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21st over: England 107-3 ( Root 7, Pope 29) Pope sees the short ball coming and gets into shape quickly to pull Wagner for six! And then he makes room for an off-side slash to the short ball, picking up a single at third man. Pope then lands one for six again (!), getting into the perfect position for another leg-side swat over fine leg.
20th over: England 91-3 (Pope 15, Root 5) Root gets lucky, finding four with an inside edge off Southee. You can see a smidgen of outswing from the New Zealand captain, and he uses it to trick Root with the closing delivery of the over, moving one back in to beat Root’s unconvincing prod.
