New Zealand has reached a strong position on the second day of the second Test. Thanks to Glenn Phillips’ century at The Oval, the Kiwi team scored 391 runs in their first innings. In reply, England have scored 222 runs for 6 wickets by stumps. The host team is still 169 runs behind. Glenn Phillips’ century New Zealand started the second day with a score of 291/7. Glenn Phillips scored 100 runs. In the lower order, Kyle Jamieson played an innings of 41 runs. The duo shared an 87-run partnership for the eighth wicket. For England, Jacob Bethell took the most wickets, with 3. England’s fast start In response to 391 runs, England got off to a quick start. Ben Duckett scored 36 runs off 25 balls, but was run out and returned to the pavilion. After this, Emilio Gay took charge and played an innings of 53 runs off 114 balls. He steadied the team by adding 74 runs for the third wicket with captain Joe Root. It seemed that Root and Emilio would put England in a strong position, but New Zealand made a comeback. First, William O’Rourke had Emilio caught by wicketkeeper Tom Blundell. After this, Matt Henry delivered continuous blows to Joe Root and Harry Brook. Root was out LBW after scoring 46 runs, while Brook returned to the pavilion for 24 runs. England came under pressure in the last session England came under pressure in the last session. James Rew was out for 24 runs, and the team lost six wickets for 217 runs. However, Jordan Cox held one end and returned unbeaten with 22 runs. Jofra Archer is present at the crease with him without opening his account. For New Zealand, Matt Henry and William O’Rourke took 2-2 wickets each, while Nathan Smith got one success. Post navigation Ben Stokes might return as captain for third NZ Test:England all-rounder was left out of Oval Test after nightclub controversy ‘Coach badlo, India need a mentor like MS Dhoni’:Sreesanth takes dig at Gautam Gambhir, challenges Harbhajan Singh to in-ring fight
