Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

TA Blundell
138(181) 19x4 - 1x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 31 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
25 20 25 5 16 16 12 19
HC Brook
HC Brook
89(81) 15x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 27 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
18 12 5 23 10 18 0 3

Best performances - Bowlers

JM Anderson
JM Anderson
O10.3
M3
R18
W4
Eco1.71
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
SCJ Broad
SCJ Broad
O15
M5
R49
W4
Eco3.26
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Scorecard Summary

ENGLAND 325/9d(58.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 306(82.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ENGLAND 374(73.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 126(45.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Alan Gardner

4.05pm: "Don't call it that, you'll upset Baz." Sadly for England's head coach, Bazball continues to be a roaring success. England's winning run extends to six on the bounce, and you can be pretty sure of what the approach will be when these teams rock up in Wellington in a few days' time. Whatever your preferred terminology, it's a heck of a lot of fun to watch. We'll be back for more on Friday. Until then, thanks for your comments. From myself, Miller and Binoy, it's cheerio for now. Bye!

3.55pm: Right, all set for the presentations at the Mount. Harry Brook is Player of the Match: "There was not standout performer, we all contributed especially the bowlers on a docile pitch in the first innings with the sun out. [Second innings attack on Wagner] Think it helped they went bumpers early. It was a good pitch and I stuck to my strengths. The way we've been playing over the last 8-9 months, putting as much pressure on the bowler as we can and hit them off their strengths. Having the most fun, really excited to go out and play like however I want. Was lucky enough to start in Pakistan where I've had a bit of success, then carry it on out here."

New Zealand captain Tim Southee: "Disappointing, but credit to England. Strategically they played it pretty well, we were on the receiving end of a couple of night innings that wasn't ideal. [Toss] Made that decision and thought it was the right one. The way they batted meant they got into a position where they could declare. Probably could have bowled a bit better. Their style presents opportunities but it's about trying to stem the bleeding in between. Broady, that spell last night was pretty impressive, if we'd got through that last night we knew there's not many demons out there. [Next Test] Different challenge at Basin Reserve, we haven't been there in a long time and guys are looking forward to getting back to the red ball."

England's Ben Stokes: "Another great performance. Very clinical with the bat and ball. Look at the attack we've got, with the pink ball under lights we executed as we wanted to. When you've got Anderson and Broad in your attack, you're always going to put the opposition under pressure. Most impressive thing was how we countered everything NZ threw at us. [Targeting opposition] It's just going with what you feel is going to work. There's an opportunity to take wickets [with the short ball] but also score runs, so they took it on. Some days it's not going to work but it came off for us here. [Pink ball] It's a tactical thing around day-night games, looking to bowl with the new ball under lights. The pace we batted allowed us to set it up, inflict some damage under lights and again last night. Pretty blessed to be in charge of this bowling group. We take the scoreboard out of the equation, as long as we're taking ten wickets. Not worrying how many runs we go for. Brooky carrying on from his amazing series in Pakistan, he's a fantastic talent. Senior guys can take credit for allowing these young guys to go out and show what they can do."

3.45pm: It was coming for quite some time... Fifteen years, in fact, since England's last success in a Test match in New Zealand. The damage was of course done last night, and when the hosts shipped three wickets in nine balls this morning, it looked as if it would all finish in a rush. Daryl Mitchell and Blair Tickner hung around for 10.4 overs, adding a few quid more to the bar takings at Bay Oval, but it only added up to a brief delay. Now ten wins out of 11 for England under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, as the Baz bus rolls on

45.3
W
Anderson to Tickner, OUT, bowled 'im, the resistance comes to an end! Anderson aims for the top of off and gets the desired result as the ball slides past Tickner's outside edge and flips off the bails. England win by 267 runs and will take a 1-0 lead in the series to Wellington next week

BM Tickner b Anderson 8 (52m 29b 2x4 0x6) SR: 27.58

45.2
0
Anderson to Tickner, no run, pitched up and met with a doughty straight bat from Tickner

"(Without wanting to prejudge the result
.) Who do we think for MotM? I reckon there's quite a few England players you could argue for it - Duckett, Brook, Broad, Robinson?" All outcomes still possible here, Rob L. Just another five sessions of stonewalling from these two and we could get a draw...

45.1
0
Anderson to Tickner, no run, short of a length, defended back on leg stump

So Anderson gets another crack at Tickner

END OF OVER:
45 | 4 Runs | NZ: 126/9

  • Daryl Mitchell57 (101b)
  • Blair Tickner8 (26b)
  • Stuart Broad15-5-49-4
  • James Anderson10-3-18-3
44.6
0
Broad to Mitchell, no run, 6-3 leg-side field as Broad drops short once again. Mitchell pulls hard but can't get it through

Like the NZ scorecard, this ball has seen better days. Umpires calling for the box of replacements

44.5
0
Broad to Mitchell, no run, full on off and Mitchell drills it back into the hands of the bower on the bounce
44.4
0
Broad to Mitchell, no run, banged in short and Mitchell swats a pull to midwicket

England tour of New Zealand 2022-23 News

New Zealand 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14DP ConwayTWM Latham
2nd0KS WilliamsonTWM Latham
3rd5TWM LathamHM Nicholls
4th8DJ MitchellHM Nicholls
5th1DJ MitchellTA Blundell
6th40MG BracewellDJ Mitchell
7th3DJ MitchellSC Kuggeleijn
8th0TG SoutheeDJ Mitchell
9th20N WagnerDJ Mitchell
10th35DJ MitchellBM Tickner