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ENGLAND descended with barely a whimper to a 199-run defeat at Headingley yesterday as New Zealand bowled them out on the final day of the second Test to earn a deserved 1-1 series draw.
The hosts were talking fancifully the previous evening about the prospect of rewriting Test cricket history by pulling off a world-record run chase of 455.
But reality bit on a mostly cloudy day as only captain Alastair Cook (56) and then Jos Buttler (73) lasted long.
England lost four early wickets for 15 runs and never appeared set for a successful rearguard, eventually all out for 255 with 19.1 overs remaining.
Cook reached 9,000 runs in Test cricket — three days after becoming England’s all-time highest Test runscorer — but was let down by those around him with only Buttler and himself surpassing half a century.
