James Anderson was at his best on the morning of the 2nd test between England and New Zealand. Although the Kiwis survived everything thrown at them, it was great to watch the master go at it with the ball at Trent Bridge.
One of his best deliveries came against Will Young early in the morning. The ball pitched on a good length, threatened to come straight at Young, but moved away as it went past him.
No one in slip, particularly Bairstow, could believe how Young survived that.
As far as the match is concerned, England won the toss and opted to field first. Kiwi openers Latham and Young the major part of the morning session before getting out on consecutive deliveries by Ben Stokes and Jimmy Anderson.
Conway and Nicholls saw England through Lunch. The match hangs in balance at Lunch, and England would have expected to do a lot better with the ball in the morning. On the other hand, New Zealand have lost two wickets but have also piled on 108 runs.
Earlier, Kane Williamson, the skipper of New Zealand was ruled out of the second Test match against England after testing positive for COVID-19. Williamson undertook Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) after experiencing minor symptoms during the day and got the result the night before the match.
He will remain isolated for five days. Tom Latham is leading the side in the absence of Williamson. The rest of the touring party returned negative RATs.
New Zealand Playing XI
Tom Latham(c), Will Young, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Trent Boult
England Playing XI
Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Matty Potts, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
