England pale quick on day two of the second Check in New Zealand, crumbling for a meagre 143 with a sorry batting efficiency in Hamilton.

After lastly bowling the hosts out for 347, taking up an hour to finish a irritating last-wicket stand, they fell in a heap within the afternoon session.

From 77 for 2 they collapsed with no hint, dropping their final 5 males for simply 9 runs.

Surrey-born seamer Will O’Rourke seized the initiative for the Black Caps, knocking over Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook and Joe Root within the area of eight transformative deliveries.

The 6ft 4in seamer bowled with velocity, smarts and steepling bounce to tear the guts out of the center order, together with a primary golden duck of Brook’s worldwide profession. A matter of days after being topped because the primary batter on this planet, Brook dragged down his stumps for a primary baller.

England flirted with a fightback as Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes placed on 52 however their resolve was fleeting as a sequence of free dismissals adopted in a rush.

Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, final man out for 76 within the first innings, then mopped up with three wickets for seven runs.

With a lead of 204, New Zealand may have chosen to ship England straight again in however as an alternative opted to not implement the comply with on. As a substitute, they’ll push the vacationers’ weary seam assault straight again into motion after simply 35.4 overs of relaxation.

England’s day started with a laborious 15 overs within the subject, Stokes using surprisingly defensive fields and cautious techniques in pursuit of the ultimate Kiwi wicket.

Solely 32 runs have been added to the scorecard as Santner and O’Rourke performed the spoiler function, however England have been a curiously passive presence till Matthew Potts lastly grabbed the final wicket.

Their response started brightly, Zak Crawley lashing 4 pushed boundaries in Tim Southee’s first over in a bid to alleviate a number of the mounting stress on him. However his troubled tour continued as Matt Henry dismissed him for the fifth time in 5 makes an attempt, pouncing athletically to take a caught and bowled.

Crawley’s cameo of 21 took his sequence tally to 47, for a regarding common of 9.40. Not content material with persevering with his scorching streak in opposition to Crawley, Henry eliminated Ben Duckett simply 4 balls later with a textbook lbw.

That left Bethell and Root, the least and most skilled gamers, in command of a rebuild however their efforts floundered after the lunch break. O’Rourke was the catalyst, delivering a formidable burst.

Having compelled Bethell on to the again foot with a sequence of brief deliveries, he tossed fuller and watched because the 21-year-old carved obligingly to backward level.

The arrival of Brook has continuously meant huge runs this winter however this time the magic contact abandoned him, diverting his first ball into the stumps earlier than staring on the heavens in shock.

O’Rourke’s impressed work continued with key dismissal of Root, following the right-hander with a ball that rose and jagged again in to go away him wanting room. Fairly than taken evasive motion, Root formed to steer in direction of deep third and picked out Glenn Phillips.

Pope (24) and Stokes (27) briefly ended the chaos, sharing 10 boundaries as they tried to land some blows of their very own, however a swift finish was incoming.

Pope stabbed Santner carelessly to slide and Stokes overbalanced to fall lbw on the sweep. That left the tail to aim a restoration, however Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse and Potts got here and went in fast succession to tie up a dire innings in fast time.