New Zealand will start day three with eight wickets in the bank and a 40-run lead in the second Test. Follow along the live action from Christchurch.
New Zealand’s big chance to put Australia under the cosh on a warm day in Christchurch has arrived mainly through the outstanding bowling of Matt Henry, who snaffled 7-67 on day two.
They were the second-best ever figures for a Kiwi against Australia, bettered only by Sir Richard Hadlee’s remarkable 9-52 at the Gabba in 1985, but amazingly are not even Henry’s best figures at Hagley Oval, the Cantabrian’s home ground.He once took 7-23 here against South Africa.“An incredible effort, outstanding performance really,” Kane Williamson said of Henry. “His style of bowling on surfaces that have offered a little bit makes life quite difficult.
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