Sidebottom leads England fightback after New Zealand win the toss and bat

13 April 2012

Ryan Sidebottom instigated an impressive England fightback after New Zealand won the toss and batted in the second npower Test.

Left-armer Sidebottom struck twice shortly before lunch and new-ball partner James Anderson inflicted further damage on the New Zealanders' first innings at Old Trafford in the afternoon session.

England player of the year Sidebottom removed Aaron Redmond and James Marshall in consecutive overs after switching to the Stretford end to begin a demise of 80 without loss to 163 for four.

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In addition to that score, New Zealand had one of their players retire hurt for the second time in as many innings after Daniel Flynn was struck in the face by a James Anderson bouncer.

Anderson followed an average first spell of the match with some hostility from the Warwick Road end and stocky left-hander Flynn lost a tooth for his troubles.

Later in the same over, another of the Kiwi southpaws Jacob Oram, their Lord's centurion, was struck on the helmet by another short one.

Anderson gave England a third success shortly after the interval when Jamie How, who hit 64 from 110 balls, nicked a delivery which shaped away.

That brought Brendon McCullum, forced to retire hurt in the second innings of the drawn opening match of the series, to the middle.

He announced himself with a cut four and smashed six off Monty Panesar from consecutive deliveries but perished in the same over when a sharp turner found the edge of the bat, brushed wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose's gloves and was held at slip by Paul Collingwood.

Sidebottom terminated New Zealand's highest opening stand in Tests for four years when Redmond was bowled by a ball angled in from around the wicket.
That line of attack also did for Marshall, as he paid the price for not getting far enough forward to a ball which hit the pad in front of off-stump and would have gone on to hit leg.

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