1 hour ago Second Rothesay Test, The Kia Oval (day 5 of five)
New Zealand 391 (Phillips 100) & 362 (Nicholls 121, Ravindra 76, Mitchell 68)
England 291 (Gay 53, Fisher 50*; Henry 5-80) & 209 (Root 76, Brook 58; Henry 6-29)
New Zealand won by 253 runs, three-match bid level astatine 1-1
England's miserable fortnight ended with a crushing decision successful the 2nd Test against New Zealand astatine The Oval - mounting up a high-stakes decider astatine Trent Bridge.
Under the shadiness of the contention surrounding absent skipper Ben Stokes, an inexperienced England squad were exposed by an fantabulous show from New Zealand, who won by 253 runs.
England began a baking last time with scant anticipation of an escape, resuming connected 182-5, chasing a notional 463.
The location broadside lasted little than an hr acknowledgment to the brilliance of New Zealand seamer Matt Henry, who claimed 6-29 for career-best lucifer figures of 11-109.
Joe Root was retired for 77 successful the 3rd implicit of the day, again lbw to Henry with the keeper lasting up, and the process was exposed.
Jofra Archer was bowled by a shooter, Matthew Fisher played connected and Josh Tongue was caught astatine archetypal gaffe for a aureate duck, giving Henry his archetypal Test 10-wicket haul.
And erstwhile Jordan Cox was bowled an attempting a sweep, England were beaten and Henry had the champion lucifer figures by a New Zealander successful a Test successful England.
It meant that precisely 2 weeks connected from a confidence-boosting triumph successful the archetypal Test, England are trying to determination connected from a play of chaos portion besides facing the captious 3rd Test.
In celebrating the triumph astatine Lord's, Stokes and gait bowler Gus Atkinson broke the England team's midnight curfew and were contiguous erstwhile a subordinate of information unit was struck by a Saracens rugby player.
The brace were stood down for this Test pending an investigation, the result of which is present owed to beryllium revealed arsenic England request to sanction a squad for Trent Bridge.
While it was already thought apt the duo volition return, with Stokes arsenic captain, a wide denotation was fixed connected Sunday greeting erstwhile some were withdrawn from their region fixtures.
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