WELLINGTON - Patience and application at the crease was key to New Zealand’s innings and 65-run win over England in the first test at Bay Oval on Monday, captain Kane Williamson said.
Having declared on a massive 615-9 in their only knock in response to England’s first innings 353, the hosts then bowled the tourists out for 197 in Mt. Maunganui.
Man-of-the-match BJ Watling, who scored his maiden test double century with 205 and shared in partnerships with Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme and Mitchell Santner, batted for 667 minutes - longer than either of England’s entire innings. New Zealand kept England in the field for more than 14 hours and by the end of their innings the visitors looked exhausted. The physical toll on their bowlers could be telling with the second match starting at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday.
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