However, Phillips and Charl Willoughby (3-81) mopped up the tail with the second new ball as Durham lost their last three wickets for nine runs.

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The snow is really assaulting the windshield as I head for the Louisville junction, the dog turning tight circles in the back, then dropping down into a ball and tucking her nose into her tail, resigning herself to yet another hundred miles of bleak highway.

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Freese hasn't played since Monday when he bruised his tail bone falling into the stands trying to catch a foul ball.

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Replays suggested the ball had made no contact with Southee's bat after the tail-ender had asked for a review.

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Flynn said New Zealand were happy they had "turned it around" with the ball after under-performing with the bat, but would need a similar effort to polish off the tail.

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"If you think that it's going to rain the day before, you need to high-tail yourself down to Home Depot and get a bunch of plastic, and do just like they do at the ball parks, " said Reeves.

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