Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    72.1 nicked off! "Noooooooo!" exclaims Latham. And, of course, it's Stokes who does the trick! Tired prod at a good length ball, audible edge behind, and Smith holds this one. England finally have something to celebrate, and Stokes does so fairly vigorously, given the long day in the dirt he and his team-mates have endured 317/1
    73.1 Root continues round the wicket, mishit leg side... and taken! One brings two, the old cliche strikes. An excellent running catch by the sub, Matt Fisher, at wide long-on. Conway had begun to look a bit like he wanted to hit out or get out. He manages both, and NZ are suddenly two down 319/2
    84.1 Archer rips out another! Back of a length, draws a tame prod in the channel and the ball visibly deflects off the edge through to Smith! Decent delivery, but did Nicholls have to play at it? Anyhoo. What an extraordinary finish to a sweat-soaked day in the dirt for England, two in two turning 361 for 2 into 361 for 4 361/4
    83.6 skied and taken behind the stumps! Bashir's effort indirectly brings about a wicket! Atkinson strikes in the dying embers of the day, and England will walk off feeling a little cheerier. Wow! Root immediately pointed to Bashir and ran in his direction, followed by Stokes. Not a great shot from Ravindra, with stumps looming. England crowbar out a third 361/3
    96.6 whoops, a soft end to a tough innings! Stokes was hammering that off-stump length, and O'Rourke's patience snapped. He tried to wallop across the line, but simply skewed his shot high in the air, for Gay to settle under a steepler at point. More reward for the skipper, but that was a very valiant hand from O'Rourke, whose 19 matched his previous career tally! 393/6
    94.3 line and length, draws the defensive push... Stokes thinks there's a nick behind! Not given on field but he reviews after a quick discussion with his team-mates. Smith went up for it straight away too. Can only be a scratch - but it's there on UltraEdge! Stokes lets out a guttural roar as the big screen confirms it, and Nitin Menon has to overturn his not-out decision. England's captain the catalyst again! Mitchell doesn't look best pleased, by the way, maybe felt it was his bat hitting his front pad? 392/5
    113.6 round the wicket, pinned on the pads trying to reverse! Rod Tucker didn't think too long about this, but Blundell has reviewed. Did it pitch outside leg? Very full, no bat involved. Looks like it might have landed in line, but let's see what ball-tracking has to say... Yes, right on leg, and hitting middle! Two in the over for Bashir, and NZ might not even make 450 here 435/9
    100.6 Santner's in a tangle to the short ball! He tried to sway but left his hands high in front of his face... the ball has ballooned off something close to his glove, for Bethell at gully to claw it down. He's reviewed, thinking it's off the arm-guard, but no, he's gone! The third umpire reckons it's hit the sweatband at the top of the glove, which counts for the purposes of bat extension... although, there's an alternative angle which suggests Santner's instincts (and, presumably, lack of pain!) were correct! Two rather strange wickets this morning. Either way it's Stokes' 250th wicket! 413/7
    113.3 Bashir holds this one! Bullet drive back at the bowler, who reacts quickly and palms it up to grab at the second attempt! Smith now goes cheaply. He hit it well enough, but in the air and too near to Bashir, who was composed enough to take it on the juggle, despite his drop in the previous over 434/8
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    114.5 full, straight, pinned lbw! Sears reviews, but I think this is a hopeful ploy... Stuck on the crease, rapped on the front pad in front of leg stump, nowhere near the bat. Smashing leg! So that is that, NZ wrapped up for 438, having been 317 for 0 yesterday evening! 438/10
    Extras
    13 (b 4, lb 5, nb 4)
    TOTAL
    438 all out (114.5 Overs, RR: 3.81, 549 minutes)
    Did not bat: ZG Foulkes
    Fall of wickets: 1-317 (Tom Latham, 72.1 ov), 2-319 (Devon Conway, 73.1 ov), 3-361 (Rachin Ravindra, 83.6 ov), 4-361 (Henry Nicholls, 84.1 ov), 5-392 (Daryl Mitchell, 94.3 ov), 6-393 (Will O’Rourke, 96.6 ov), 7-413 (Mitchell Santner, 100.6 ov), 8-434 (Nathan Smith, 113.3 ov), 9-435 (Tom Blundell, 113.6 ov), 10-438 (Ben Sears, 114.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    AAP Atkinson2137913.7600
    JC Archer19.517523.7803
    JC Tongue2167503.5701
    Shoaib Bashir25210524.200
    BA Stokes2137043.3300
    JG Bethell401804.500
    JE Root30712.3300
  • BATSMEN
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    31.2 drags it on! Smith pulled his line a fraction wider, Duckett dangled his bat in response, feet anchored in the crease with the keeper standing up... and heard the death rattle. It's a tired dismissal and he's frustrated with himself, but that's a mighty way to return to form! 187/2
    1.5 short, down the leg-side, gloved to the keeper! O'Rourke's lift had been causing bother all over, and it's the looser line that does him in. He'd left well outside off, but was tempted to tickle the ball off his hips, the bounce snagged his gloves instead, and Blundell gobbles the chance! 8/1
    47.1 edged and gone! Perfect start for NZ as they go bang-bang! Latham looks delighted as he rises after taking a regulation outside edge at second slip. No home hundred for Bethell. O'Rourke tested his patience outside off in the previous over, and hangs one out there again. This time he's sucked into following it, and a thick snick flies low to the cordon 224/4
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    46.2 full, straight and pinned! Up goes Rod Tucker's finger... The keeper up does for Root again. Or does it? He reviews, though he doesn't look too confident. Beaten on the inside by the ball angling in, struck on the knee. What says ball-tracking? Umpire's call on hitting leg stump, and up goes the finger again! That'll lift NZ, a big breakthrough right at the start of the day 224/3
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    72.3 pinpoint, woodwork shattered! Foulkes the hero again for NZ. This is a jaffa, scrambled seam on a perfect length and it holds its line fractionally to clatter into the top of off stump, Brook anchored to the crease and groping out in front. Foulakes has been very impressive, getting more from the surface than anyone else in the match, pretty much. NZ eyeing a hand lead here now 322/7
    50.5 full, draws the edge... and snaffled! But did it carry? The third umpire will have a look, NZ's friend Adrian Holdstock. Booming drive from Smith and it flew quickly to Mitchell at slip. He took it right down by his boots, but looks to have got his fingers under the ball. Holdstock agrees and NZ have a third! Smuth gets Smith 234/5
    60.4 stunning nipbacker, Stokes is castled! Pindrop silence around Trent Bridge, you'd think it was Sachin at the Wankhede! Stokes, as is often the case, looks astonished by the movement, but he was in no position to mitigate it. Feet stuck in the crease, thanks to the lurking presence of the keeper, as he flung his hands through a drive, and his off stump goes ping! 290/6
    87.3 steered to first slip! Third wicket for O'Rourke, NZ whittling through this opposition. Maybe softened up by the ball before, but it was a tentative poke outside off from Atkinson, who played nicely but won't be troubling the scorers any longer 354/9
    84.3 snorter, blows Archer's glove off and flies to slip! What a ball from Smith. We've started to see some variable bounce, and that won't encourage anyone in the England dressing room about a fourth-innings chase! Archer can't believe it. He was across, looking to defend a length ball, only for it rear up at chest height. All he could do was fend it into the cordon. NZ break another stubborn stand 350/8
    88.2 short and spooned to midwicket! Tongue shuffles across his stumps and picks out Santner for a simple catch (and he takes it!) He and Bashir start charging off to lace up their bowling boots, before apparently being told to take it easy, because it's tea 354/10
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    Extras
    32 (b 17, lb 5, nb 10)
    TOTAL
    354 all out (88.2 Overs, RR: 4, 434 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Emilio Gay, 1.5 ov), 2-187 (Ben Duckett, 31.2 ov), 3-224 (Joe Root, 46.2 ov), 4-224 (Jacob Bethell, 47.1 ov), 5-234 (Jamie Smith, 50.5 ov), 6-290 (Ben Stokes, 60.4 ov), 7-322 (Harry Brook, 72.3 ov), 8-350 (Jofra Archer, 84.3 ov), 9-354 (Gus Atkinson, 87.3 ov), 10-354 (Josh Tongue, 88.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    NG Smith2329143.9504
    W O'Rourke2065332.6501
    BM Tickner30210700
    MJ Santner1005905.900
    BV Sears1717304.2905
    ZG Foulkes15.223532.2800
  • BATSMEN
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    0.6 nailed in front of leg stump! Archer is in no doubt, wagging his finger as he marches down, with only a belated glance at the umpire! Full, threatening, angled in from round the wicket. Jags away from the left-hander after pitching. Latham thinks of the review, is talked out of it, and has to walk! 4/1
    4.6 there's the lifter, there's the edge! Archer gets a high-five in the eye for his troubles, but it's not as much bother as Conway got into there! Another brute of a ball, round the wicket, kicking off the turf, straightening, clipping the splice and flying at pace to Root who grabs well at first slip! New Zealand's openers put on 317 in 72 overs in the first innings. They've both gone for 12 in five in the second! 12/2
    14.1 Brook remembers to move for this one! So similar to the previous chance, another looping edge as Nicholls rather dangled his bat to the rising ball and jabbed it into the cordon. Brook is stationed at a wide first slip, but stoops to his right and makes the key breakthough! 51/3
    58.4 grips and skids on, up goes the finger! Ravindra has reviewed, but he was so deep in his crease! That certainly turned a lot from a tight, full line, and at pace, and that's thumped into the back knee-roll! No bat involved, and Bashir was utterly convinced in his appeal! Smashing middle and leg! Ravindra misses his hundred, but what a fantastic knock it's been 180/4
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    66.6 takes on the short ball again... but finds the man! Archer has lost a couple of battles but he wins the war. Banged in, the line was a bit further across on off and Blundell gets it off the top edge. Spiralling chance high towards deep backward square leg, but Gay takes it well tumbling back before rising to celebrate with the roar of the crowd 204/5
    67.4 beauty from Stokes, nipping down the line of fourth stump... Smith appealed, Stokes didn't. Nothing given, but England eventually review. Scrambled seam and kicking up off the pitch, it's close to the edge, a little sound on the audio. And UltraEdge picks up a tickle! Big cheers around the ground as Stokes is engulfed by his team-mates. Well done to whoever convinced the captain to review 205/6
    68.3 nicks him off, Archer has another! Finds the length, finds the outside edge - or maybe just a scrap of glove. Either way, Smith walks, and NZ have lost three in the space of ten balls! Fourth for Archer, his best haul in a home Test since his debut summer in 2019 206/7
    81.1 who writes your scripts! No sooner has Stokes' news gone public, than he finally finds the edge! A fast, flat drive to the full, wide line, Brook stoops well at second slip to scoop it up! Stokes stampedes to the cordon with his fists pumped! The crowd are on their feet, his wife included! England have their opening, with the proper tail to come! And Stokes has another indelible moment in a career made of them! 224/8
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    91.3 beauty, tickles off the bail! Sorry, given out lbw and O'Rourke has reviewed, although he must be plumb! Ah yes, it flicked the back knee roll about a foot or two in front of off stump. Ab-so-lute-ly nailing it on ball-tracking, and off WOR goes. In fact, the ball hit off stump on its way through, but the bails stayed on! 279/9
    Extras
    25 (b 9, lb 10, nb 5, w 1)
    TOTAL
    288/9d (94 Overs, RR: 3.06, 474 minutes)
    Did not bat: BM Tickner
    Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tom Latham, 0.6 ov), 2-12 (Devon Conway, 4.6 ov), 3-51 (Henry Nicholls, 14.1 ov), 4-180 (Rachin Ravindra, 58.4 ov), 5-204 (Tom Blundell, 66.6 ov), 6-205 (Mitchell Santner, 67.4 ov), 7-206 (Nathan Smith, 68.3 ov), 8-224 (Zak Foulkes, 81.1 ov), 8-274* (Ben Sears, retired not out ), 9-279 (Will O’Rourke, 91.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    JC Archer2045342.6504
    AAP Atkinson2265022.2710
    JC Tongue1407505.3500
    Shoaib Bashir1314213.2301
    BA Stokes2554921.9600
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    13.6 explodes off the good length, Mitchell grabs at slip! Priceless wicket late in the day, and now New Zealand really are on the march! That's a wonderful piece of bowling, but it's the pitch that does the business. Sears hammers his length outside off, using his height to exploit those cracks. Blundell was up to the stumps so slip was momentarily unsighted as the ball ripped into Duckett's glove, but he reached high to his right, and grabbed a blinder! 95/4
    7.2 it's over! Stokes rocks back for a massive swipe across the line, it's timed with force, but he's picked out a tumbling mid-on who clings on with an audible roar of triumph and relief! And out comes the ovation! The crowd stands as one to salute a warrior, leaving the stage for the final time as an England cricketer. Wow. That came and went in a blur of emotion, and most of it seemingly anger! We only found out he was retiring 145 minutes ago! 50/1
    7.6 pads up to the off-stump line, surely plumb! An awful misjudgement as the finger goes up! Bethell reviews, but this is futile! Even if he's struck outside the line, there's no way this is missing, and it is not! 50/2
    9.5 plink! Straight down the throat of fine leg! Leg-sided line, Brook gets underneath it, but not with nearly enough bat. Smith awaits with the reverse-cupped fingers. Burn, baby, burn! As Stokes had ordained, this could well be over tonight! 72/3
    18.5 high hands, stabbed to point ... incredible direct hit! Root is walking! How did Nicholls even do that? He was sliding round to his right, lost his footing in his eagerness to gather cleanly, unleashed while falling backwards, and crashed the stumps with Root a foot short! 116/6
    18.1 there's the edge! Smith had Gay in all sorts in the previous over, and this time, he nails his line from round the wicket, full length tailing into the left-hander, then swinging away late, committing the batter to following it down the line of off stump. Blundell watches the nick swing further into his gloves. New Zealand have their opening, and well, the writing may just be on the wall now! 116/5
    51.2 slogged - Smith bags it at long-on!! Brilliant diving catch, and a fitting way for NZ to wrap up the series! They win by 160 runs, and become the first team ever to beat England in England in a three-Test series, having gone 1-0 down 212/10
    41.5 sliding on, pinned in front off! Up goes Rod Tucker's finger, although Atkinson will review. This looks like curtain for Gus. Late on the ball as he dropped into the crease, hit on the back knee - umpire's call on impact, and smashing off stump! Santner breaks a nuggety stand and NZ move a step closer 191/7
    46.5 tries to withdraw the bat, flicks through to the keeper! Archer was trying to come down the pitch, Smith saw him coming, banged his length into the pitch, and that's skimmed off the face of the blade! He was raising his hands, but not quickly enough. Blundell gathers. New Zealand are two away now! 198/8
    50.1 nudged leg side, Tongue sets off... Bullseye! ANOTHER direct hit! Santner this time, flinging it in flat from just behind square leg, having run around to get it on his left hand. They have been brilliant in the field - fourth time they've hit the stumps in just over a session of play today. Tongue dived for his ground, but was already kippered. NZ one away 212/9
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    14 (b 12, lb 2)
    TOTAL
    212 all out (51.2 Overs, RR: 4.12, 231 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Ben Stokes, 7.2 ov), 2-50 (Jacob Bethell, 7.6 ov), 3-72 (Harry Brook, 9.5 ov), 4-95 (Ben Duckett, 13.6 ov), 5-116 (Emilio Gay, 18.1 ov), 6-116 (Joe Root, 18.5 ov), 7-191 (Gus Atkinson, 41.5 ov), 8-198 (Jofra Archer, 46.5 ov), 9-212 (Josh Tongue, 50.1 ov), 10-212 (Jamie Smith, 51.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    NG Smith164642400
    W O'Rourke3.501604.1700
    ZG Foulkes11.125234.6500
    BV Sears62121200
    MJ Santner14.215423.7600

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

New Zealand won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

25,26,27,28,29 June 2026 (5-day match)

New Zealand replacement

ZG Foulkes for BM Tickner (England 1st innings, 27.1 ov)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 12, England 0

Close of Play

  • Thu, 25 Jun - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 361/4 (W O'Rourke 0*, 84.1 ov)
  • Fri, 26 Jun - day 2 - England 1st innings 223/2 (JG Bethell 74*, JE Root 21*, 45 ov)
  • Sat, 27 Jun - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 120/3 (R Ravindra 60*, DJ Mitchell 26*, 35 ov)
  • Sun, 28 Jun - day 4 - England 2nd innings 103/4 (JE Root 9*, EN Gay 6*, 15 ov)
  • Mon, 29 Jun - day 5 - England 2nd innings 212 (51.2 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st50BA StokesBM Duckett
2nd0BM DuckettJG Bethell
3rd22BM DuckettHC Brook
4th23JE RootBM Duckett
5th21JE RootEN Gay
6th0JE RootJL Smith
7th75AAP AtkinsonJL Smith
8th7JC ArcherJL Smith
9th14JC TongueJL Smith
10th0JL SmithShoaib Bashir