Freak dismissal lifts England before Black Caps recovery
Freak dismissal lifts England before Black Caps recovery
One of the strangest dismissals ever seen in Test cricket - but one that's happened twice before in matches involving Aussies - shocked NZ before in-form middle-order pair led a recovery
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24 June 2022, 08:22 AM AEST
Nicholls the latest to be undone by the non-striker
One of the most bizarre dismissals in the history of Test cricket has been followed by an all-too-familiar counter-attack from Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell as New Zealand fought back on day one of the final Test against England.
The Black Caps battled to reach 5-225 by the close at Headingley – but only after Henry Nicholls had been barely able to believe his misfortune when he got out in the most freakish manner just …
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