TestNo. 2567Men

England v New Zealand

England won by 323 runs

England tour of New Zealand, Match 26 December 2024 to 8 December 2024Basin Reserve, Wellington

Englandbatted first

280 & 427/6d82.3 ov

New Zealand

125 & 25954.2 ov

New Zealand won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match HC Brook

England innings

28054.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b MJ Henry	17	23	1	1	73.9
BM Duckett	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	0	8	0	0	0.0
JG Bethell	c TA Blundell b NG Smith	16	28	3	0	57.1
JE Root	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	3	7	0	0	42.9
HC Brook	run out (NG Smith)	123	115	11	5	107.0
OJ Pope	c R Ravindra b W O'Rourke	66	78	7	1	84.6
BA Stokes	c TWM Latham b W O'Rourke	2	15	0	0	13.3
CR Woakes	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	18	43	3	0	41.9
AAP Atkinson	c GD Phillips b NG Smith	4	3	1	0	133.3
BA Carse	c W O'Rourke b NG Smith	9	8	2	0	112.5
Shoaib Bashir	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 12, nb 2	22
Total	all out, 54.4 overs, run rate 5.12	280

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-12 BM Duckett2-21 Z Crawley3-26 JE Root4-43 JG Bethell5-217 OJ Pope6-222 BA Stokes7-259 HC Brook8-263 AAP Atkinson9-275 CR Woakes10-280 BA Carse

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TG Southee	12	0	62	0	5.17	46	9	1	0	0
MJ Henry	15	5	43	2	2.87	67	3	1	0	0
NG Smith	11.4	1	86	4	7.37	43	12	2	2	1
W O'Rourke	12	1	49	3	4.08	50	2	2	2	1
GD Phillips	4	0	32	0	8.00	6	2	1	0	0

New Zealand innings

12534.5 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b BA Stokes	17	32	1	0	53.1
DP Conway	c HC Brook b AAP Atkinson	11	27	2	0	40.7
KS Williamson	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	37	56	3	0	66.1
R Ravindra	c BA Carse b CR Woakes	3	10	0	0	30.0
DJ Mitchell	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	6	12	1	0	50.0
W O'Rourke	lbw b BA Carse	0	26	0	0	0.0
TA Blundell	b BA Carse	16	20	2	0	80.0
GD Phillips	not out	16*	16	3	0	100.0
NG Smith	b AAP Atkinson	14	12	2	1	116.7
MJ Henry	c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson	0	1	0	0	0.0
TG Southee	lbw b AAP Atkinson	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 1, nb 4	5
Total	all out, 34.5 overs, run rate 3.59	125

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-18 DP Conway2-53 TWM Latham3-64 R Ravindra4-74 KS Williamson5-79 DJ Mitchell6-95 TA Blundell7-96 W O'Rourke8-125 NG Smith9-125 MJ Henry10-125 TG Southee

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
CR Woakes	8	1	26	1	3.25	39	4	0	1
AAP Atkinson	8.5	0	31	4	3.51	41	4	0	2
BA Carse	10	2	46	4	4.60	42	5	1	1
BA Stokes	8	0	21	1	2.63	33	1	0	0

England innings

427/6d82.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c DP Conway b MJ Henry	8	7	2	0	114.3
BM Duckett	b TG Southee	92	112	6	1	82.1
JG Bethell	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	96	118	10	3	81.4
JE Root	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	106	130	11	0	81.5
HC Brook	c W O'Rourke b GD Phillips	55	61	5	0	90.2
OJ Pope	c DJ Mitchell b MJ Henry	10	26	0	0	38.5
BA Stokes	not out	49*	42	1	2	116.7
Extras	lb 2, w 8, nb 1	11
Total	6 wickets, 82.3 overs, run rate 5.18	427

Did not batCR Woakes, AAP Atkinson, BA Carse, Shoaib Bashir

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-9 Z Crawley2-196 JG Bethell3-211 BM Duckett4-306 HC Brook5-327 OJ Pope6-427 JE Root

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TG Southee	14	72	2	5.14	43	9	0	1	0
MJ Henry	18	100	2	5.56	48	7	2	0	0
NG Smith	16	74	0	4.63	54	6	2	1	0
W O'Rourke	18.3	104	1	5.62	60	12	0	2	1
GD Phillips	16	75	1	4.69	39	1	2	0	0

New Zealand innings

25954.2 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c & b BA Carse	24	35	3	0	68.6
DP Conway	b CR Woakes	0	5	0	0	0.0
KS Williamson	c OJ Pope b CR Woakes	4	16	0	0	25.0
R Ravindra	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	6	16	0	0	37.5
DJ Mitchell	c OJ Pope b AAP Atkinson	32	70	4	0	45.7
TA Blundell	c BM Duckett b Shoaib Bashir	115	102	13	5	112.7
GD Phillips	b Shoaib Bashir	16	11	2	1	145.5
NG Smith	c OJ Pope b BA Stokes	42	51	3	2	82.4
MJ Henry	c JG Bethell b BA Stokes	4	7	1	0	57.1
TG Southee	c CR Woakes b BA Stokes	8	13	1	0	61.5
W O'Rourke	not out	1*	4	0	0	25.0
Extras	b 1, lb 2, nb 4	7
Total	all out, 54.2 overs, run rate 4.77	259

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-9 DP Conway2-25 KS Williamson3-33 TWM Latham4-59 R Ravindra5-106 DJ Mitchell6-141 GD Phillips7-237 TA Blundell8-247 MJ Henry9-254 NG Smith10-259 TG Southee

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
CR Woakes	10	4	20	2	2.00	49	2	0	0
AAP Atkinson	12	0	68	1	5.67	49	13	0	2
BA Carse	11	0	53	2	4.82	40	5	1	2
Shoaib Bashir	19	2	110	2	5.79	70	7	7	0
BA Stokes	2.2	0	5	3	2.14	10	0	0	0

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Player of the match

HC BrookEngland

123off 115 balls, 11 fours and 5 sixes, strike rate 107.0

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2567
Competition: England tour of New Zealand
Toss: New Zealand, chose to field
Umpires: AT Holdstock and RJ Tucker
TV umpire: Ahsan Raza
Match referee: DC Boon
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 16 / 13°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 18 / 13°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 3: 18 / 14°C, 2.4 mm rain

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