India, June 21 -- New Zealand national cricket team have made a significant stride in their World Test Championship (WTC) points tally as they routed England by 253 runs in the second Test at The Kia Oval in London. Having lost the first Test following a poor batting performance in both innings, the Kiwis slid up to fourth but have bounced back strongly to win the second match of the series convincingly, thereby levelling it 1-1. Check the updated WTC standings.

Joe Root stands tall but New Zealand wrap up England's innings quickly to set up a series-decider

Coming into Day 5 of the second Test at The Oval, the hosts already had their backs against the wall as Day 4 finished with 182/5, meaning they needed another 281 runs to scale the ...