Wellington. The second match of the 3-match Test series between New Zealand and England is being played in Wellington. English team’s star player Gus Atkinson took an amazing hat-trick on the second day of the match against the Kiwi team. Gus Atkinson made Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Tim Saudi his victims. After 7 years someone has taken a hat-trick for England in Test cricket.
The last Test hat-trick in 2021 was taken by Keshav Maharaj 144 matches ago against West Indies. With this hat-trick, Gus Atkinson also made a big record in his name. Atkinson has become the first bowler to take a Test hat-trick at Wellington’s Basin Reserve. Till date, no other bowler has taken a hat-trick wicket in a Test at this venue.
In July 2017, Moeen Ali took a hat-trick in Test for England for the last time. Apart from this, Stuart Broad of England had taken hat-trick twice in 2011 and 2014. He is the only player to have taken a hat-trick twice for England. Apart from this, Ryan Sidebottom and Matthew Hoggard have also taken hat-tricks in Tests for England.
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first in the second test. In such a situation, the English team scored 280 runs in the first innings with the help of Harry Brook’s century (123 runs). After this, on the second day, England bowled out the Kiwi team for just 125 runs. Gus Atkinson and Braydon Carse took 4-4 wickets while Chris Woakes and captain Ben Stokes also got 1-1 success. Till the time of writing the news, in the second innings, England has scored 134 runs for 1 wicket in 24 overs. England has a lead of 289 runs.
