Root reaches milestone but New Zealand edge towards victory at The Oval

[p]Set a colossal 463 to win after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/G6PWlrQB/"]New Zealand[/a] were bowled out ‌for 362, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/root-joe/EkKzSCk2/"]Root[/a] came to the crease two runs shy ‌of the milestone only Indian great Sachin Tendulkar has reached and with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] ‌tottering on 13-2.[/p][p]Interim skipper Root was still there at the end ‌of the day on 75 not out, although at 182-5, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/new-zealand-G6PWlrQB/?mid=bcBQ09rn"]England's chances of avoiding defeat still look slender[/a].[/p][p]New Zealand will require five wickets to level up the series ‌and set up a decider at Trent Bridge ⁠next week, while England still ‌need an improbable 281 runs for victory.[/p][p][b]"We've just got to try and stay patient tomorrow, stay ruthless. Whether it comes quick or in the last over ‌of the day, we've got to make sure we're there," [/b]New ⁠Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson, who bagged three ‌wickets for 37 from 14 impressive overs, said.[/p][p]Root, captaining the side for a record-extending 65th ​time after Ben Stokes was left out after breaking a team curfew, was his usual cool presence as he kept ​New Zealand's pace attack at bay on a sultry afternoon in south London.[/p][embed guid="f99aca58-54bf-45b1-b2ea-c6febd81773f" url="https://x.com/englandcricket/status/2068332061765574874" social-type="twitter" /][p]England opener Emilio Gay made a positive start, driving Matt Henry elegantly ⁠through the covers for ​a boundary, but in the next over, he flicked a ball from Kyle Jamieson off his pads straight to square leg, where Rachin Ravindra took the catch.[/p][p]Four balls later, Jamieson trapped Jacob Bethell plumb lbw for a ‌duck, completing a miserable match with the bat for England's number three.[/p][p]Opener Ben Duckett then played an awful shot off a short ball from Will O'Rourke, dollying a catch to Henry at mid-wicket to fall for nine.[/p][p]Root was then joined by Harry Brook, and the pair decided the best policy in such dire circumstances was to attack.[/p][p]Brook thumped two boundaries in one over off Nathan Smith, and in the next over, Root hit three off O'Rourke.[/p][p]The belligerent Brook brought up his 50 off his 33rd ball, guiding Jamieson to the third man boundary.[/p][embed guid="535bbbfe-b321-4b0d-93ee-1ac7364dcfb6" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oCEEECBlfE" social-type="youtube" /][p]Root was spared an lbw dismissal by an inside edge, but Brook's thrilling charge was halted when he edged his first-innings tormentor Henry to Daryl Mitchell.[/p][p]Jamieson was rewarded for his relentless line and length as he trapped James Rew lbw for ‌15 late in the day on review.[/p][p][b]With the weather set fair, Root will need one of ​the greatest innings of his illustrious career if England are to pull off a record ‌run chase on Sunday.[/b][/p][p]Earlier in the day, New Zealand centurion Henry Nicholls added only two runs to his overnight 119 as he edged a superb Jofra Archer delivery to Brook at second slip.[/p][p]Archer has impressed on his return to the Test team after being rested for the first Test, and also picked up the wicket of Glenn Phillips as he ended ⁠with three for 62.[/p][p]Matthew Fisher also took three ⁠wickets as New Zealand's last four wickets ‌went down for 13 runs after lunch.[/p]