Cricket - Test Match - New Zealand v England - Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand, March 25, 2018. New Zealand's Henry Nicholls celebrates after reaching his century during the fourth day of the first cricket test match. REUTERS/David Gray
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - Captain Joe Root was dismissed off the last ball of the fourth day moments after he had been struck on the hand by a Trent Boult bouncer to put New Zealand firmly in the driving seat to win the rain-affected first test at Eden Park.
Root, who received on-field treatment, was bounced again on the next delivery and caught off the glove by BJ Watling to leave England in desperate trouble at 132 for three, needing another 237 runs to make New Zealand bat again.
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