India, June 16 -- After a week-long off-field drama, the action will return on the field as England and New Zealand will resume their battle in the second Test at the Kia Oval, beginning on June 17, Wednesday. The Kiwis will be desperate to draw the series after a insipid batting performance, albeit on a largely bowling-friendly surface at the Lord's Cricket Ground cost them the Test.

While New Zealand's bowling did the job for the tourists, their catching was largely substandard, costing them the wicket of Harry Brook in the first innings and that of Ben Duckett in the second. Brook's drop in the first innings cost them immensely as the Yorkshire batter went on to make a half-century to surmount a total that New Zealand could not overha...