England stuns New Zealand in Nottingham Test

. . .-100 . . . . . div , , p . , . , Coming into the final day of the Nottingham Test, a draw seemed to be the most likely result as New Zealand had compiled a significant lead against England. However, the hosts astonished many cricket pundits with an ultra-aggressive brand of cricket to record a historic Test victory against Kiwis. Starting the day at 224-7, New Zealand added 60 valuable runs to take their overall lead to 298 runs, setting a difficult target of 299 runs to get in approximately 75 overs. Maintaining a run-rate close to 4 on a last dayrsquos pitch will always be a tough task, but England were clinical to say the least. Despite losing three wickets for 56 runs, and then further getting reduced to 93-4, the comeback was startling. Senior pro Jonny Bairstow and skipper Ben Stokes decided to counter attack rather than going into a shell. While the former smashed an iconic knock of 136 runs using only 92 balls, the latter produced a 70-ball unbeaten effort of 75 to take England over the line.nbsp As a result, England was able to win the three-match Test series against New Zealand who are currently the world test champions. It can be said that this is a stunning start to Brendon McCullumrsquos career as England coach and he would aim to do more of the same with this bunch.