Nz vs Eng: Good start for New Zealand, Santner-Latham hit fifty, how was the game on the first day?

New Delhi. On Saturday (14 December), on the first day of the third cricket test against England, New Zealand (England vs New Zealand) scored 315 runs for nine wickets. Mitchell Santner completed his/her fourth Test half-century by hitting a six on the last ball and he/she is playing on 50 runs while Will O’Rourke has not opened his/her account.

New Zealand’s tail batsmen scored 76 runs in the last eight overs. Earlier, Tom Latham and Will Young added 105 runs in the partnership for the first wicket. For the first time, the host team made a good start against England who have already taken a 2-0 lead in the series. England won the first Test by eight wickets within four days and the second by 323 runs within three days.

England won the toss and decided to bowl and by lunch, New Zealand’s score was 93 runs without any loss. Latham and Young added 105 runs for the first wicket. Young completed 1000 runs in Test cricket after scoring 42 runs and became the second New Zealand batsman after Stephen Fleming to reach this figure without scoring a century.

Rachin Ravindra scored 18 runs and was caught by Ben Duckett at gully off the ball of Braydon Carse. Kane Williamson scored 44 runs. New Zealand lost the wickets of Daryl Mitchell (14), Glenn Phillips (five) and Tom Blundell (21) early. Santner and Matt Henry added 41 runs for the eighth wicket. After Henry was out, Tim Southee came to play his/her 107th and last Test. Saudi is going to retire from the game after this match. The England fielders gave a guard of honor upon his/her landing. he/she scored 23 runs in ten balls.