Who is that bowler…who did not find any buyer, replied with a hat-trick

New Delhi. England fast bowler Gus Atkinson has created history on the New Zealand tour. Atkinson registered his/her name in the pages of history by taking a hat-trick on the second day of the second Test match against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. he/she became the 14th bowler to take a hat-trick for England in a Test. Apart from this, this is the first hat-trick of any bowler in Test in Basin Reserve. After a hat-trick by Atkinson (31/4), aggressive batting led by Jacob Bethel (96) and Ben Duckett (92) helped England reach 533 runs by scoring 378 runs for five wickets in their second innings on the second day of the second Test match against New Zealand. Gained a big lead.

At the end of the day’s play, Joe Root was batting on 73 runs and captain Ben Stokes was batting on 35 runs. With this half-century, Root made his/her 100th score of 50 or more in Test. he/she became the fourth batsman to achieve this feat. Before him/her, this feat has been done by Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting. Whenever the England team declares its innings, New Zealand will have to set a new test record to win this match. West Indies holds the record for successfully chasing the biggest target in the fourth innings. West Indies had achieved the target of 418 runs against Australia 21 years ago in St. Zone.

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England did not declare the innings
Stokes hit a four and two sixes as soon as he/she came to the crease, which made it seem that the team would declare its innings today itself but it did not happen. In England’s second innings, Bethel missed celebrating his/her first century by four runs. With Duckett, he/she made it very difficult for New Zealand to make a comeback in the match with a partnership of 187 runs in 220 balls for the second wicket. Harry Brook, who scored a century in the first innings, scored 55 runs in the second innings. Earlier, Atkinson became the 15th bowler of England to take a hat-trick in Test. Before him/her, Moeen Ali had achieved this feat in 2017.

Atkinson took a hat-trick in the 34th over.
Atkinson completed his/her hat-trick by dismissing Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Tim Southee on consecutive balls in the 34th over. On the basis of his/her brilliant bowling, England bowled out New Zealand’s first innings for just 125 runs. For England, Brayden Carse also took four wickets while Chris Woakes and Stokes got one wicket each. After taking a lead of 155 runs over New Zealand in the first innings, England batted fearlessly in the second innings. Atkinson is 26 years old and is playing the 10th Test of his/her career while he/she has also played 9 ODIs and three T20 International matches. he/she had kept his/her base price at Rs 2 crore in the IPL auction but no franchise showed interest in buying him/her.

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