Third Test, day four, Trent Bridge - series level at 1-1
England close on 103-4 in chase of 373
Stokes opens and makes 30 from 20 balls before being caught off Foulkes
Stokes takes wicket with first delivery after news of his shock retirement made public
Mitchell brings up century off 241 balls before NZ declare on 288-9
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I love cricket. Why can’t England play the situation. This is such a waste of talent. Great opportunity to let the likes of Richard Gould and Rob Key quietly leave the scene.
Tim, Leeds
Quite how a new management team will reveal untapped talent remains to be seen.
Mark, Shropshire
If England lose at home to New Zealand I am expecting somebody to resign. This farce cannot go on surely.
Ray, York
Josh Tongue replaces Jofra Archer in England's first change of the day.
The Nottinghamshire seamer has figures of 0-28 from five overs yesterday.
He goes for four runs here, with Daryl Mitchell fencing at a delivery and edging wide of the cordon.
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Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
Still very early, but the pitch on day four has been behaving unpredictably in the first 10 overs bowled. The PitchViz bounce inconsistency rating for this session is currently at 9.4, the highest for any session in this match.
No previous session has even recorded a rating of 6.0. It is hard to bat at the moment.
(PitchViz Bounce Inconsistency - On a scale of 1-10, 1 = very consistent).
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
This partnership of Mitchell and Ravindra is frustrating England. Ben Stokes it getting more and more animated.
One single off Ben Stokes' latest over, with Daryl Mitchell sending a shot square.
Jamie Smith is still standing up to the England captain.
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Image source, Getty ImagesEngland really lack a Broad-Anderson pair. Our bowling group has been awful since. No one can move this ball well at all.
Josh, Telford
With the bowling line-up England have now, a poor performance with the bat means we're pretty much guaranteed to lose. We simply no longer have any top-class Test bowlers to dig us out of a tough spot.
James, Kettering
If New Zealand thrash England then goodbye to Brendon McCullum and Rob Key. Bring in Michael Vaughan, James Anderson and Stuart Broad as management. Harry Brook as captain, Joe Root as vice to steady the ship. Ben Stokes as coach then build for next Ashes.
Timothy, Weymouth
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator
Ravindra has been nice and fluid and positive batting here today.
Lead by 224
Jofra Archer concedes a boundary for the first time today, with Rachin Ravindra whipping his first delivery away off the pads.
That's five overs this morning for Archer, we'll see if he gets another...
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
That was another brutal delivery from Ben Stokes and you know it is a hard one when the batter takes their hand off the bat straight away. Mitchell is getting peppered out there.
For the third time this morning Daryl Mitchell is struck on the upper body.
Ben Stokes finds the batter's gloves.
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It is plain that the current English cricket set up is not doing the business. However, suppose, hypothetically, the current coach and cricket director were removed at noon on Tuesday, who would replace them? One name that springs to mind is Paul Farbrace.
Paul, Paredes de Coura, Portugal
England are simply not a serious unit.
Ian, Southampton
Daryl Mitchell showing how to grind it out here with the ball doing plenty. England would be swinging from the hip!
Nick, Fleetwood
Consecutive maidens for Jofra Archer as Daryl Mitchell again can't get him away.
It has got sunnier at Trent Bridge after the session started in conditions that were a touch overcast.
A bit of wind is rippling the batters' shirts.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
It has been a spicy old start like we expected. England will probably feel like they are a little unlucky in phases but the pitch is definitely doing a bit, like we thought it would.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Things are happening here now.
Another ball that kept low from Ben Stokes, firing the ball under the bat of Rachin Ravindra.
Stokes then sits up a weak bouncer that Ravindra pulls away for the first four of the day.
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
Jofra Archer has used more short balls in this innings than he did in the first innings at this point.
In the first 10 overs of the previous innings, he bowled 45% of his deliveries on a good length and 34% short of a length.
However, in this innings so far, he has bowled 38% of his deliveries on good length and 43% on the shorter side.
A maiden for Jofra Archer, keeping Daryl Mitchell from scoring.
New Zealand have scored seven runs from six overs this morning.
Image source, Getty ImagesA reminder that the highest fourth-innings run chase in a Test match at Trent Bridge came in June 2022, in the early days of Bazball, when England achieved a target of 299 for loss of five wickets.
England's next highest at the ground in Nottingham also came against the Kiws when they chased down 284 to clinch a four-wicket win in June 2004.
The late Graham Thorpe's 104 not out in the second innings of the latter of those matches was key to the win.
Lead by 211
After plenty of cooling spray, Daryl Mitchell faces Ben Stokes' last delivery and knocks it into the covers for a single.
Jamie Smith did stick it out standing up.
Meanwhile, in the injury break, Joe Root and Harry Brook entertained the crowd by picking up Jacob Bethell, who was lying down, by his arms and legs and swinging him around.
Image source, Getty ImagesThis pitch, which looked so flat on day one and two, is certainly doing things now.
Ben Stokes' delivery rears up and jags in, hitting Daryl Mitchell on his bare forearm.
Very painful.
Meanwhile Jamie Smith, who came up behind the stumps after Stokes' second ball, might want to reconsider his decision.
| 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 |
Bethell,caught Latham, bowled O'Rourke Bethell, caught Latham, bowled O'Rourke | 74 | 133 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 221 | 55.64 |
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Smith Root, leg before wicket, bowled Smith | 21 | 46 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 45.65 |
Brook,bowled Foulkes Brook, bowled Foulkes | 58 | 80 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 134 | 72.50 |
Smith,caught Mitchell, bowled Smith Smith, caught Mitchell, bowled Smith | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8.33 |
Stokes,bowled Foulkes Stokes, bowled Foulkes | 15 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 45.45 |
Atkinson,caught Mitchell, bowled O'Rourke Atkinson, caught Mitchell, bowled O'Rourke | 23 | 86 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 26.74 |
Archer,caught Mitchell, bowled Smith Archer, caught Mitchell, bowled Smith | 15 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 45.45 |
Tongue,caught Santner, bowled Foulkes Tongue, caught Santner, bowled Foulkes | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20.00 |
Bashir,not out Bashir, not out | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 10, wides 0, byes 17, leg byes 5, total 32 Extras, no balls 10, wides 0, byes 17, leg byes 5, total 32 | |||||||
Total,354 all out 88.2 overs Total,354 all out 88.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith | 23.0 | 2 | 91 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.95 |
O'Rourke | 20.0 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.65 |
Tickner | 3.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.00 |
Santner | 10.0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5.90 |
Sears | 17.0 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.29 |
Foulkes | 15.2 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.28 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
8 for 1 (1.5 overs) | Gay |
187 for 2 (31.2 overs) | Duckett |
224 for 3 (46.2 overs) | Root |
224 for 4 (47.1 overs) | Bethell |
234 for 5 (50.5 overs) | Smith |
290 for 6 (60.4 overs) | Stokes |
322 for 7 (72.3 overs) | Brook |
350 for 8 (84.3 overs) | Archer |
354 for 9 (87.3 overs) | Atkinson |
354 for 10 (88.2 overs) | Tongue |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latham,leg before wicket, bowled Archer Latham, leg before wicket, bowled Archer | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 66.67 |
Conway,caught Root, bowled Archer Conway, caught Root, bowled Archer | 5 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 31.25 |
Nicholls,caught Brook, bowled Atkinson Nicholls, caught Brook, bowled Atkinson | 16 | 41 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 39.02 |
Ravindra,leg before wicket, bowled Bashir Ravindra, leg before wicket, bowled Bashir | 94 | 149 | 100 | 12 | 0 | 257 | 63.09 |
Mitchell,not out Mitchell, not out | 100 | 241 | 185 | 10 | 1 | 394 | 41.49 |
Blundell,caught Gay, bowled Archer Blundell, caught Gay, bowled Archer | 18 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 75.00 |
Santner,caught Smith, bowled Stokes Santner, caught Smith, bowled Stokes | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Smith,caught Smith, bowled Archer Smith, caught Smith, bowled Archer | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.00 |
Foulkes,caught Brook, bowled Stokes Foulkes, caught Brook, bowled Stokes | 6 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 14.63 |
Sears,not out Sears, not out | 19 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 47.50 |
O'Rourke,leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson O'Rourke, leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 5, wides 1, byes 9, leg byes 10, total 25 Extras, no balls 5, wides 1, byes 9, leg byes 10, total 25 | |||||||
Total,288 for 9 declared 94.0 overs Total,288 for 9 declared 94.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 20.0 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.65 |
Atkinson | 22.0 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.27 |
Tongue | 14.0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5.35 |
Bashir | 13.0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.23 |
Stokes | 25.0 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.96 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
4 for 1 (0.6 overs) | Latham |
12 for 2 (4.6 overs) | Conway |
51 for 3 (14.1 overs) | Nicholls |
180 for 4 (58.4 overs) | Ravindra |
204 for 5 (66.6 overs) | Blundell |
205 for 6 (67.4 overs) | Santner |
206 for 7 (68.3 overs) | Smith |
224 for 8 (81.1 overs) | Foulkes |
279 for 9 (91.3 overs) | O'Rourke |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duckett,caught Mitchell, bowled Sears Duckett, caught Mitchell, bowled Sears | 36 | 42 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 85.71 |
Stokes,caught Mitchell, bowled Foulkes Stokes, caught Mitchell, bowled Foulkes | 30 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 150.00 |
Bethell,leg before wicket, bowled Foulkes Bethell, leg before wicket, bowled Foulkes | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Brook,caught Smith, bowled Foulkes Brook, caught Smith, bowled Foulkes | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 233.33 |
batting,Root,not out batting, Root, not out | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 81.82 |
batting,Gay,not out batting, Gay, not out | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 150.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 | |||||||
Total,103 for 4 15.0 overs Total,103 for 4 15.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith | 7.0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6.85 |
O'Rourke | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
Foulkes | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.20 |
Sears | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
Santner, bowling | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
50 for 1 (7.2 overs) | Stokes |
50 for 2 (7.6 overs) | Bethell |
72 for 3 (9.5 overs) | Brook |
95 for 4 (13.6 overs) | Duckett |
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