Stokes sparks England recovery as Duckett finds his groove against New Zealand

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Third Test day two: New Zealand 438; England 223-2Duckett scores 113 as hosts hit back at Trent BridgeBefore the start of this deciding third Test against New Zealand, Brendon McCullum was overheard saying he was about to learn a fair bit about his England team.After a Lord’s surface that saw seamers fishing with dynamite, and then the semi-skimmed XI selected for the Oval, no one quite knew whether a flat pitch would rekindle the aggressive batting of the previous four years, or if a winter of mixed messages from up top had stifled their ambitions. Continue reading...