本·斯托克斯在特伦特桥球场炎热的第二天比赛中,带领英格兰队展开顽强反击,并在此过程中收获了个人第250个测试赛三柱门。这位英格兰队长凭借一次典型的血性八轮投球,在上午场次中取得三记三柱门仅失13分的战绩,彻底扭转了比赛局势。(原文明确提到:Stokes led England's spirited fightback as he moved to 250 Test wickets on a sweltering second day... A typically bloody-minded eight-over spell from the England captain in the morning session yielded three for 13)

新西兰队的打击线在第一天的最后阶段曾打出317分未失一人的梦幻开局,汤姆·莱瑟姆和德文·康威双双完成百分打。但在第二天,局面急转直下,黑帽军团在失去最后八个一局三柱门的过程中,仅新增77分进账,最终以438分结束首局。斯托克斯本场投球数据亮眼,完成四次成功抓捕丢掉70分。他先是在一次复查推翻场上判决后,让达里尔·米切尔被抓捕出局,尽管米切尔明显不认可超边缘技术检测到的那一点微弱信号。随后,夜巡人威尔·奥罗克在一次急躁的横扫后出局,而米奇·桑特纳则面对斯托克斯的短投显得手足无措,在一次争议判决中被判出局——看起来球是擦过手套的防汗带还是仅碰到护臂,成为争论焦点。桑特纳的复查以失败告终。(原文详细记录了:New Zealand lost their last eight first innings wickets for 77 runs... Stokes collecting four for 70... Daryl Mitchell caught behind for 11... O'Rourke's cameo ended with an impatient hoick... Santner was on his way for four after getting in a terrible tangle from a Stokes bumper... some debate about whether the ball had brushed the sweatband on his glove or just his armguard)

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斯托克斯凭借本场的表现,成为继南非名将雅克·卡利斯之后,历史上第二位同时达成250记测试三柱门和超过7000分测试得分的球员。在新西兰的首局后半段,肖伊布·巴希尔和乔弗拉·阿彻在午餐后完成收尾工作。巴希尔在深区接杀失误后迅速弥补,先是接杀纳森·史密斯,接着又让尝试逆向扫球的汤姆·布伦德尔因腿前球出局。阿彻则用两记连续弹地球击中布莱尔·蒂克纳的头盔,并最终将第11号击球员本·西尔斯也以腿前球判罚出局。(原文明确提到:Stokes celebrated becoming just the second cricketer to get to the landmark of 250 Test wickets alongside 7,000-plus Test runs after South Africa great Jacques Kallis... Shoaib Bashir atoned for dropping Tom Blundell... Archer, who pinned number 11 batter Ben Sears leg-before)

英格兰在回应时早早失去埃米利奥·盖伊,他面对危险的威尔·奥罗克的投球,在腿侧被抓住。不过,本·达克特成为幸运儿,他在仅得8分时的一次接球失误被亨利·尼科尔斯在滑倒位置漏接,得以死里逃生。达克特随后用两记穿透掩护区的强力击球回敬纳森·史密斯,并保持未出局52分的状态进入下午茶时间,英格兰队以73分失一人的成绩结束该阶段。(原文详细描述了:Ben Duckett then benefited from being dropped on eight... Emilio Gay early on to a leg-side strangle off the dangerous Will O'Rourke... Duckett bludgeoned Nathan Smith through the covers twice... Henry Nicholls to spill a simple chance in the slips... to go to tea unbeaten on 52 as England reached 73 for one)