Trent Bridge, Nottingham is the venue for the second test match between England and New Zealand, the game gets under way on Friday and in terms of the series England are 1-0 up with two to play.
The first test was staged at Lords last week and it was a thrilling but strange contest which eventually delivered a 5 wicket win for England in Ben Stokes first match as skipper of the test side.
New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat and they lost their first 4 wickets for just 12 runs. At 45/7 it was getting embarrassing but de Grandhomme's unbeaten 42 and 26 from Southee at least saw them finish up 132 all out. Anderson and Potts (on debut) both took 4 wickets.
England started their reply well enough with Lees (25) and Crawley (43) putting on 59 for their first stick before they took their turn to collapse, bowled out for 141 with Southee claiming 4 wickets and Boult 3.
At 56/4 in New Zealand's second innings it looked likely to be a very short test match but Mitchell (108) and Blundell (96) took the score to 251/5 when England claimed 3 wickets in 3 successive balls and the innings eventually closed on 285 (Broad and Potts both took 3 wickets).
England were in trouble at 46/3 but a Man of the Match unbeaten 115 from Joe Root, supported by Stokes (54) and Foakes (32 not out) saw England home. Jamieson took 4 of the 5 England wickets to fall.
This was how the teams lined up at Lords, note de Grandhomme has subsequently being ruled out of the series through injury.
England: Zak Crawley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Matty Potts, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Matthew Parkinson
New Zealand: Tom Latham, Will Young, Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Over the course of the last decade England have played 6 test matches at Trent Bridge, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 2.
The most recent test at this venue came in August last year and it saw England (183 and 303) and India (278 and 52/1) play out a draw.
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The Betting - 2nd Test Match Need to open an account? Claim your 1st deposit bonus of up to R2,000 here
At the time of writing England are even money to win the match with the draw at 33/10 and New Zealand are 1.75/1
Joe Root is 9/4 to top score for England in the first innings and Williamson is 11/4 to do likewise for New Zealand
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
The momentum is with England although even heading into the fourth day of the first test the result was in some doubt and the brilliance of Joe Root was the main difference.
I'm first looking to England's top first innings bowler market. Matt Potts had a great England debut but I doubt the bulk of New Zealand batting line up will crumble as meekly again and if wickets are to be harder to earn I just prefer Broad (to Potts or Anderson).
Daryl Mitchell's ton in the second innings at Lords threatened to turn the game heavily in New Zealand's favour and on the back of that effort his price to score a fifty looks acceptable enough.
Bets: Top England 1st Innings Wicket Taker, Broad at 5/2
To Score a 50 Daryl Mitchell (yes) at 19/10
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