The Kiwis will surely be disappointed after having dominated the first innings and scoring above 550 runs. The bowlers could not stop England from coming close to the lead as the visitors were just leading by 14 runs before the third innings began.
Kiwis probably hoped for more than 14 runs after having scored 553 runs in the first innings. The two world-class bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad will surely take the advantage of the comeback performance by the batsmen.
Ollie Pope and Joe Root similarly assisted team England as the Kiwis had Blundell and Mitchell.
Ollie Pope scored 145 runs while Root went on to score 176 runs. Ben Stokes thrived to give some bonus runs but got out in just 46 runs. Ben Foakes on the other hand pulled off a classic half-century which assisted the team to reach the 500-runs mark.
The third innings is a great chance for the hosts to take some quick wickets to get a suitable target to win yet another game of this series. The Lords had a dramatic fall of wickets while Nottingham gives an advantage to the batsmen considering that more than 1000 runs have been scored by the end of 3 days.
