Oval Test, Rachin Ravindra shines with 76 versus England: Stats
What's the story
New Zealand strengthened their grip on the ongoing Test match against England at The Oval. After losing both openers straight after lunch, Henry Nicholls and Rachin Ravindra recorded a superb 161-run partnership. Ravindra, who was looking solid in the middle, fell in the 42nd over to Jacob Bethell. He smashed 76 runs off 99 balls. His knock had 15 fours. Here are further details.
Knock
Ravindra and Nicholls shine with telling stand
Jofra Archer struck with his seventh delivery, dismissing Tom Latham. Devon Conway was then dismissed by Josh Tongue's first ball with the score being 28/2. However, Ravindra showed his class by pulling Fisher through midwicket to get off the mark. He survived a close call on seven when he edged a full delivery from Tongue but was dropped by wicketkeeper James Rew. Nicholls and Ravindra then settled down and added 66 runs in the 2nd session. After tea, they put on another 95 runs before Ravindra fell to Bethell.
Runs
Maiden fifty from Ravindra's blade versus England
Ravindra's knock saw him race to a tally of 1,764 runs from 23 matches (42 innings) at 47.67. He clocked his sixth half-century for the Kiwis (100s: 5). During his stay, he surpassed 200 fours as well (203). As per ESPNcricinfo, in 5 matches versus England, Ravindra has piled up 246 runs at 24.6. He managed his maiden fifty. In 12 away matches (21 innings), Ravindra now owns 867 runs at 48.16 (100s: 3, 50s: 3).