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06/21 06:30 CDT New Zealand crush England by 253 runs in 2nd test at The Oval
as Henry rips through the tail
New Zealand crush England by 253 runs in 2nd test at The Oval as Henry rips
through the tail
By FOSTER NIUMATA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) --- New Zealand won The Oval test by 253 runs after routing England
for 209 just 48 minutes into the fifth and final day Sunday.
The crushing win followed England's own big win at Lord's and sends the series
to a decider in Nottingham starting on Thursday.
England resumed on 182-5 with an improbable target of 463 and fast bowler Matt
Henry took the last five wickets.
The metronomic Henry gave a masterclass with a spell of 5-3 in 5.1 overs.
They earned him 6-29 in the innings and, after his 5-80 in the first innings,
11-109 in the match, the best-ever match figures by a New Zealand bowler
against England.
Henry also achieved his first 10-wicket match haul in his 35th test.
Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue were dismissed in two
double-wicket maidens by Henry. He was on a hat trick but Jordan Cox defended
it.
Root added only two runs to his overnight 75 and was beaten by Henry between
bat and pad and struck plumb on the back thigh. He reviewed in vain and trudged
off with 77 from 145 balls, taking with him England's last hope.
Henry was the first bowler to take out Root and Harry Brook twice in a single
test.
Archer's wickets were smashed by an unplayable shooter under his bat. Archer
threw back his head and smiled after his two-ball duck.
Fisher chopped on to his leg stump on 0 and Tongue edged to first slip on 0,
too. Henry stood still and yelled at his 5-for and 10-for milestones before he
was mobbed again by teammates.
Cox, on 0 overnight, had a cameo 25 before he was bowled trying to sweep,
bringing the match to its inevitable end. Sonny Baker didn't score.
New Zealand earned only its seventh win in England in 95 years of touring, and
only its second at The Oval. The other was in 1999.
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