England vs New Zealand-New Zealand bowling coach Shane Jurgensen “probably believes” that the first ongoing Test will have an effect even though the third day has been flooded due to the ongoing rains in Lord on Friday. The rain played spoilsport on the third day and not a single ball was taken out before the play was stopped due to rain. The start of the play was delayed and the day was finally cleared. “I think there is still enough time to believe that there can be an outcome,” Stuff.co.nz quoted Jurgensen as saying.
England trailed by 267 runs, putting New Zealand 378 on the second day of the opening Test.
“What has helped us is that we have runs on the board and that’s always good, to be at the forefront of this stage in terms of runs,” said Jurgensen.
The Kiwi bowling coach feels that getting results could be difficult but New Zealand will continue to look to win in the last two days of the opening Test.
“In two days, it will be difficult to get a result, but at the same time we still have to believe and continue to push,” Jurgensen said.
“In our opinion, you may have changed your mind a little bit, but for us it will still be five days of good cricket, or now, of course, four,” he added.
On the second day, Devon Conway’s double tone and strong bowling from the pacers helped New Zealand get to the top before Joe Root and Rory Burns caught England.
England vs New Zealand-England will restart their first innings from 111/2, with Burns (59 *) and Root (42 *) at the top.
