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Well, then. This feels like the day this Test, and with it the outcome of the series, will be decided. New Zealand start it on 86 for five, still 194 behind, and with 15 wickets falling on day one everything is skuttling along at great pace. With Will O’Rourke, who has so far taken 16 balls over his zero after coming in as nightwatchperson, nursing a Test average of three the responsibility falls on Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips to dig their side back into the contest.
Day one featured another spectacular success for Harry Brook, whose 123 took his average in away Tests to 91.50, 11 and a bit behind Don Bradman and 22 and a bit ahead of anyone else (to have played at least 10 away innings) in the history of Test cricket (for completeness, his home average of 38.05 is good enough for 311th in that list).
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