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Sports / Wed, 17 Jun 2026 Cricbuzz

ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test, New Zealand tour of England, 2026

I mean, you can probably tell by the celebration. I was trying not to get too emotional in front of the rest of the lads, to be honest, but it was super, super happy. Yeah, it's good, good graph today, but yeah, looking forward to coming back tomorrow. So it felt like we beat the bat a little bit. And then once we brought a length a little bit fuller, we were, we were pretty good.

Sony Baker: It was awesome, just great experience all around. So happy to have got my first one. I mean, you can probably tell by the celebration. I was absolutely buzzing. I was trying not to get too emotional in front of the rest of the lads, to be honest, but it was super, super happy. A little bit, a little bit after that, I was like giving my mom and dad a hug and stuff, and it was just like, yeah, properly, properly got me. I'm a bit of a carry-on. I can't help myself, like, even, even if there's a close play and miss or anything near the stumps, I mean, you know you can tell. (What's Test cricket like?) Hard work. That was good. Yeah, it's good, good graph today, but yeah, looking forward to coming back tomorrow. I think the wicket at the start was a little bit tennis ball-y, so it was quite difficult to try and, you know, get the ball to carry through and have the nicks carry and stuff. So it felt like we beat the bat a little bit. And then once we brought a length a little bit fuller, we were, we were pretty good. I think the first session we bowled really well and could have easily had them more down than we did. But yeah, I think it's probably pretty much somewhere in the balance. They've obviously near enough 300 now, but I think that's probably not far off par on that wicket. It felt like a decent wicket.

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