England v NZ: 39th over sees Archer’s nasty ball to Mitchell

In the 39th over of the third Test at Trent Bridge, New Zealand were 125‑3 with Ravindra on 62 and Mitchell on 29. Archer, bowling from the Stuart Broad end, delivered a mid‑to‑high‑eight‑y speed ball that lifted and smacked Mitchell on the hand. The batter wrung it out, briefly resembling Ali G, then dropped into the leg side and got off strike. Ravindra clipped a single off his hip to add two more runs, but England still need wickets to overturn the situation. wlop.pl

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