ENG vs NZ: Rachin Ravindra’s half-century, New Zealand’s lead against England by 204 runs, what happened on the third day?

New Delhi. New Zealand has taken a lead of 204 runs in the third and decisive Test match against England at Trent Bridge. By the end of the third day, the visiting team has scored 120 runs after losing 3 wickets. New Zealand, who came to bat after winning the toss, scored 438 runs in the first innings. The opening pair of captain Tom Latham and Devon Conway made a partnership of 317 runs for the first wicket. Latham was out after scoring 151 runs with 15 fours, while Conway scored 157 runs with 22 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from these, Henry Nicholls contributed 36 runs, while Tom Blundell contributed 30 runs to the team’s account. From the opposition camp, Ben Stokes took maximum 4 wickets, while Joffra Archer and Shoaib Bashir took 2-2 wickets.

In response, England’s first innings was reduced to 354 runs. This team got an initial blow in the form of Emilio (0) on the score of just 8. After this, Ben Duckett took charge of the team by adding 179 runs for the second wicket with Jacob Bethel.

Ben Duckett scored 113 runs in 99 balls with 19 fours, while Bethel contributed 74 runs to the team’s account. Apart from these, Harry Brook played an inning of 58 runs. For the visiting team, Nathan Smith took maximum 4 wickets, while William O’Rourke and Zachary Foulkes took 3 wickets each.

New Zealand had a lead of 84 runs
New Zealand had a significant lead of 84 runs on the basis of first innings. By the end of the third day, this team had scored 120 runs after losing 3 wickets. Kiwi team had lost its 2 wickets till the score of 12. From here, Rachin Ravindra tried to take control of the team by making a partnership of 39 runs with Henry Nicholls for the third wicket.

Nicholls was out after scoring 16 runs, after which Rachin made an unbroken partnership of 69 runs with Daryl Mitchell for the fourth wicket, taking the team to the score of 120/3. Rachin is unbeaten on 60 runs with 8 fours, while Mitchell has added 26 runs to his account with 3 fours. For the host team, Joffra Archer has taken 2 wickets, while Gus Atkinson has got one success. England had won the first match of the series by 115 runs, after which New Zealand counterattacked in the next match and won by 253 runs. In such a situation, the third match of the series has become decisive.