sojoe root could carefully plan his innings. first ball yesterday morning, new zealand gave him a lot more time to ponder. but now, instead of watching rain fall, it would be wickets courtesy of tim southee, who removed 0llie pope, then dan lawrence. and poorjames bracey, in the first innings of his first test, gone before his first run. england fans watching a batting collapse, a step back to normality. to hold it together, rory burns was going through an ordeal of an innings. dropped at slip, bopped on the head twice, and still he batted on, battled on going through to a street fighting century. not enough to catch new zealand. and their batsmen added to their lead. they were more than 150 ahead when 0llie robinson thought he had kane williamson. no one else did, really. still, he got the captain to check. as it turned out, the kiwi skipper was out, and joe root s day finished as it started with a surprise. patrick gearey, bbc news. roger federer says he may pull
where not much went right for them with the bat, as patrick gearey reports. test cricket is unusual in sport and life in that you get time to think. on friday, rain and no play, sojoe read could carefully plan his innings. first bowl yesterday morning, new zealand gave him a lot more time to ponder. now, instead of watching rainfall, it would be wickets, courtesy of tim southee, he removed ollie pope, than dan lawrence. and poorjames bracey. in the first innings of his first test, gone before his first run. england fans watching a batting collapse, step back to normality. to hold it together, rory burns was going through an ordeal of an innings. dropped at slip, bopped on behalf of twice, and still he batted on, battled on. going through to a street fighting century. not enough to catch new zealand. the bad batsmen added to their leads. they were more than 150 ahead when ollie robinson thought he had kane williamson. no one else did, really. still, he got the captain to check. as it tu
could carefully plan his innings. first ball this morning, new zealand gave him a lot more time to ponder. but now, instead of watching rain fall, it was wickets, courtesy of tim southee, who removed 0llie pope and then dan lawrence. and poorjames bracey, in the first innings of his first test gone before his first run. england fans watching a batting collapse a step back to normality. to hold it together, rory burns was going through an ordeal of an innings, dropped at slip, bopped on the head twice and still he batted on, battled on, going through to a street fighting century. not enough to catch new zealand and their batsman added to their lead. they were more than 150 ahead when 0llie robinson thought he had kane williamson. no one else did, really. still, he got the captain to check. as it turned out, the kiwi skipper was out. and joe root s day finished as it started with a surprise. patrick gearey, bbc news.
lifted, but instead, for now, those remain in place. in glasgow, people are making the most of fewer restrictions, but fear there is still some way to go before they can celebrate the end of the covid pandemic. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. cricket and a stubborn century from rory burns kept england s hopes alive in the first test against new zealand at lords. the home side were bowled out for 275, after losing quick wickets this morning, to trail by more than 100 runs. patrick gearey reports. test cricket is unusual in sport, and in life, in that you get time to think. yesterday, rain meant no play, sojoe root could carefully plan his innings. first ball this morning, new zealand gave him a lot more time to ponder. but, now, instead of watching rain fall, it was wickets, courtesy of tim southee, who removed 0llie pope and then dan lawrence and then poorjames bracey, in the first innings of his first