Second Test, day two: New Zealand 391; England 222-6Debutant Jordan Cox left to shepherd hosts’ tailFor all that the job wore him down over a five-year period, Joe Root was only ever going to say yes when England found themselves needing a sensible stand-in captain in the wake of Ben Stokes and that late night after Lord’s.But there will surely have been a few doubts in Root’s mind when the call from Rob Key came in; flashbacks to the final throes of his reign, when even a personally celestial last 12 months with the bat could not prevent the team’s overall slide. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/18/new-zealand-claim-upper-hand-after-phillips-century-and-late-wickets-jolt-england
