Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HC Brook
HC Brook
123(115) 11x4 - 5x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 32 runs
  • 2x4 - 3x6
9 11 16 18 37 14 10 8
TA Blundell
115(102) 13x4 - 5x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 23 runs
  • 4x4 - 1x6
15 11 15 13 7 14 25 15

Best performances - Bowlers

AAP Atkinson
O8.5
M0
R31
W4
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
BA Carse
BA Carse
O10
M2
R46
W4
Eco4.60
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

England led the 3-match series 2-0

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

6,7,8 December 2024 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 12, New Zealand 0

Scorecard Summary

ENGLAND 280(54.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 125(34.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ENGLAND 427/6d(82.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 259(54.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Valkerie Baynes

5.20pm This match had it all and in quick time. From that recovery led by Brook and Pope's 174-run stand at better than a run a ball. Bethell and Ben Duckett both falling in the 90s helping to set up England's mammoth lead with a 187-run partnership before Joe Root's century in the second innings. Gus Atkinson took a hat-trick and Tom Blundell made a much-needed century - there was something for everyone. England fans can take away a whole lot more than their NZ counterparts, however. Alan's report summing up all the action can be found here and please do look out for Vish's insights as well.

Don't forget, there's plenty more action going on here at Cricinfo, including Australia vs India in both men's and women's matches. From Alan, Ranjith and myself, thank you for joining us, it's been immense fun.

5.00pm Player of the Match is Harry Brook for his century in the first innings and fifty in the second. He says of the victory: "Unbelieveble. It's extremely windy today so the toil the boys put in bowling into the wind was exceptional and to get it done in three days is extra sweet.

Tom Latham, New Zealand captain: "We're obviously hurting. It's disappointing to lose in that fashion. When you only put up 120-odd in the first innings, you're on the back foot."

Latham is also full of praise for Brook: "You look down that scorecard, there's one guy who took it way from us. Well played to him. The guys tried really hard, not doubting the effort the guys put in. They (England) put us under pressure. Not ideal. We came here with hopes today of putting up some good partnerships but losing three or four early put us on the back foot again."

Ben Stokes also has huge praise for Brook and Ollie Pope for their first-innings partnership and youngster Jacob Bethell, who fell just short of a century England's second innings. "Amazing to be stood here winning the series after being 40 for 4 on day one. The way Harry Brook and Olllie Pope played on day one set up this game for us... Jacob Bethell has certainly shown us what he's about and shown the world what he's about."

"The bowling performance through the first two matches has been exceptional. Bash today, he did one of those jobs for the team bowling into that ridiculous wind. The way New Zealand came after him and he kept a smile on his face and kept bowling and bowling shows his character."

4.51pm England's largest victory by runs against New Zealand, it's a thrashing, completed well inside three days. Tom Blundell with a century and Nathan Smith's entertaining 42 offered up some resistance but, with so much time left in the match and a record 583-run chase required, it was all too much.

Ben Stokes ended with 3 for 5 off 2.2 overs cleaning up the tail. Chris Woakes set it up with two early wickets while Brydon Carse and Shoaib Bashir chimed in with two wickets apiece and Gus Atkinson one.

54.2
W
Stokes to Southee, OUT, short again, and gone! Southee swings big but picks out Chris Woakes at deep midwicket! England win by 323 runs, their first Test series victory in New Zealand since 2007-08!

TG Southee c Woakes b Stokes 8 (17m 13b 1x4 0x6) SR: 61.53

54.1
1
Stokes to O'Rourke, 1 run, banged in short, swung away lustily over the head of mid on

END OF OVER:
54 | 4 Runs | NZ: 258/9

  • Tim Southee8 (12b)
  • Will O’Rourke0 (3b)
  • Shoaib Bashir19-2-110-2
  • Ben Stokes2-0-4-2
53.6
0
Shoaib Bashir to Southee, no run, backs away to one tight on the stumps to defend back towards the bowler
53.5
4
Shoaib Bashir to Southee, FOUR, advancing and launched over midwicket, good connnection
53.4
0
Shoaib Bashir to Southee, no run, tight to off stump, a swing onto the outside of his back leg and it dribbles away
53.3
0
Shoaib Bashir to Southee, no run, keeps low outside off, Southee presses down in defence

New Zealand 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9DP ConwayTWM Latham
2nd16KS WilliamsonTWM Latham
3rd8TWM LathamR Ravindra
4th26DJ MitchellR Ravindra
5th47DJ MitchellTA Blundell
6th35TA BlundellGD Phillips
7th96TA BlundellNG Smith
8th10MJ HenryNG Smith
9th7TG SoutheeNG Smith
10th5TG SoutheeW O'Rourke