
New Zealand Openers Latham and Conway Pile Pressure on England at Trent Bridge
Tom Latham and Devon Conway shared a record 317 opening stand in searing heat as the third Test swung the tourists' way on day one.
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Tom Latham and Devon Conway shared a record 317 opening stand in searing heat as the third Test swung the tourists' way on day one.

New Zealand beat Scotland by six wickets in Bristol to keep their title defence alive and end the Scots' campaign, reaching their target with 10 balls to spare.

Selectors leave out a bowler fresh from a seven-wicket haul as the captain and his fast-bowling partner return from suspension, turning the Trent Bridge decider into a referendum on England's judgement.

The England captain's public apology has turned the deciding Test against New Zealand into a wider test of leadership and discipline.

Captain returns to a stronger XI after a frank conversation with the head coach, drawing a line under a disciplinary episode that followed a heavy defeat at the Oval.

Gus Atkinson's second-innings five-for sealed a 115-run victory on a treacherous Lord's pitch, giving England the perfect start to their red-ball rebuild after a chastening Ashes winter.

Gus Atkinson's five-wicket haul finished off the tourists as England won the first Test by 115 runs on a surface that produced the fastest fall of wickets seen in England for more than a century.