Report Mitchell Santner ekes out New Zealand's first-innings total to 347 Last-wicket pair put on 44 before Matt Potts finally breaks through Alan Gardner 14-Dec-2024 • 11 mins ago Mitchell Santner and Will O'Rourke run between the wickets • AFP via Getty Images {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","contentUrl":"https://img1.hscicdn.
com/image/upload/f_auto/lsci/db/PICTURES/CMS/393000/393011.jpg","caption":"Mitchell Santner and Will O'Rourke run between the wickets"} Innings break New Zealand 347 (Santner 76, Latham 63, Potts 4-90, Atkinson 3-66) vs England Mitchell Santner and Will O'Rourke frustrated England through the first hour of the morning on day two in Hamilton, adding 32 runs to the New Zealand score before Matt Potts ended a cat-and-mouse contest with the first ball after drinks. With England spreading the field for Santner and focusing only on getting out O'Rourke, the last-wicket pair ticked along in untroubled fashion for the first half of the session.
Santner found the boundary three times but otherwise dealt largely in singles, often off the fourth ball of the over, while O'Rourke blocked steadfastly at the other end. The No. 11 initially played out a maiden from Gus Atkinson and then showed good defensive technique.
His first run came via an inside edge to fine leg, and the same shot later brought him his first boundary in 19 international innings. O'Rourke was given out caught behind in the seventh over of the day, only for Ahsan Raza to.
