Ben Stokes finds himself again to put England in charge

CAMERON PONSONBY IN CHRISTCHURCH: The captain, becalmed by surviving an early chance late on day two, made a well-compiled 80 while Harry Brook (171), Gus Atkinson (48 off 36 balls) and Brydon Carse (33 not out) had their fun around him

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