Blair Tickner out of ENG vs NZ 3rd Test with concussion: On the second day of the third and last Test match of the series being played between England and New Zealand at Trent Bridge, the New Zealand team suffered a big shock. The team’s fast bowler Blair Tickner was completely out of the match due to being hit on the head by the ball. New Zealand Cricket has officially replaced him with 24-year-old young fast bowler Jack Forks in the team as a concussion substitute. With this, New Zealand has now become the second country in the world to use the concussion substitute rule in the history of Test cricket, and Forks has become their first such player.
Jofra Archer got injured on a dangerous ball
In this match, Blair Tickner got a chance to play in place of Matt Henry, who is injured. But now Tickner has also got injured. This incident occurred during the 115th over of New Zealand’s first innings, when Blair Tickner was batting at number 10. England’s fast bowler Joffra Archer bowled a sharp and dangerous bouncer. Tickner could not completely duck this ball and the ball went straight to his helmet.
Immediately after the ball was hit, the physio came to the field and did his concussion test. At that time Tickner continued batting and remained unbeaten after scoring 4 runs in 6 balls, due to which New Zealand’s first innings ended at 438 runs. After the innings break, when the England team came out to bat, Blair Tickner also came to the field to bowl. He bowled 3 overs in the initial spell, in which he gave 21 runs without taking any wicket. But during the tea break, Tickner complained of dizziness and vomiting. Keeping in mind the health and safety of the player, the team management decided to immediately drop him from the match. After this, match referee Andy Pycroft allowed Jack Forks to enter the field as his ‘like-for-like’ replacement.
The series will be decided by Trent Bridge Test
This series between the two teams is currently tied at 1-1. In such a situation, this match is very important. New Zealand may have made a strong start by scoring 438 runs, but by the end of the second day of the match, the England team had scored 223 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the first innings on the basis of a stormy century by Ben Duckett. The England team is still 215 runs behind New Zealand’s score, but due to the strong start, the match has come to a very exciting turn.
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