Headingley Test: New Zealand leave England in a spin to win second Test

Leeds UKNew Zealand offspinners Kane Williamson and Mark Craig shared six wickets as the Black Caps thrashed England by 199 runs in the second Test at Headingley on TuesdayVictory ensured the twomatch series ended all square at 11 and was just New Zealands ninth win in 101 Tests against England This success was also New Zealands first Test win against England since a 189run victory at Hamilton in 2008 It meant too they had won a Test in England for only the fifth time with this victory their first Test success on English soil since an 83run triumph at The Oval in 1999New Zealands Trent Boult C celebrates with his teammates after dismissing Englands Adam Lyth on the fifth and final day of the 2nd Test match at Headingley in Leeds northern England on Tuesday PicAFPEngland chasing what would have been a Test fourth innings record victory total of 455 were bowled out for 255 Williamson primarily a batsman and once suspended from bowling in international cricket because of a suspect action took three wickets for 15 runs in seven overs including the prize scalp of England captain Alastair Cook 56 Craig finished with three for 73 in 315 overs and ended the match when he had Jos Buttler lbw playing no stroke for 73New Zealands BJ Watling was named the manofthematch for his 120 in a second innings total of 454 for eight declared There was a bit of rain around so it was pleasing to get the job done Watling told Sky Sports To get 450 in the time that we did with help form the tail is very pleasing Cook and Buttler apart England offered little in the way of resistance in their second inningsEngland resumed Tuesday on 44 without loss and had an outside chance of surpassing the West Indies record fourthinnings winning total of 418 for seven against Australia at St Johns Antigua in 200203 However those slim hopes disappeared during a first session where England lost five wickets for 58 runs in 32 overs as they slumped to 102 for five at lunchEngland after a rainmarred fourth day resumed with Adam Lyth 24 not out and Cook 18 not out But Lyth who made a maiden Test century on his Yorkshire home ground in the first innings fell for his overnight score when he was caught behind fending at a Trent Boult awayswingerLeftarm paceman Boult then bowled Gary Ballance for six with a superb near yorkerlength inswinger Craig then struck twice in three balls to reduce England to 62 for four Ian Bell had made just one when he turned Craig straight to legslip Williamson Bell one of Englands senior batsmen has managed just 55 runs in eight Test innings since his 143 against the West Indies in Antigua in AprilJoe Root had promised England would come out all guns blazing but he lasted just two balls before exiting for a duck when he turned Craig off the face of the bat only for Tom Latham to cling on to a sharp chance Fourwicket burst Williamson then removed dangerman Ben Stokes on the stroke of lunch The ball was turning and that fourwicket burst really hurt us said CookThe skippers second fifty of the match came after Cook surpassed Graham Gooch as Englands highest run scorer in Tests during his first innings 75 His near four hours of second innings resistance ended when Cook was lbw pushing forward to Williamson Moeen Alis hundred in last years corresponding Headingley Test almost saw England to a draw before Sri Lanka won late on the final day But on Tuesday he was bowled for two playing no stroke to fast bowler Matt Henry At tea England were 206 for eight and needing to survive a minimum of 35 overs to hold out for a draw following their 124run win in the first Test at Lords last week Mark Woods 40minute innings of 17 ended when he edged Tim Southee to Craig in the slips before Buttlers error ended the match