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06/05 13:25 CDT New Zealand 36-3 chasing 254 after England removes Williamson
late on day two
New Zealand 36-3 chasing 254 after England removes Williamson late on day two
By FOSTER NIUMATA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) --- New Zealand was 36-3 in pursuit of an increasingly distant 254
runs to beat England after day two on a minefield of a Lord's test pitch on
Friday.
England bagged the big wicket of Kane Williamson just 10 minutes before stumps.
In likely his last innings at Lord's, Williamson missed a full length delivery
from Josh Tongue that would have crashed into middle stump.
New Zealand started the day still finishing its first innings, which was
wrapped up at 113, conceding a 27-run lead to England. New opening batter
Emilio Gay with a match-high 57 runs led England to 226 in its second innings.
That set New Zealand 254 to win, which requires the fifth highest successful
run chase at Lord's.
But New Zealand hopes of adding to its one win at Lord's in 1999 were
dramatically slashed in the last hour of the day when captain Tom Latham was
out to the third ball of the chase from an unnecessary swat that edged behind,
followed by the departures of Williamson and nightwatchman Will O'Rourke.
A shaky Devon Conway, on 12, will restart the innings on Saturday, which has
rain in the forecast.
After 16 wickets fell on the first day, the second day saw 17 wickets taken. A
total of 33 wickets have gone down in 137.2 overs, not one of them by a
spinner. That's drawn increasing scrutiny of a pitch that the fast bowlers are
loving; three of them have taken five-fors.
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