Joe Root (Photo: England Cricket)
New Zealand National Cricket Team vs England National Cricket Team, 2nd Test Day 2 Stumps Scorecard: The second match of the 3-match Test series between New Zealand national cricket team and England national cricket team is being played from 6th December. This match between the two teams is being played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. England had registered a spectacular victory in the first test of the series. The game started with New Zealand batting first and performing well in the first innings. With Kane Williamson scoring 93 and Glenn Phillips remaining unbeaten on 58, New Zealand scored a total of 348 runs in the first innings. In reply, England performed well with the bat also. Thanks to Harry Brook's inning of 171 runs, the visiting team scored 499 runs in the first innings. NZ vs ENG, 2nd Test Day 2 Stumps Scorecard: Second day's play ended, England took a lead of 533 runs, Jacob Bethel and Ben Duckett missed centuries; See scorecard here
By the end of play on the second day of the second Test match, the England team had scored 378 runs in the second innings, losing five wickets in 76 overs. England has taken a strong lead of 533 runs. The England team, which came to bat in the second innings, had a disappointing start and the team suffered its first major setback on the score of just nine. After this, Jacob Bethel and Ben Duckett together handled the innings.
For England, Jacob Bethel played a brilliant inning of 96 runs. Joe Root is playing with 73 unbeaten runs and captain Ben Stokes is playing with 35 unbeaten runs. Matt Henry once again gave the first major success to the New Zealand team. For New Zealand, Tim Southee and Matt Henry took maximum two wickets each.
In the second test, England's legendary batsman Joe Root achieved a big achievement in the second test of the series against New Zealand. Actually, Joe Root scored a half-century (73*) in his second innings in the match being played in Wellington. This is Joe Root's 100th 50+ score in his Test career. With this, Joe Root has become the first batsman of England to score 100th and 50+ score in Test. Let's take a look at Joe Root's statistics.
Joe Root joins the special list of greats
Let us tell you that England's legendary batsman Joe Root has now registered his name in the list of legendary batsmen. Joe Root has become the fourth batsman in the world to score 100th and 50+ score. In this list, before Joe Root, Sachin Tendulkar (119), Ricky Ponting (103) and Jacques Kallis (103) have achieved this feat. Joe Root has left Rahul Dravid (99) behind in this matter. Rahul Dravid has scored 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries in his Test career.
Joe Root completed 1,800 runs against New Zealand
During this half-century innings, Joe Root completed his 1,800 runs against New Zealand. Joe Root became only the second batsman in the world to reach this figure against New Zealand. Joe Root has so far scored 1,806 runs in 20 matches against New Zealand with an average of 54.72. Former Pakistan legend Javed Miandad had scored 1,919 runs in 18 Tests against New Zealand with an average of 79.95.
Joe Root has scored 35 centuries and 65 half-centuries
In his unmatched Test career, Joe Root has scored 12,850 runs in 151 matches with an average of 50.99. Meanwhile, Joe Root has scored 35 centuries and 65 half-centuries with the highest score of 262 runs. Joe Root is the highest run scorer for England and the fifth highest run scorer in world cricket. In this matter, only Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 runs), Ricky Ponting (13,378 runs), Jacques Kallis (13,289 runs) and Rahul Dravid (13,288 runs) are ahead of Joe Root.
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