New Zealand won on the strength of Matt Henry. (Photo- GETTY)
ENG vs NZ 2nd Test: New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry created history with his killer bowling at the Kennington Oval ground in London. Thanks to Henry’s brilliant performance, New Zealand defeated host England by a huge margin of 253 runs in the second test match. With this resounding victory, the Kiwi team has leveled the three-match Test series 1-1. In this match, fast bowler Matt Henry was the hero of New Zealand’s victory, who took a total of 11 wickets.
England’s game wrapped up in 50 minutes on the last day
The New Zealand team completely dominated this match. The Kiwi team had scored 391 runs in the first innings, in response to which the England team collapsed after scoring 291 runs. Then the Kiwi team scored 362 runs in its second innings and set a target of 463 runs for England, in response to which by the end of the fourth day’s play, the England team scored 182 runs and lost 5 wickets. On the last day of the game, England needed 281 runs and had only 5 wickets left in their hands.
But on the fifth and last day of the match, Kiwi fast bowler Matt Henry came on the field in a different mood. Henry showed the way to the pavilion to the last 5 batsmen of England within the first 50 minutes of the last day’s play. In front of his stormy bowling, England’s second innings was reduced to just 209 runs. During this, Matt Henry made a total of 6 batsmen his victims by spending 29 runs in 18.1 overs.
This happened after 32 years
Even in the first innings of this match, Matt Henry had taken 5 wickets, which means he took a total of 11 wickets in the match. He has become the first bowler since 2005 to take 10 or more wickets in a Test match at Kennington Oval. Earlier, in the historic Ashes series of 2005, veteran spinner Shane Warne had taken 10 wickets in the match here. With this, Henry has also become the first fast bowler since Devon Malcolm in 1994 to take 10 or more wickets in a match at the Oval. The third and last Test match of the series will now be played at Trent Bridge from 25th June.
