Delhi: The England cricket team is currently playing a three-match Test series on the New Zealand tour. In the first test played at Christchurch ground, England performed brilliantly and won by 8 wickets. Now the second match of the series will be played in Wellington, for which England has announced its playing 11.
In this match too, Ollie Pope will play the role of wicketkeeper, while young batsman Jacob Bethel will get a chance to play at number-3.
Jacob Bethel showed strength in the second innings
Some questions were raised regarding the selection of Jacob Bethel in the first test, because in the first innings he was able to score only 10 runs in 34 balls, but in the second innings he performed brilliantly by scoring a half-century in 37 balls and led the team to victory and proved his ability. Proved.
Brayden Kars and Shoaib Bashir get a chance
Fast bowler Brayden Carse, who took 10 wickets in the Christchurch Test, has been retained in the team. England will once again enter this match with leading spinner Shoaib Bashir. At the same time, special attention will be kept on the performance of Joe Root, because he could score only 23 runs in total in both the innings of the first test.
England’s playing eleven for the Wellington Test is as follows –
Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope (wk), Jacob Bethel, Joe Root, Ben Stokes (c), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Shoaib Bashir, Gus Atkinson.