England endured its first take a look at collection defeat at residence since 2014 after meekly surrendering to New Zealand in lower than an hour of play on the fourth day of the second take a look at at Edgbaston on Sunday.
The outcome was nearly a certainty when the groups arrived on the floor after the house facet’s batting collapse a day earlier all however assured the touring facet of a decisive victory. And it didn’t take lengthy to substantiate the outcome.
Resuming on 122/9, England misplaced its closing wicket to the very first ball of the morning when Olly Stone poked Trent Boult timidly to wicketkeeper Tom Blundell.
That left a paltry goal of 38 to take the two-match collection 1-0 and the Black Caps grew to become the primary away facet since Sri Lanka seven years in the past to win in England with an eight-wicket victory.
Stuart Broad and Stone took a wicket apiece as Devon Conway nicked behind and Will Younger dragged down his personal stumps, however there was little greater than ironic cheering from the stands.
Tom Latham, captaining what was a weakened facet within the absence of top-ranked batsman Kane Williamson, levelled the scores by nudging Mark Wooden for 4 and received it with a steer to the third-man boundary. He completed 23 not out, with Ross Taylor not dealing with a ball on the non-striker’s finish.
In complete there had been slightly below an hour of play, with a complete of 11 overs, which meant that full refunds had been due for these in attendance.
