Watch: 'Ben my boyfriend...'- female fan's special massage for 'Ben' goes viral on social media

After a fighting century by former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson England seems to be in a comfortable position to win the second Test

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Despite a fighting century by former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, England are in a comfortable position to win the second Test of the series. New Zealand got bundled up for 483 runs and England need 258 runs to win the match and clean sweep the series. At the end of Day 4 of the game, England scored 48 runs after losing Zak Crawley. Ben Stokes and Co. now need only 210 runs to win the game.

Amidst that, a light-hearting incident went viral on social media when a fan with a placard for 'Ben' was displayed to broadcasters. Towards, the end of the Kiwis' second innings, Cameraman caught a fan girl with a placard, which read,

"Ben, my boyfriend's here to see the cricket. I'm here to see you."

The video soon went viral on social media and confused netizens as the message was for 'Ben'. One commentator on air, said,

"Biggest question is which Ben? Is it Foakes or Duckett or..."

Meanwhile, The cameraman turned the camera to English captain Ben Stokes, who looked at the giant screen and gave a nod, and left fans in confusion. Because it's unknown whether the nod was in response to something spoken on the field among teammates or in response to the female fan's placard.

While the amusing speculation continued, another commentator stated, "It's Stokes based on the color of her boyfriend's hair."

Here is the video: 

Harry Brook shines with the ball

Previously, for a short time on Monday at Wellington's Basin Reserve, it appeared that Kane Williamson and Tom Blundell would bat all day, handing Ben Stokes' England an enormous target in the second Test. But it was the unexpected Harry Brook, who brought the massive partnership to an end, dismissing centurion Williamson.

Kane, in his innings, scored 132 runs off 282 balls. He smashed his 26th Test century and became New Zealand's top run-scorer in the largest format of the game. Williamson replaced Ross Taylor from the top as he has scored more than 7700 runs in the Tests.

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