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Horror diamond duck in calamitous England collapse - CtrlF.XYZ

Horror diamond duck in calamitous England collapse

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Harry Brook has go the archetypal Englishman successful 15 years to beryllium dismissed successful a Test without facing a ball, erstwhile helium was retired for a diamond duck amid a calamitous illness on the last time successful Wellington.

Chasing 258 to triumph the 2nd Test against New Zealand, the visitors mislaid 4-27 astatine 1 signifier to slump to 5-80.

That included the wickets of Ollie Pope and Brook disconnected consecutive balls.

Brook was tally retired aft being near for dormant by spouse Joe Root, the 24-year-old not adjacent adjacent to making his ground. Root appeared to telephone Brook done aft moving a shot into the gully region, wherever Michael Bracewell moved to his close to field.

"Oh my word, what connected world is going on?" erstwhile England skipper David Gower said successful commentary.

Brook has had an unthinkable commencement to his Test career, with his archetypal innings of 186 bringing his tally to 809 runs aft 9 innings, a caller satellite record. Those runs came astatine the hardly believable onslaught complaint of 98.78.

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Root and skipper Ben Stokes launched thing of a rescue ngo aft Brook's dismissal, with the brace bringing up the 50 concern successful speedy time.

A triumph for England would springiness the broadside a 2-0 bid win, connected the backmost of a 3-0 triumph successful Pakistan successful December.

The lone different clip an England broadside has recorded a clean-sweep of Test matches crossed the bluish wintertime came mode backmost successful 1899.

New Zealand is seeking to go conscionable the 4th broadside successful Test past to triumph aft being forced to follow-on.

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