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England began the day requiring four wickets to bring New Zealand’s innings to a close and again they started cautiously but to great assurance.

England will be ruing their own dismissals where they did enough to get themselves out rather than succumbing to New Zealand’s own efforts.

England have successfully kept themselves ahead of the game in a tight contest on day two in Mount Maunganui with New Zealand 144/4 (Williamson 51, Nicholls 26*) and trailing England 353 (Stokes 91, Denly 74, Southee 4/88) by 209 runs at stumps on day two.

The first day of New Zealand’s test summer was an attritional one for both sides but England will be the happier of the two going into day two at Mount Maunganui.

Aston Junior was speaking to MM at the premiere of Busby, a new film about legendary United boss Sir Matt Busby, who he played under during a seven-year spell at Old Trafford.

Knowing only a point was needed from their final two group games, Harry Kane’s hat-trick helped them mark the national team’s 1,000 international fixture as they wrapped up qualification.

The 38-year-old, who retired just over a year ago, chatted to MM at the premiere of the new film Busby at Manchester’s Everyman cinema.

Four games this Sunday will take place in major stadiums, including Liverpool welcoming Everton to Anfield and Tottenham facing Arsenal at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in two huge derby fixtures, as women’s football bosses the English domestic scene while the men’s game pauses for an international break.

If you’d told Libby Clegg she’d be competing in a World Championship semi-final seven months after giving birth, she would never have believed you.

2018 proved to be a year of mixed emotions for Steph Houghton as just months after getting married to ex-footballer Stephen Darby she was met with devastating news.

Chris Hoy has tipped Laura Kenny to take his title of Britain’s most decorated Olympian in Tokyo.