A very rare moment took place on the First day of the pink-ball game at the Bay Oval Test match between New Zealand and England where the English side declared its first inning on the very first day of the match.
English opener Ben Duckett started England’s innings with his fierce batting and scored 84 runs off 68 balls, including 14 fours. Continuing the run flow, middle order batter Harry Brook took the charge and smashed 89 runs off just 81 balls including 15 fours and 1 six. England declared at 325-9 with time left on the first day of the first day-night Test match against New Zealand. Captain Ben Stokes didn’t manage to entertain that much and scored just 19 runs off 28 balls. But his strange decision of declaring England’s inning on the first day of the game got his attention in the limelight.
Declaring England’s inning after only 58.2 overs, gave the English bowlers ample time to devastate New Zealand’s batting line-up. James Anderson has bowled a magical spell and took 2 wickets off 10 runs, including New Zealand’s star batter Kane Williamson and middle-order batsman Henry Nicolls.
