Key events17m agoStumps: England 222-2, trail New Zealand by 215 on first innings1h agoWICKET! Ben Duckett b Smith 113 (England 187-2)4h agoWICKET! Emilio Gay c Blundell b O'Rourke 0 (England 8-1)5h agoNew Zealand are all out for 4385h agoWICKET! Blundell lbw Bashir 30 (New Zealand 435-9)5h agoWICKET! Smith c&b Bashir 6 (New Zealand 434-8)6h agoLunch6h agoWICKET! Santner c Bethell b Stokes 4 (New Zealand 413-7)7h agoWICKET! O'Rourke c Gay b Stokes 19 (New Zealand 393-6)7h agoWICKET! Mitchell c Smith b Stokes 11 (New Zealand 392-5)9h agoPreambleBen Duckett speaking to Sky Sports’ Ian Ward:
double quotation markIt’s been a bit of journey since last summer and you can see making a century on my home ground means a lot to me. I was quite emotional and tried to take it all in. With the heat I tried to start again, and a shame to get out but I’d have taken that at the start.
I’ve really felt it has been coming. I didn’t go to the IPL which isn’t new news but spent a lot of time here working on my game with Peter Moores and playing in the County Championship. It’s not gone my way in the first few Tests but the age I am now I believe in my game and thought a score was round the corner.
I nicked off on eight and when that went down I then thought maybe it was my day. I have been working extremely hard in the last few months.
