England fell behind in scoring runs in first innings, admits Jos Buttler
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has admitted to the fact that England had fallen behind in the race in the first innings itself when they lost the final six wickets in scoring 76 runs. Meanwhile, BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner’s heroics helped New Zealand take a gigantic lead of 262 runs.
Watling(205) and Santner(126) added a record 261 runs to the seventh-wicket partnership and helped the hosts take a potentially match-winning lead against England. The Black Caps declared their first innings after posting a mammoth 615-9, their highest score against England, at Mount Maunganui. By Stumps Day 4, England were reduced to a shaky 55-3.
England, on the other hand, were on 277-4 at one point and tumbled down to 353 all out. They now have seven wickets in hand to save the game on the final day of the match. Buttler, who scored 43 after being stranded with the tail on Day 2, believes that it was the first innings choke that has left the visitors in this position.
"If we're really critical, it's the first-innings runs with the bat [which have left us in this situation]. New Zealand played a very patient game with the bat. They showed the value of that patient game of batting on flat wickets and setting your sights very high," stated Buttler, as quoted by Sportstar.
Buttler felt that England should take a leaf out of New Zealand’s book and been as patient as them.
"BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner really set their stall out and batted for a long time. They put a lot of overs into our legs and built that score. We have to learn to be able to do that. You look at the top sides around the world on flat wickets and they get very, very big scores and bat for a very, very long time,” he expressed.
"That's a big learning point for us. With the bat, just when you think you're getting to a place where you need to be, there's a lot more hard work to come to build those big scores."
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