ENG VS NZ 3RD TEST DAY 4 : JOE ROOT AND OLLIE POPE BRILLIANT PARTNERSHIP ENG NEED 113 RUNS TO WIN

 ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND 3RD TEST 2022 DAY 4 STUMPS: ENGLAND NEED 113 RUNS TO WIN AND JOE ROOT AND OLLIE POPE ARE TOP OF THE CHASE

JOE ROOT AND OLLIE POPE  BRILLIANT UNBEATEN  PARTNERSHIP TO GET ENGLAND EASILY CLOSE TO THE TARGET AT THE END OF DAY 4 STUMPS.

ENGLAND DOMINATED THE DAY 4  WITH BAT AND BALL JACK LEACH YET ANOTHER FIVE-WICKET HAUL SPELL IN 2ND INNINGS AND NEW ZEALAND SET A TARGET OF 296 RUNS FOR THE ENGLAND TEAM

NEW ZEALAND SIDE  ONCE AGAIN DARYL MITCHELL AND TOM BLUNDELL GET CRUCIAL 100 RUN PLUS UNBEATEN PARTNERSHIP STAND.

DARYL MITCHELL DEPARTS ON 56 RUNS  ( MATTY POTTS  GETS HIS 3RD WICKET OF THE MATCH ).

TOM BLUNDELL HAD A BRILLIANT INNINGS UNBEATEN TILL THE END WITH 88 RUNS OFF 161 BALLS WITH 15 FOURS  AND BUT ON THE OTHER NEW ZEALAND LOST WICKETS BACK TO BACK.

JACK LEACH BOWL A SUPERB SPELL PICKED UP FIVE WICKETS AND WAS JUST GIVEN 66 RUNS IN 32.2 OVERS.

ENGLAND NEEDS 296 RUNS TO WIN 

ENGLAND LOST 2 OPENERS  JUST A SCORE OF 51 RUNS. 

AFTER JOE ROOT AND OLLIE POPE BATTED REALLY WELL AND CONTROL THE GAME.

OLLIE POPE GETS HIS BRILLIANT HALF-CENTURY.

JOE ROOT ANF OLLIE POPE  MAKE 100 RUNS PLUS AN UNBEATEN PARTNERSHIP STAND AND GET ENGLAND TOP OF THE CHASE.

JOE ROOT GETS HIS 54 TEST FIFTY IN TEST CRICKET.

IN THE END, BOTH BATSMEN ARE UNBEATEN JOE ROOT AND OLLIE POPE AT THE END OF DAY 4 STUMPS.

JOE ROOT SCORE  UNBEATEN 55 RUNS OFF 80 BALLS  WITH 7 FOURS AND ONE SIX 

OLLIE POPE UNBEATEN BRILLIANT INNINGS 81 RUNS OFF 105 BALLS WITH 12 FOURS. AT THE END OF STUMPS DAY 4 ENGLAND NEEDS 113 RUNS TO WIN ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE 3RD TEST.

3RD TEST ENG VS NZ 2022 SCORECARD 

NEW ZEALAND 1ST INNINGS -  329/10 

ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS  -  360/10 

NEW ZEALAND 2ND INNINGS  - 326/10 

ENGLAND  2ND INNINGS  -   183/2  ( 39 )  OVERS, DAY 4 STUMPS, ENGLAND NEED 113 RUNS TO WIN.