3pm: Whoosh. There we go. New Zealand get to lift the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, reclaiming it after being beaten at home when England toured 18 months ago (Stokes' last series win, in fact). Ben Stokes is now a former Test cricketer - although the bookies are already offering short odds on him captaining England in the Ashes next summer! As ever with English cricket, you never quite know what's coming... Anyway, Brendon McCullum is now speaking to the media, and we'll have that on the site soon. Miller's report should keep you busy for now, and there'll be plenty from our guys at the ground. Oh, and then tomorrow, it's preview day for the T20I series against India, with Harry Brook taking the reins up in Chester-le-Street! The great game goes on. Thanks for keeping us company, from myself and Miller, Ranjith, Vairavan and the scorers. Cheerio!

2.35pm: Time for those presentations, with Athers on the mic for Sky. First up is the Player of the Match, Daryl Mitchell, for his belligerent, unbeaten 100 on day four: "This is very special for our group, we came over here with a goal of winning and doing it in a style that suits us as Black Caps. Bit of unfinished business [from 2022]... really proud, everyone in the squad has stepped up. Pleased with how calm we were after the loss [at Lord's], then we got to business at The Oval and here. [Grinding it out] Couple of bruises here and there but makes it worth it. Spoke about partnerships, the way Rachin [Ravindra] came out, he's an amazing talent. That allowed me to do what I do. Building partnerships is something we pride ourselves on. [Fielding] We put a lot of work into it, some days it comes off, some days it doesn't. The run-outs show guys are engaged and sometimes they come off."

Next up, Player of the Series for England, Jofra Archer: "It's been really good, I put a lot of work in. To be rewarded... all the lads put a shift in, so this is a reward for them as much as me. [Hardest thing about Test cricket] Mindset. Sometimes you're going to have aches and pains but you've got to go through it. You don't want to let anyone down. You've got to make sure you're fit. The hard thing is drifting in the field, you can be out there for a day and a half, so just being mentally strong. [Doubts about backing up] Not from me! [Stokes] Not just as a captain, but as a friend, someone you can always go to. He's going to be a big miss. The hardest part is imagining a dressing room without him. Every game I've played, he's been there. I don't want to look forward to it. It's going to hit me."

Nathan Smith is NZ Player of the Series: "Really pleased. Pride myself on being able to adapt, new ball or old ball. Shame we got struck with injuries but shows the strength of our squad, guys on the sidelines who can do a good job. In England the ball does get soft so we have to bring the stumps in more. Talked about being ruthless with lines and lengths, and Tom Blundell really changed the series coming up to the stumps for us. [Discussed before?] Not much before the series, it was on the fly. Credit to him for having the skills to do it. To have experience here, it definitely helped playing county cricket."

Time for the captains, and for Ben Stokes to sign off as an England cricketer: [Farewell] "It's been a nice couple of day in terms of all that. Would have been great to have ended differently with a result, Incredibly hard-fought game by both teams. Exposed to some tough conditions and that contributed to the pitch playing differently at times. That's one of the great things about Test cricket. Credit to NZ and thety way they operate, especially Daryl and Rachin. It was always going to be difficult to chase down that total. Only thing I would change is being on the right side, but you can't have everything your way. [Why now?] I explained that in as much detail as I could yesterday. I hope it can be respected that the most important person to make the decision is myself. I spoke to a number of people I trust, tried to get myself through [the series] but it wasn't meant to be. Happy with everything I did in my career. It is sad, some things I will miss. A lot of emotion but I'm proud of what I did and grateful to the fans who follow us around and show their support. [Mid-Test] Told people I'm close to in the team the night before. The comms team I've got here, they came up with a plan. Look at the way the last two weeks have unfolded and it's been interesting. Something pretty simple ended up being a bit complicated. I can look back and have a laugh, there was a bit controversy around my last game, but I'll look back fondly. [Memories] Look back at some things been involved in, being able to say I've played with the best players England have produced. I know I've done some decent things on the field but I'm lucky I've seen Joe Root, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Alastair Cook. Not only have I been involved, as a proud Englishman, but also with some of the greats of the game."

And finally Tom Latham: "Very special, when you set out at the start of series this is what you work towards, great team effort over five days, been an old-school effort. To be standing here is really pleasing and proud of the guys. [Come from behind, means more?] It does, thought we did good things at Lord's, tricky surface and things could have been different. Played our brand at the Oval, guys put their hands up at important times, you want to win those key moments and the most pleasing thing is different guys have done it when the team needed. [Trent Bridge] Started well on day one, a really important partnership. We would have liked to kick on better [and score more], but to come back on day three, set the tone with four/five wickets in the morning. And then for Daryl and Rachin to get through that night, then in the morning, put on an important partnership. [Mitchell] seemed like he was loving it yesterday when the crowd was getting into them. [Stokes opening] Something we weren't expecting last night, but the way the guys were able to adapt was pleasing. We pride outselves on adapting to situations. Bit different with the new ball and all the guys on the boundary. To get four wickets last night was great but we had work to do this morning, but with the run-outs and the catching, it was very pleasing."

Latham also has some words of tribute for Stokes, and the two shake hands. Kane Williamson, too, though he's no longer with the squad, gets a mention and his photo on the big screen. Because NZ are nice guys, and we all love 'em, amirite?

2.25pm: After the bedlam of Sunday, calm descended on day five and the Black Caps went to work. Worth remembering that NZ were forced into three changes from the team that won at The Oval, with Glenn Phillips (side strain), Matt Henry (calf) and Kyle Jamieson (workload management) missing out. They then lost Blair Tickner to concussion, and Will O'Rourke to a tweaked hamstring on the final day. And they had to contend with the Stokes/ECB circus going on in the background, too...

For England and the Stokes era, meanwhile, the curtain comes down in anticlimactic fashion. Four years ago at this ground, he was there at the end as England gunned down 299 in the fourth innings. The spotlight was on him for one last time yesterday, but the magic had gone, and he goes out having failed to oversee a series win since December 2024 (in NZ, ironically)

Anyway, you can read all about the last rites - and the Kiwis taking flight - in Andrew Miller's report, and we'll have the presentations for you shortly

2.15pm: Tom Latham has a stump in hand, he's leading his team off. Warm applause from those in the ground to see it - probably not as many had there been the prospect of Ben Stokes batting one more time, but a decent crowd nonetheless. The England captain now emerges from the dressing room for the first time today (and last time for official duties), to shake hands with the victors. NZ haven't won a series of three or more Tests here since 1999 (when they also went 1-0 down); and England haven't been beaten across that distance at home since South Africa came and claimed the Test mace in 2012

"It seems entirely appropriate that the Stokes/McCullum project should end like this - defeated by a match-winning hundred that none of our batters would even try to emulate, and a brilliant fielding performance sinking the team that didn't think a fielding coach was necessary," says Martin, scathingly. As Mike Atherton just put it on Sky: Bazball dies where it all began

"Imagine the chaos and noise if Ashes was to happen this year." Thankfully we've got a year of talking about it before the chaos and noise, Joel!

Akash: "I am so rooting for NZ to defeat Aus this winter to complete the wedgie on the 3 Bullies." Yes, Latham has now scalped India and England in the last 20 months. Should be a tasty trans-Tasman stoush later this year (if the Black Caps can get over their little brother syndrome where Australia are concerned)

"I see no discussions happening around who would be the next England skipper. Why is that? No excitement?" Not many candidates to discuss, I think, Abhijeet

Now then. How much damage can Smith do on the way out...?

"Jamie has been involved in quite a few run outs in his short career so far." Not sure he can be blamed for that one, Chef