Cricket-England lose early wickets after NZ set target of 463 in 2nd test

Cricket - England v New Zealand - Second Test - Kia Oval, London, Britain - June 20, 2026 England's Kyle Jamieson celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Emilio Gay Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

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June 20 (Reuters) - England lost two quick wickets ‌in their chase of a huge 463 target set for them by New Zealand, who were ​all out for 362 ⁠in the second ⁠innings on day four of the second test ⁠at ‌The Oval as they seek to level the series.

• New ⁠Zealand's last four wickets went down ​for 17 ‌runs after lunch, with Matthew Fisher ⁠mopping up ​the tail, but the visitors have plenty of runs in the tank and would ⁠have wanted to have ​England batting soon anyway.

• Emilio Gay played one fine cover drive off Matt Henry's second ⁠over, but in the next over he tried to flick Kyle Jamieson off his pads and hit it straight ​at Ravindra at midwicket.

• ⁠Four balls later Jamieson trapped Jacob Bethell ​plumb lbw for a ‌duck leaving England stranded on ​20-2.

(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson)