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Black Caps hurry to huge lead after Nicholls' ton

Recalled batter hits impressive hundred, Matt Henry takes five and Kiwis move into box seat

Henry Nicholls' unbeaten 119 in his return match helped New Zealand establish a 352-run lead over England with seven wickets still in hand at stumps on day three of the second Test in London.

Nicholls, in for the retired Kane Williamson, picked up from where his Test career left off a year ago, the 34-year-old making it hundreds in consecutive matches and combining with Rachin Ravindra (76) to add 161 in 33.3 overs as the Kiwis moved to 3-252.

After Matt Henry began the day with three more wickets in three overs to complete a five-wicket haul, the visitors endured a frustrating period, as England's 10th-wicket pair Matthew Fisher (50no) and debutant Sonny Baker (four) put on 53 across an 80-minute stand to guide their side to 291 – a deficit of 100 on the first innings.

Matt Henry ends England’s resistance as New Zealand complete second Test rout

New Zealand made very short work of claiming the five England wickets required to secure victory in the second Test on Sunday.

Matt Henry removed four England batters, including Joe Root for 77, in a ferocious 25-minute spell at the Oval. The hosts began the day on 182-5 but added just 10 runs for the first four wickets lost, slipping to 192-9 as the Black Caps showed no mercy.

Root had kept England’s faint hopes of salvaging the match alive with his stand of 75 on Saturday, but the interim captain was quickly trapped lbw by Henry when the final day began, having added only two further runs.

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