Cricket: All you need to know ahead of the second Black Caps v England test
The experience of Tom Latham and Trent Boult could prove to be crucial during a test match without Kane Williamson.
New Zealand v England is on at 10pm at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
The Black Caps lost the first test to England but they are still in the series. The Blackcaps have lost four of their seven tests since claiming the World Test Championship title.
Boult has yet to play a test at Trent Bridge. Only Kane Williamson and Tim Southee have played an ODI at the ground. New Zealand has a strong link to the Trent bridge. Sir Richard Hadlee had a long county career at Nottinghamshire.
There is an intimidating welcome for former batters at Trent Bridge.
Kane Williamson is out of the second test with a knee injury. Colin de Grandhomme is also out for the rest of this series. Hamish Rutherford has been called into the squad. Michael Bracewell stays in the team. Henry Nicholls is expected to resume at number five.
The Black Caps have played nine tests in Nottingham, going back to 1969. They have just one victory in that town, thanks to Hadlee taking 10 wickets for the match in 1986. The last time the two sides met at Trent Bridge, England won by an innings and nine runs.
Anderson has taken 68 wickets at Trent Bridge in 11 tests at an average of 19.44. Broad has 41 wicket-taking at the ground at 23.80.
The second cricket match between New Zealand and England is taking place on Saturday. Black Caps are likely to play Tom Latham (c), Will Young, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Trent Boult. England are most likely playing Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Jack Leach.
The second cricket match between New Zealand and England is taking place in Auckland.
Paul Reiffel and Michael Gough are the umpires for the second cricket match between New Zealand and England.
The second cricket test between New Zealand and England is taking place. The game will be broadcast and streamed live on Spark Sport and the Spark Sports app.
