England v New Zealand: second men’s Test, day two – live

The Guardian Sport Thursday 18 June 2026, 09:34 UTC By Taha Hashim (now) and James Wallace (later) 1 min read

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Updates from the second day’s play at the Oval Day one report | Sign up for the Spin | Mail Taha“New Zealand, if they don’t make it to 400, will be very, very disappointed on this deck,” says Mark Butcher on Sky. It’s up to Phillips to get them there, unbeaten on 49 and the leading run-scorer in the series after a couple of decent knocks at Lord’s. Mark Wood is on Sky’s broadcast, rocking some lime sunglasses.

Updates from the second day’s play at the Oval
Day one report | Sign up for the Spin | Mail Taha

“New Zealand, if they don’t make it to 400, will be very, very disappointed on this deck,” says Mark Butcher on Sky. It’s up to Phillips to get them there, unbeaten on 49 and the leading run-scorer in the series after a couple of decent knocks at Lord’s.

Mark Wood is on Sky’s broadcast, rocking some lime sunglasses. Glenn Phillips got the shades on yesterday, too – while facing Jofra Archer’s bouncer show.

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England v New Zealand: second men’s Test, day two – live

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