What happened on day two of the second Test between New Zealand and England?
Broad impresses with the ball but Sibley and Denly fall short with the bat.
Stuart Broad put the skids under New Zealand but England lost Dom Sibley and Joe Denly late on day two of the second Test at Hamilton.
A 124-run stand between BJ Watling (55) and Test debutant Daryl Mitchell (73) – after Tom Latham had fallen for 105 – lifted the Black Caps to 315 for five.
However, Broad’s bouncers led to the downfall of both Watling and Mitchell as New Zealand lost their last five wickets for the addition of only 60 runs before England closed on 39 for two at Seddon Park.
Sibley endured a fraught stay at the crease, pinned lbw for four after playing around a straight delivery from Tim Southee, who had earlier clattered the England opener on the helmet.
Denly then edged behind off former Kent team-mate Matt Henry while Rory Burns was dropped on 10 and 19 as England’s top-order threatened to undo the bowlers’ fine efforts on a surface that had offered them little.
Dharmasena on the run?
Watling digs in
Archer catches a break
Mitch must be watched
What’s next
December 1: New Zealand v England, day three for the second Test at Hamilton, where Rory Burns and Joe Root must dig in with the tourists 336 runs in arrears
