The middle-order batsman fell after a career-best 190, and his 236-run collaboration with fellow centurion Tom Blundell was the basis for New Zealand’s strong first innings total of 553. trent bridge,
England seamer Matthew Potts denied Mitchell his double century by dismissing the number five batsman with a wide, slow delivery.
“To be honest, scoring a double century personally doesn’t mean much,” Mitchell told reporters after the second day’s play at Trent Bridge.
“It was nice to contribute a score that could help us win the Test match,” he added. “Anything over a hundred is great, so I was trying to do a good job for the team, and it’s always nice to bat with (Trent) Boultie in the end. He always provides a little bit of entertainment.”
The 31-year-old was equally philosophical about the two catches dropped to rescue Alex Lees and Ollie Pope.
“I think it is the nature of the game, whoever has played cricket has dropped a catch in his life,” he said. “For me, I can’t control what happens right now, but it’s just focusing on the next and taking on the next.”
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England tied 90-1 in reply, but could have moved up a spot if they had taken the catch.
Mitchell said his bowling team-mates will continue to chase Chanel outside the off-stump when they resume on Sunday.
“We created a few chances tonight that are really promising to move towards tomorrow,” he said.
“If we can continue to build the pressure, keep backing up the chants and keep asking questions to the English batsmen around that off-stump, then we are going to give ourselves the best chance of taking 10 wickets in this innings and hopefully The next 10 more.”