In the first Test (NZ vs ENG) match against New Zealand being played at Mount Maunganui, England did not wait for the fall of their last wicket and announced the innings to everyone’s surprise. The question in everyone’s mind was why the English team took such a surprising decision. However, now this question has been answered by England batsman Harry Brook himself. Who batted brilliantly on the first day and scored the most runs. Brook has admitted that conditions forced England to declare early on the first day of the pink-ball Test against New Zealand.

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England batted just 58.2 overs in the first innings and declared at 325/9. This thing also benefited England and they had sent three New Zealand batsmen to the pavilion till the score of just 37 at stumps, including the wicket of Kane Williamson.

After the first day’s Play the Young Batsman Said,

Yes, the gamble worked. The best time to bowl was under the lights. You can get the most out of swing and seam, so why not try to expose their top order? It’s the toughest time to bat and we have three of the best bowlers. Luckily we got three wickets as well.

The right-handed batsman further said that there was no plan to declare at dinner time. And if I was not out, we would have declared. Brooke said,

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To be honest, that’s how it happened. There was no plan to announce at dinner time. Me and Foakes (Ben Foakes) were still batting together and the plan would have been the same if I hadn’t got out. But when I got out the plan changed and Stokes said that if there are two bowlers at the same time. We will try to use Roshni by giving them a few overs.

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Harry Brook led England to a good Score with a Blistering Batting

England had lost four wickets while batting first till the score of 154. But from here Harry Brook made some important partnerships and batting aggressively himself took the team to a good score. Brook scored 89 runs in 81 balls with the help of 15 fours and a six and played a key role in taking his team to a score of 325/9.