Third Test, day two, Hamilton
New Zealand close on 136-3 - leading by 340
Young hits 60 and Williamson adds 50*
England 143: Root 32; Henry 4-48, Santner 3-7, O'Rourke 3-33
Tourists lose 8-66, including last five wickets for just nine runs
New Zealand make 347 in first innings - Santner 76, Latham 63; Potts 4-90
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Will O'Rourke's delivery to dismiss Jacob Bethell was the first ball he bowled to him fuller than six metres - the previous 13 deliveries to Bethell were all in a good length or shorter.
Such a sequence led to Bethell chasing a delivery which on average a batter would leave 55% of the time.
Brook b O'Rourke 0 (Eng 77-4)
Danger man... gone first ball.
Harry Brook's mighty average against New Zealand takes a blow as he chops his opening delivery down into the ground and onto the stumps.
O'Rourke is on a hat-trick from the start of his next over, while England are in a spot of trouble.
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Hamilton
Really well bowled by O'Rourke. Pushed him back, suckered Bethell in with the full one.
Bethell c Phillips b O'Rourke 12 (Eng 77-3)
Chased... and snaffled.
Bethell goes after O'Rourke and is taken well by gun fielder Glenn Phillips at backward point.
A bit of outward swing in the air, Phillips actually dived a bit too hard and took the catch close to his body rather than at full extension.
Here comes Harry Brook...
Nicely done.
Bethell has a bit of a waft at O'Rourke's opening delivery but guides his second past the slips for four.
O'Rourke responds by rapping the England number three's gloves.
Henry tightens it back up, sending down a maiden to Root, with a final ball that beats the bat of the England veteran.
The stadium PA blasts Have a Nice Day by The Stereophonics between the overs - they've certainly enjoyed playing their 90s/00s indie and rock this series.
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It's worth pointing out that the average opening partnerships given are not necessarily representative - Conway, Latham and Shafique are all currently having the worst year of their Test careers and Brathwaite is on a down year (though not his worst), while Ayub and Louis are only a few matches into their Test careers. Crawley and Duckett being ahead of them doesn't necessarily suggest all is rosy in the garden.
James, Cambridge
Too straight from Will O'Rourke as Joe Root opens his second over with consecutive fours.
A short ball is helped on its way with a pull shot through fine leg, before the England batter strikes firmly off his pads for another boundary through square.
A further leg bye and a wild delivery down the leg side that goes for four byes means that's 13 off the over, a bit of a change after the seamer delivered an opening maiden.
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Just had the first "duvet day" of Christmas and a quick nap during the lunch break - refreshed and ready for the night shift! Runs on the menu please!
Dan in Surrey
Joe Root rushes out of his crease, prods Matt Henry into the covers and runs for the single.
Mitchell Santner picks up and throws down the batter's end - the ball flies past the wicket and is backed up at fine leg.
A direct hit and it might have been interesting for Jacob Bethell.
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If you think Crawley & Duckett are a poor opening partnership you surely weren't paying attention to the England openers for the 10 years before. They might not be the GOATs but they're certainly laying a better foundation for Root, Brook and Stokes to come in than we had pre-McCullum.
Matt, Peckham
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Hamilton
O'Rourke to Bethell is the 2024 version of Morkel to Strauss.
Will O'Rourke into the attack for the first time in this innings, replacing Southee. The towering seamer bowled better than his figures might have suggested in Wellington.
His first delivery is short and Bethell just about gets his bat out of the way, three balls later another riser has the England batter staggering backwards as he defends his throat.
A maiden and a very promising start for O'Rourke.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett's scoring rate of 4.64 runs per over this year is top among the previously mentioned pairs (12:22), with only Jaiswal & Rohit (4.47 rpo) close to them.
Bethell 8, Root 19
The sounds of Californication by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers fade from the stadium PA system as Jacob Bethell prepares to face Matt Henry's first delivery after lunch.
It's on the legs and Bethell clips it away for a single down to fine leg.
Root blocks out three balls, pulls his bat away at the last second from a rising delivery then gets his own runs down at fine leg - a neat four.
Joe Root is waiting to walk back to the crease, he's sat under a parasol under the boundary.
It's a sunny day in Hamilton, good batting conditions you'd hope.
The New Zealand team are walking back on now - they lead their opponents by 293, with England to resume on 54-2.
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So if those averages are anything to go by, Crawley and Duckett are basically fine in terms of their average as a partnership. Not amazing perhaps, but hardly bad either. Where they excel is their rate of scoring, which nearly always injects energy into an England innings and gets things going nicely. So long as their average continues to be at least in the same ballpark as the other main partnerships (which thus far it is), I imagine Stokes will keep faith with it.
Theo, London
This isn't the only the match going on tonight - Australia and India are facing off in the third Test at the Gabba.
The two sides were frustrated by the weather on day one yesterday, with only 13.2 overs played as Australia reached 28-0.
They're under way on day two and Jasprit Bumrah has been doing what he does best - he's dismissed openers Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney in the first half hour, with the home side currently 44-2.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Well David, Crawley and Duckett are averaging 31.26 for the opening wicket in 2024, the global average this year is 27.70.
Among the pairs with 10 or more innings batted together this year:
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I’d be fascinated to see the stats, but England must have one of the worst opening partnership averages in world cricket when Crawley and Duckett open the batting.
David, Sheffield
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latham,caught Pope, bowled Potts Latham, caught Pope, bowled Potts | 63 | 135 | 9 | 0 | 191 | 46.67 |
Young,caught Brook, bowled Atkinson Young, caught Brook, bowled Atkinson | 42 | 92 | 10 | 0 | 129 | 45.65 |
Williamson,bowled Potts Williamson, bowled Potts | 44 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 130 | 50.57 |
Ravindra,caught Duckett, bowled Carse Ravindra, caught Duckett, bowled Carse | 18 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 72.00 |
Mitchell,caught Stokes, bowled Atkinson Mitchell, caught Stokes, bowled Atkinson | 14 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 43.75 |
Blundell,caught Bethell, bowled Carse Blundell, caught Bethell, bowled Carse | 21 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 72.41 |
Phillips,caught Crawley, bowled Potts Phillips, caught Crawley, bowled Potts | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 50.00 |
Santner,bowled Potts Santner, bowled Potts | 76 | 117 | 10 | 2 | 148 | 64.96 |
Henry,caught Brook, bowled Stokes Henry, caught Brook, bowled Stokes | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 40.00 |
Southee,caught Carse, bowled Atkinson Southee, caught Carse, bowled Atkinson | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 230.00 |
O'Rourke,not out O'Rourke, not out | 5 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 16.67 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 2, byes 12, leg byes 10, total 28 Extras, no balls 4, wides 2, byes 12, leg byes 10, total 28 | ||||||
Total,347 all out 97.1 overs Total,347 all out 97.1 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Potts | 28.1 | 7 | 90 | 4 | 3.19 |
Atkinson | 26.0 | 7 | 66 | 3 | 2.53 |
Carse | 19.0 | 2 | 78 | 2 | 4.10 |
Stokes | 24.0 | 6 | 91 | 1 | 3.79 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
105 for 1 (30.3 overs) | Young |
142 for 2 (44.1 overs) | Latham |
172 for 3 (52.3 overs) | Ravindra |
185 for 4 (58.6 overs) | Williamson |
206 for 5 (63.3 overs) | Mitchell |
212 for 6 (66.2 overs) | Phillips |
231 for 7 (68.6 overs) | Blundell |
272 for 8 (77.5 overs) | Henry |
303 for 9 (80.4 overs) | Southee |
347 for 10 (97.1 overs) | Santner |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,caught and bowled Henry Crawley, caught and bowled Henry | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 150.00 |
Duckett,leg before wicket, bowled Henry Duckett, leg before wicket, bowled Henry | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 84.62 |
Bethell,caught Phillips, bowled O'Rourke Bethell, caught Phillips, bowled O'Rourke | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 36.36 |
Root,caught Young, bowled O'Rourke Root, caught Young, bowled O'Rourke | 32 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 76.19 |
Brook,bowled O'Rourke Brook, bowled O'Rourke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Pope,caught Mitchell, bowled Santner Pope, caught Mitchell, bowled Santner | 24 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 57.14 |
Stokes,leg before wicket, bowled Santner Stokes, leg before wicket, bowled Santner | 27 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 62.79 |
Atkinson,caught Santner, bowled Henry Atkinson, caught Santner, bowled Henry | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 44.44 |
Carse,caught and bowled Santner Carse, caught and bowled Santner | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12.50 |
Potts,caught Phillips, bowled Henry Potts, caught Phillips, bowled Henry | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14.29 |
Bashir,not out Bashir, not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 9 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 9 | ||||||
Total,143 all out 35.4 overs Total,143 all out 35.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry | 13.4 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 3.51 |
Southee | 11.0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 4.18 |
O'Rourke | 8.0 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 4.12 |
Santner | 3.0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2.33 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
32 for 1 (4.2 overs) | Crawley |
33 for 2 (4.6 overs) | Duckett |
77 for 3 (15.5 overs) | Bethell |
77 for 4 (15.6 overs) | Brook |
82 for 5 (17.6 overs) | Root |
134 for 6 (30.5 overs) | Pope |
137 for 7 (32.1 overs) | Stokes |
141 for 8 (33.5 overs) | Atkinson |
141 for 9 (34.2 overs) | Carse |
143 for 10 (35.4 overs) | Potts |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latham,bowled Atkinson Latham, bowled Atkinson | 19 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 61.29 |
Young,caught Bethell, bowled Stokes Young, caught Bethell, bowled Stokes | 60 | 85 | 9 | 0 | 121 | 70.59 |
batting,Williamson,not out batting, Williamson, not out | 50 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 100 | 86.21 |
O'Rourke,caught Pope, bowled Stokes O'Rourke, caught Pope, bowled Stokes | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00 |
batting,Ravindra,not out batting, Ravindra, not out | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 5 | ||||||
Total,136 for 3 32.0 overs Total,136 for 3 32.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Potts | 6.0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 |
Atkinson | 5.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2.00 |
Carse | 6.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3.50 |
Stokes, bowling | 10.0 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 |
Bashir | 5.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
35 for 1 (9.4 overs) | Latham |
124 for 2 (27.1 overs) | Young |
128 for 3 (29.3 overs) | O'Rourke |
