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- A mammoth victory for New Zealand in Tim Southee's final Test. A wonderful Test career comes to an end. #NZvENG
- Three Tests, three fifties in the second innings for Jacob Bethell. #NZvENG
- 🗣️ “I love watching him bowl, he’s one of my favourite spin bowlers to watch!” How would you have ranked these six Test spinners? 👀🥇
- An early lunch has already been called in Hamilton. If (and it's a big if) there is a no more rain, play will restart at 00:10 GMT. #NZvENG
- 17 bowlers have taken 400 or more Test wickets 🔥 How many can @yaswisden.bsky.social and @benwisden.bsky.social name? 🤔
- 67 minutes into day two and England finally take the 10th and final New Zealand wicket. Mitchell Santner finishes with a superb 76 from No. 8. #NZvENG
- Two changes for New Zealand: Will Young and Mitchell Santner in for Devon Conway and Nathan Smith One change for England: Matt Potts in for Chris Woakes. #NZvENG
- Blind ranking Test seamers with @benwisden.bsky.social 🏏👀 How would you have ranked them? ⬇️
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- 🚨 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🚨 🎙️ @katyawisden.bsky.social 🎙️ @philwisden.bsky.social 🎙️ @yaswisden.bsky.social 🎙️ Mark Butcher 🎙️ David Tossell 🟢 bit.ly/WCWPSpotify 🍎 bit.ly/WCWPApplePods 👀 bit.ly/WCWPYouTube0... #NZvENG #AUSvIND
- England seal a series win in New Zealand for the first time since 2008. An emphatic victory for Ben Stokes' team. #NZvENG
- A 36th Test hundred for Joe Root, brought up with a reverse ramp! He is now joint-fifth on the all-time list of players with the most hundreds in Test cricket. #NZvENG
- Jacob Bethell falls four runs short of a first Test hundred. Had he got to the milestone, he would have been England's youngest men's Test centurion in 86 years 👀 #NZvENG
- Two Tests, two half-centuries for Jacob Bethell. Another impressive showing from the England youngster. #NZvENG
- Gus Atkinson, the 14th England player to take a men's Test hat-trick. #NZvENG
- GUS ATKINSON HAS A TEST HAT-TRICK!!!!
- A breathless first session. Harry Brook's half-century has led the England fight back – they're 124-4 at lunch. #NZvENG Follow: www.wisden.com/live-cricket...
- England are four down at the end of the first hour! Bethell goes for 16, New Zealand on a roll. #NZvENG
- A screamer from Daryl Mitchell! Root goes, Smith has a breakthrough and England are 26-3. #NZvENG
- The first time in the history of Test cricket that a batter has hit a six off a seamer in the first over of a Test. Crawley later fell for 17. (via TMS) #NZvENG
- And another! Crawley is bowled by Henry for 17 – England are 21-2 early doors. #NZvENG Follow: wisden.com/live-cricket...
- An early breakthrough! Duckett departs for a duck – Henry with the breakthrough after Latham takes a good, sharp catch at second slip. #NZvENG
- It's the 17th Test in a row at Wellington where the side that's won the toss has decided to bowl first 👀 Both teams are unchanged. #NZvENG Follow: www.wisden.com/live-cricket...
- 🚨 NEW PODCAST 🚨 An exclusive interview with Rob Key on his life in the game. Available to listen to on the Wisden Patreon channel. Listen/sign up: patreon.com/posts/in-bub...
- Blind ranking Test batters with @yaswisden.bsky.social 👀🥇 How would you have ranked them? ⬇️
- Bat or bowl first? When is it hardest to bat? What role does spin play? Naman Agarwal looks at the history of day-night Tests and tells us what we should expect from this week's Adelaide Test. www.wisden.com/series/austr...
- 🚨 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🚨 🎙️ @philwisden.bsky.social 🎙️ @mattrollercricket.bsky.social 🎙️ @yaswisden.bsky.social 🎙️ Mark Butcher 🟢 bit.ly/WCWPSpotify 🍎 bit.ly/WCWPApplePods 👀 bit.ly/WCWPYouTube0...
- First Test fifty ✅ Hits the winning runs ✅ Jacob Bethell makes an immediate mark in Test cricket. #NZvENG
- A convincing win for England. It's the fifth time in a row under Stokes and McCullum that they have won the first Test of an overseas tour. #NZvENG
- The best match figures by an England seamer in an overseas Test in nearly 20 years. #NZvENG www.wisden.com/series/engla...
- First innings: 4-64 Second innings: 6-42 Brydon Carse has made a serious impact in the England Test side. #NZvENG
- A major blow for Australia – two uncapped seamers have been called up to their squad as cover. #AUSvIND FULL STORY: www.wisden.com/series/austr...
- An entertaining cameo from England's No. 9 comes to an end. England currently lead by 97... #NZvENG Follow: www.wisden.com/live-cricket...
- Harry Brook's eventful innings comes to an end. England lead by 33 with four first innings wickets in hand. #NZvENG Follow: wisden.com/live-cricket...
- Fifty for the England skipper. It's just his second 50-plus score away from home since he became England captain in 2022. #NZvENG Follow: www.wisden.com/live-cricket...
- Harry Brook reaches 150 for the fourth time in his Test career 👏👏 He has been the beneficiary of FIVE dropped catches so far 👀 #NZvENG
- Test hundred No. 7 for Harry Brook! A vitally important knock for his team. #NZvENG
- One of the fastest ever to 2,000 Test runs. Only one Englishman has got to the landmark in fewer innings than Brook. See the full list of the quickest to 2,000 Tests runs here: www.wisden.com/series/engla...
- What an introduction to Test cricket for Nathan Smith! Two wickets in his second over as a Test cricketer ✔️✔️ #NZvENG Scorecard ➡️ wisden.com/live-cricket...
- Brydon Carse finishes with a four-wicket haul as New Zealand are bowled out for 348. Above or below par do you think?
- Kane Williamson's record in home Tests is simply phenomenal. #NZvENG
- Back in the side and back in the runs. Kane Williamson, who averages more than 67 in home Tests, passes 50. #NZvENG Follow: www.wisden.com/live-cricket...
- A wicket from nowhere for England! Ravindra chips a Bashir full toss straight to mid-wicket and England have their third wicket of the day. #NZvENG Follow: www.wisden.com/live-cricket...
- Ollie Robinson in the County Championship since the start of 2023: 1,802 runs at 53 Five 100s, SR: 86.22 His form has been rewarded with a late call-up to England's Test squad for the New Zealand series. #NZvENG www.wisden.com/series/new-z...
- What a catch! Gus Atkinson takes a stunning diving catch off his own bowling to dismiss Devon Conway. New Zealand are 4-1. #NZvENG Follow: wisden.com/live-cricket...
- England win the toss and will bowl first in Christchurch. New Zealand's player of the series against India, Will Young, is left out of the home side's XI. There are debuts for Black Caps seamer Nathan Smith and England batter Jacob Bethell. Follow: www.wisden.com/live-cricket...
- 🗣️ "It's quite a tough assignment first up, particularly given that there were other options." No first-class hundred ❌ Averages 25.44 from 20 matches 🤔 Mark Butcher tries to make sense of England's decision to debut Jacob Bethell at No.3 against New Zealand 🏴 #NZvENG
- 🚨 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🚨 🎙️ @yaswisden.bsky.social 🎙️ @philwisden.bsky.social 🎙️ Mark Butcher 🎙️ Paul Ford 🟢 bit.ly/WCWPSpotify 🍎 bit.ly/WCWPApplePods 👀 bit.ly/WCWPYouTube2611 #AUSvIND #NZvENG
- Blind ranking Test spinners with @benwisden.bsky.social 👀🥇 How would you have ranked them? ⬇️
- Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse combined to skittle the NZ PM's XI for 136. Zak Crawley then raced away in reply but from 170-2, England collapsed to 249 all out. #NZvENG www.wisden.com/series/engla...
- 🚨 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🚨 🎙️ Mark Butcher 🎙️ @benwisden.bsky.social 🎙️ @yaswisden.bsky.social 🟢 bit.ly/WCWPSpotify 🍎 bit.ly/WCWPApplePods 👀 youtu.be/SDAh_7XPv3E #AUSvIND #BGT2024 #WIvENG
