New Zealand players posing after winning the NZ Cricket Test series after day five of the second cricket Test match against England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Tuesday — AFP CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Apr 3 (AFP): Ish Sodhi and Neil Wagner were hailed as heroes Tuesday after their gritty 188-ball stand secured a second Test draw and series win for New Zealand against England.
Battered and bruised after a torrid time from a desperate England attack, the pair hung on until bad light stopped play with Wagner's dismissal in the penultimate over.
The second Test draw in Christchurch gave New Zealand the series 1-0 after they won the first Test by an innings and 49 runs and it stretched England's winless away record to 13 Tests.
"Neil Wagner and Ish Sodhi were heroic," captain Kane Williamson said.
"If it wasn't for them putting their hand up, weathering the storm bumps and bruises and all, this series result could have been so different."
Any hopes New Zealand had of reaching 382 to win disappeared when they slumped to 42 for two at the start of the final day when England took two wickets with the first two balls.
England had New Zealand six for 182 when the second new ball was taken before tea, but the series-defining final session belonged to New Zealand.
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