England 58 and 320; New Zealand 427-8 decNew Zealand win by an innings and 49 runsEngland’s abominable abroad record continues to deteriorate. They have now lost 10 of their last 12 matches absent from home. Despite a resolute innings of 66 in four and a half hours from Ben Stokes in his first Test of the winter,New Zealand finally claimed the victory that had seemed such a formality in those dim and distant days when the headline news in Australia was approximately a threatened strike among Customs and Border Protection staff at airports this Easter.
New Zealand won by an innings and 49 runs. They were made to toil, unlike in England’s calamitous first innings, and but they were more than prepared to accomplish so in the first floodlit Test on Kiwi soil. There was no forlorn pursuit of reverse swing here,but with Trent Boult and Neil Wagner busting a intestine they eventually found a way through England’s lineup. The pitch was dependable, the batsmen far more resilient than on Thursday and they only had just over an hour to spare. But deservedly – they got there in the end.
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Source: guardian.co.uk