New Delhi. New Zealand has made preparations to bid farewell to its number-1 pacer with victory. He has given England an Everest like target to win the third test. A target of 658 runs, which has never been achieved in the history of 147 years. The credit for bringing New Zealand to this strong position went to Kane Williamson. Williamson played an inning of 156 runs.
The third Test is being played between New Zealand and England in Hamilton. England has won the series by winning the first two matches. In such a situation, the third test is no longer very important from the series point of view. Although England had a chance to clean sweep the series, but New Zealand has ruined their plans.
New Zealand scored 347 runs in the first innings of this test match. After this England were bundled out for 143 runs. In this way he got a lead of 204 runs in the first innings. New Zealand could have given follow-on to England, but it did not do so. Instead, he thought it best to bat again. New Zealand made a huge score of 453 runs in the second innings. In this way England got the target of 658 runs to win. By the end of the third day’s play, England had lost two wickets for 18 runs and their chances of victory were slim.
Smith’s match in 24 hours
This is Kane Williamson’s 33rd Test century. With this, he has equaled Steve Smith in terms of most centuries scored within 24 hours. Australia’s Steve Smith left Williamson behind by scoring his 33rd century on Sunday. Now Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Alastair Cook have 33-33 centuries in Test cricket. The record for most centuries is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar (51).
Farewell to Tim Southee’s victory
New Zealand’s Tim Southee had already announced that this would be his last Test series. New Zealand lost the first two matches of the series. It seemed that Saudi’s departure would be due to defeat but New Zealand did not let this happen. Now there is every possibility that Tim Southee will bid goodbye to this game with a win on Tuesday.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 16, 2024, 12:25 IST