England’s inspiration ran dry as an emphatic stand between Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell put New Zealand in control at Lord’s
Yet another one! Southee gets some sharp movement away, Foakes follows it and that’s a simple catch at first slip.
39th over: England 127-8 (Foakes 7, Anderson 1) Kane Williamson decides to spread the field for Foakes, which is nearly always a bad idea. Foakes helps himself to a single second ball, showing some trust in Anderson, who repays it with three dots and even takes a single himself off the last ball. Not sure if that’s chutzpah or hubris.
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