England bowled out for 58 on day one of first Test against New Zealand
Written by News on 22/03/2018
England avoided posting their lowest ever Test score by 13 runs as they were bundled out for just 58 on day one of the first Test against New Zealand, at Auckland.
Click on the video above to see the procession as the tourists, hoping for an upturn in form and fortune after their Ashes debacle, fell apart to register their sixth-worst Test innings score.
Remarkably, England’s final total represented something of a recovery after they slumped to an embarrassing 23-8 as Trent Boult (6-32) and Tim Southee (4-25) wreaked havoc – Kane Williamson producing a stunning one-handed catch in the gully to remove Stuart Broad.
Craig Overton (33) scored 56.9 per cent of England’s runs – the 43rd highest in Test history – in an innings that lasted just 124 balls and featured five ducks.
Sky Sports Cricket pundit Rob Key reflected: “It was as if England have been peppered by Australia and have been on the back foot over and over again and they hadn’t worked out that New Zealand were going to go much fuller and they were just caught on the crease.”
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