England saw New Zealand take a stranglehold on the second Rothesay Test, with missed chances by James Rew and Emilio Gay adding to the home side’s error count.By the end of day three at the Kia Oval the tourists were leading by 352 runs with seven wickets still in hand.An inexperienced bowling attack struggled to come up with answers as centurion Henry Nicholls and Rachin Ravindra stacked up a killer stand of 161 – almost doubling the best partnership of the series thus far.Ravindra finally fell for 76 but Nicholls, rising admirably to the challenge of replacing the retired Kiwi great Kane Williamson at number three, guided his side to 252 for three with an outstanding 119 not out.And when opportunity did knock for England, their fielders failed to answer. Josh Tongue could have left the Black Caps 48 for three when he snared the outside edge but debutant Rew dived one-handed at a catch that looked to be more comfortable than he made it appear and dropped Ravindra on just seven.The 22-year-old came under further scrutiny later on, Nicholls on 42 when he gloved Jofra Archer’s hostile bouncer for four, clearing Rew when he seemed to have a chance to cling on.Interim captain Joe Root, who returned to lead at short notice after Ben Stokes’ exclusion, began losing patience with a young team and his mood cannot have improved when Ravindra popped Jacob Bethell’s unpredictable left-arm spin towards short-leg but Gay was unable to get in position, throwing out an arm and getting no more than a fingertip graze.