |
Foulkes, bowling | 4.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
8 for 1 (1.5 overs) | Gay |
187 for 2 (31.2 overs) | Duckett |
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