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century when he was un-Ravaled.
Possibly having a mental breather, he jogged off for a first run and that tardiness left him caught a fraction short on the second with a sharp pickup and throw from Jeet Raval.
Glaciers moved metres while third umpire Bruce Oxenford checked that wicketkeeper BJ Watling hadn’t disturbed the bails before he had the ball but when the ice thawed, Burns was gone for 101 from 209 balls, featuring 15 fours.
England resumed at 39-2 and Burns, who was dropped twice shortly before stumps on Saturday evening, was again edgy and had a couple of heart-stopping moments – fortunately not however when he copped one in the chest from Neil Wagner.
At the other end, Root wasn’t going to back down from the short-ball challenge Wagner
posed to him – at times there were five fielders poised to snaffle up a misjudged stroke but the captain, who had pledged he was not far from a big score prior to the test, pulled confidently and was sound in defence also.
Root was given out when on 47 for a leg-side strangle off debutant Daryl Mitchell, but the skipper broke the sound barrier asking for a referral and his confidence was borne out when Oxenford found that the ball had brushed just pad.
Burns’ charmed life continued when the hosts bungled a run-out opportunity when the opener was sent back while seeking a second run on 87. Tom Latham had backed up behind the bowler’s stumps and was poised to take the bails off but bowler Matt Henry had run back and his effort to effect the dismissal was botched.
Dangerman Ben Stokes fell to the tried and trusted Tim Southee/Ross Taylor combination while Zak Crawley could make just one on debut.