New Zealand vs England: Ben Stokes hails James Anderson Stuart Broad-led bowling group after sensational win

New Zealand vs England: Stuart Broad and James Anderson ran by the New Zealand batting line-up within the 1st Test match ensuing of their tenth win within the final 11 matches.

Mount Maunganui,UPDATED: Feb 19, 2023 11:28 IST

England staff defeated New Zealand within the 1st Test match. (AP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: England handed a heavy defeat to New Zealand within the opening Test match of the 2-Test collection profitable the fixture at Mount Maunganui by an enormous margin of 267 runs. After Bazballing their approach to a good complete of 374, England wrapped New Zealand up for simply 126 runs within the ultimate innings of the Pink Ball Test match.

England captain Ben Stokes, who received the tenth Test match from the eleventh he performed after taking on as captain of the staff mentioned that he was very fortunate to be accountable for the bowling assault that was led by veterans James Anderson and Stuart Broad. The tempo bowling duo grew to become the second-ever Test bowling pair to take greater than 1000 wickets collectively. Anderson and Broad began at 997 wickets between themselves forward of the Test match and picked 12 wickets between themselves to guide the charts.

“Another great performance. Very clinical with the bat and ball. Look at the attack we’ve got, with the pink ball under lights we executed as we wanted to. When you’ve got Anderson and Broad in your attack, you’re always going to put the opposition under pressure. Most impressive thing was how we countered everything NZ threw at us,” Stokes mentioned after the Test match.

Stokes was praised for his ways within the Test match. Stokes had declared in England innings in simply 59 overs on Day 1, forcing the Kiwis to bat within the ultimate session beneath lights. England dominated the proceedings from there and New Zealand have been left to play catch-up within the recreation.

“It’s a tactical thing around day-night games, looking to bowl with the new ball under lights. The pace we batted allowed us to set it up, inflict some damage under lights and again last night. Pretty blessed to be in charge of this bowling group. We take the scoreboard out of the equation, as long as we’re taking ten wickets,” Stokes mentioned.

England will now take New Zealand in yet another Test match, nonetheless, this is not going to contribute in direction of World Test Championship factors.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Feb 19, 2023