New Delhi: The ongoing three-match Test series between New Zealand and England has been dominated by the English team, who have already secured an unassailable lead by winning the first two matches. However, New Zealand is putting up a strong fight in the third and final match of the series, determined to avoid a clean sweep. In the first day of the third Test match, the Kiwi team displayed a solid performance, scoring 315 runs after losing 9 wickets in 82 overs. This has put them in a commanding position in the match, with a chance to salvage some pride in the series. Unfortunately, New Zealand's star batsman and former captain Kane Williamson had a stroke of bad luck in this match. Despite showing promise of playing a big innings, he was dismissed due to a small mistake. Nevertheless, the team remains hopeful of putting up a strong fight and ending the series on a positive note.
This is how Kane Williamson got out:
Kane Williamson was batting very well in this match. He played an innings of 44 runs, but the way he got out in this match was very strange. In the 59th over of the innings, Kane Williamson was facing Matthew Potts. Williamson defended a ball on the ground just below his bat. The ball bounced and was moving towards the stumps, but he tried to stop the ball with his foot, but by mistake, he hit the ball on the stumps. After getting out in this way, Williamson looked very disappointed.
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The moment Kane Williamson accidentally kicked himself out earlier today
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These batters did wonders for New Zealand:
In the third test match being played against England, apart from Kane Williamson, captain Tom Latham has played a brilliant innings. He faced 135 balls in this match and scored 63 runs. Apart from this, Will Young has also scored 42 runs in this match. By the end of the first day’s play, Mitchell Santner is playing after scoring 50 runs. The team is expecting an even bigger innings from him the next day. If Williamson had not been out like that, then perhaps the team’s score would have been in a better position.