{"id":1637,"date":"2018-03-22T20:08:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2018-03-22T20:08:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:38:38","slug":"58-all-out-trent-boult-rips-apart-england-in-1st-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/58-all-out-trent-boult-rips-apart-england-in-1st-test\/","title":{"rendered":"58 All Out! Trent Boult Rips Apart England In 1st Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Majestic, sublime and lethal was the manner in which Trent Boult bowled as he ripped apart England in the first Test at Auckland on Thursday. Both sides are playing a historic day-night Test and their first against each other and it turned out a miserable one for visiting England.
\nRecords were broken, feats were achieved and England will feel let down after being in the thick of things. 58 all out in just one and a half hours! The Kiwis tussled and tossed English batsmen as Trent Boult (6\/32) and Tim Southee (4\/26) completed the rout in just 20.4 overs. It was simply a dream act!
\nThe visitors were reeling at 23\/8 at one stage and were on the brink of scripting the lowest Test score in an innings (26) by New Zealand n 1955. But credit to\u00a0Craig\u00a0Overton, who saved them the blushes with a 33-run knock and getting them to 58.
\nThe visitors are already facing a prospect of a huge defeat after the madness they encountered against the Kiwi duo in the first session. New Zealand have already taken a commanding 117-run lead in the first innings after Kane Williamson struck an unbeaten 91 to steer his side to 175\/3 at stumps.
\nEngland’s low batting records continue<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. This was England’s 6th lowest score in Test cricket.<\/li>\n
  2. Their lowest ever score is 45 against Australia in 1887.<\/li>\n
  3. This was also England’s fourth score in the 50s and their lowest ever total against New Zealand.<\/li>\n
  4. Prior to this, their lowest totals have come against Australia (3) and West Indies (2).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    New record in Pink Ball Test<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. England scripted the lowest ever score in a pink ball Test.<\/li>\n
    2. This is the ninth day-night Test in the history of the game.<\/li>\n
    3. The earlier lowest score (68) in day-night Test was by Zimbabwe against South Africa in December 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Boult gives a swing masterclass<\/strong>
      \nThe last time Trent Boult produced a masterclass was a stellar\u00a07\/34 against the West Indies in ODIs at Christchurch in December 2017. This time it was the longest format where batsmen huffed and puffed against a top quality seam bowling.
      \nBoult is regarded as one of the best bowlers in world cricket, and the left-arm seam bowler lived up to the tag quite proudly leading his side to an emphatic conquest. Boult was a different persona on Day One and got his basics right. He used the conditions well and stuck to a fine length and line probing the ball away as the English batsmen were left bamboozled.
      \nThere was some movement in the air for the bowlers with the pink ball, but nothing too outrageous.\u00a0Boult\u2019s ability to bowl at the pace he does and to get the ball talking like that with conditions in his favor often shows how difficult it is to play against him.
      \nThis was Boult’s sixth five-wicket haul in Tests.<\/p>\n

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      "Six wickets helps you loosen up nicely" – Trent Boult enjoyed a record day at Eden Park. #NZvENG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/U1Ak9ncUL9<\/a><\/p>\n

      — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n