The New Zealand team is currently playing a test match against England in Christchurch. On the second day of this match, England batsman Harry Brook scored an amazing century. Harry Brook was unbeaten on 132 runs and by the end of the second day’s play, England had scored 319 runs for 5 wickets. Obviously the England team is in a very strong position but let us tell you that the reason for this is the poor fielding of New Zealand. Due to this fielding, New Zealand also suffered a loss of 114 runs, which is like a penalty. Actually, New Zealand’s best fielder Glenn Phillips dropped a catch of Harry Brook and New Zealand is having to bear the loss due to this.
New Zealand loses by 114 runs!
The New Zealand team gave not one or two but 3-3 chances to Harry Brook, who scored a century in this match. Harry Brook’s first catch was missed on 18 runs. In the 23rd over, Glenn Phillips missed the catch of Nathan Smith’s ball at gully. After this, Harry Brook has added 114 more runs in his innings, which must be hurting New Zealand a lot.
Harry Brook missed 3 catches
Well, the surprising thing is that the New Zealand team dropped a total of 3 catches of Harry Brook. After getting a chance in the 23rd over, Harry Brook also gave New Zealand a chance to catch in the 33rd over but this time Latham made a mistake. Brook got his third lease of life in the 51st over. This time Devon Conway took the catch of Phillips’ ball. New Zealand also gave life to England captain Ben Stokes. Stokes took a catch in the covers off the ball of Nathan Smith in the 70th over and once again Latham made a mistake.
Harry Brook took full advantage of New Zealand’s mistake. He completed 7 centuries in his 22nd test match itself. Not only this, he also completed 2000 runs in Test cricket. He reached 2000 runs in just 36 innings, which is the second best performance from England.