Updates from day two of the Test at Seddon ParkEngland fear losing Stokes’s bowling for South Africa tourEmail John or tweet him with your thoughtsWe are expanding our coverage of New Zealand. Please help us by supporting our independent journalism 1.57am GMT 107th over: New Zealand 282-5 (Watling 40, Mitchell 45) Stokes continues. There were fears he would be out for the South Africa series with his knee injury but instead he’s charging in again. It’s hard to know how much to read into that – such is Stokes appetite for the contest that you feel he’d be all-too-ready for a six-over spell on a broken ankle. This time around he sends down a maiden at Mitchell. 1.54am GMT 106th over: New Zealand 282-5 (Watling 40, Mitchell 45) The forecast earlier was for a bit of rain this afternoon but the weather in Hamilton remains bright and sunny (with a bit of cloud about) as Mitchell thunks Archer back down the ground for four. The batsman has a big airy pull at the next but connects only with the Waikato air, but – BOOM – he makes contact with the same shot a ball or two later, Curran making a fine diving stop on the boundary. He wasn’t far off making the catch, actually. Continue reading…
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