- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 Bracewell makes amends! Crawley's streaky knock is done, and it's Southee's relentless line that does the trick. More movement on a full length, luring the firm drive, taking a thick edge for third slip to stoop low to his left and cling on this time! 18/118.6 mistimed to cover, Tickner has a Test wicket! Duckett won't be knocking Jessop off his perch, nor will he be joining the select club to have made a hundred before lunch on day one of a Test match. Pitched up and inviting the drive, but he didn't get hold of it whatsoever and Bracewell, in the thick of the action today, holds on comfortably. Live by the Bazball, die by the Bazball, etc etc 117/226.5 edged and a tumbling take at second slip! A rare spell of pressure from Southee, and Pope is undone. Pushing with hard hands through the good length, angled in from wide on the crease, a fat edge loops into the cordon where Latham just about clings on, and another well-set innings is undone 152/327.2 Root's ramp ends up in slip's hands! Wow, that's a huge twist to this innings. Root latched onto his favoured reverse slap, feet pointing down the crease again to take on Wagner's angle, but this time gets an under-edge on the stroke and Mitchell, cunningly pre-empting at a wide, almost third slip, watches well off the bat to pouch a priceless wicket. Now then... 154/454.1 bottom-edged into the stumps! Brook has been Wagner-ed! You can say that's unlucky but that's what he does at this dog-eared stage of an innings. Hounds the bat with disgusting unhittable effort balls, and forces the error from a man who just wants to get a move on. Brook stands tall, swings hard... kiboshes his timbers! 298/637.5 banged in, Stokes pulls - picks out midwicket! Kuggeleijn is on the board on debut, too. England's habit of playing one attacking stroke too many undoes another batter. Not that this team believes there could ever be too many attacking strokes. Connected well with the shot but sent it straight to one of the few men on the leg side, Latham taking a sharp catch above his head 209/556.2 another retreat to leg, another wipe in front of square, Williamson back-pedals at cover and pockets a simple chance. England are eight-down! 319/855.2 picks out deep square leg on the full-blooded pull! Another huge hack up into the short ball, Broad connects reasonably well, but gestures that the bounce was a bit tennis-bally... either way, Conway had to sight it out of the floodlights, and did well 305/758.2 another massive wipe, and just about caught! Latham under the lid circles back from short leg, waits for the steepling top-edge to fall out of the floodlights... and grabs it at the second attempt! 325/9Extras17 (lb 7, nb 6, w 4)TOTAL325/9d (58.2 Overs, RR: 5.57, 294 minutes)Did not bat: JM AndersonFall of wickets: 1-18 (Zak Crawley, 2.5 ov), 2-117 (Ben Duckett, 18.6 ov), 3-152 (Ollie Pope, 26.5 ov), 4-154 (Joe Root, 27.2 ov), 5-209 (Ben Stokes, 37.5 ov), 6-298 (Harry Brook, 54.1 ov), 7-305 (Stuart Broad, 55.2 ov), 8-319 (Ben Foakes, 56.2 ov), 9-325 (Jack Leach, 58.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TG Southee 13 1 71 2 5.46 0 0 N Wagner 16.2 0 82 4 5.02 0 5 BM Tickner 13 0 72 1 5.53 0 1 SC Kuggeleijn 13 0 80 2 6.15 4 0 MG Bracewell 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 snapped up at short leg! Pops off the inside edge into the thigh pad, and Latham is walking! Robinson strikes third ball and England get their first under lights. Nothing too threatening about the ball, but it does for Latham. First signs of the witching hour having an impact? 10/150.6 pulled in the air, straight to square leg! He's only gone and done it! Conway didn't commit to his stroke, short and outside the line of off stump, he went for a paddle-pull instead of the full-blooded wallop and it was a simple take for Pope! The bonus ball lands the jackpot! 158/611.2 beats him on the inside, England go up in unison... Aleem Dar unmoved! But Stokes calls for a review. This looks mighty tight on replay, wobble seam and struck around the knee roll as it nipped back. What does Hawk-Eye say? Cannoning into the top of leg stump! Dar has to reverse his call and Williamson has been toppled. England are dancing in the moonlight at the Mount! 23/213.3 testing length, fretful poke - and taken! Crawley holds on to this one plunging across to his right and NZ are three down under the floodlights. Excellent line from Anderson, pitching on the stumps and then doing the soft-shoe shuffle across the left-handed Nicholls, kisses the edge and sails into the buckets 31/324.4 a limp chip to midwicket! There's the 1000-partnership wickets, and it's Broad with the landmark wicket. Wagner was pumped, clearly braced for another bumper, but Broad bluffed him with the fuller length and Robinson made no mistake on the looping clip off the pads 82/427.3 pads up and thumped on the knee! Robinson strikes in his first over of the day with a perfect nipbacker. Mitchell planted the front dog, raised his bat high, and looked pretty sheepish even before Conway told him not to bother with the review. Big wicket. Would have been hitting the top of off. Perfection 83/582.5 gives it the charge, hoisted high in the air! Anderson calls for it, Anderson takes the catch in the middle of the pitch, and Blundell's magnificent innings is done! A truly wonderful knock, and on his watch the deficit is down to a barely relevant 19 306/1055.3 lobbed straight to mid-on! That's a terrible stroke, the break in play maybe affected his concentration, but a very limp shovel through the line, no power in the stroke and a simple take for Stokes 182/768.2 bowled 'im! Robinson torpedoes middle stump and England finally break through. Beautifully bowled, maybe the replacement ball biting into the turf a little more firmly and it does just enough, sidling inside Kuggeleijn's forward prod to castle him completely. Still, a decent hand from the debutant 235/870.6 low full toss, and plucked at backward square! Inswinging from Robinson, Southee walks across his crease and utterly nails it on the up, but little Benny Duckett, four-foot-two in his little stockinged feet, leaps very impressively, five yards inside the rope, and closes his hands round a fast-travelling chance! 247/9Extras13 (b 4, lb 3, nb 5, w 1)TOTAL306 all out (82.5 Overs, RR: 3.69, 387 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Tom Latham, 4.3 ov), 2-23 (Kane Williamson, 11.2 ov), 3-31 (Henry Nicholls, 13.3 ov), 4-82 (Neil Wagner, 24.4 ov), 5-83 (Daryl Mitchell, 27.3 ov), 6-158 (Devon Conway, 50.6 ov), 7-182 (Michael Bracewell, 55.3 ov), 8-235 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 68.2 ov), 9-247 (Tim Southee, 70.6 ov), 10-306 (Tom Blundell, 82.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JM Anderson 16.5 5 36 3 2.13 0 1 SCJ Broad 17 2 72 1 4.23 0 1 OE Robinson 19 2 54 4 2.84 0 0 MJ Leach 18 3 84 1 4.66 0 0 JE Root 5 2 15 0 3.00 0 0 BA Stokes 7 0 38 1 5.42 1 3
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.4 short and Crawley pulls... nicked behind! Kuggeleijn strikes his with his fourth ball, giving NZ a lift with 15 minutes left in the day. You'd normally expect Crawley to put those away but the movements aren't in synch and it clips the bottom edge, maybe even the toe of the bat, before nestling in Blundell's gloves 68/29.2 finds the right line, steered to slip! Tickner and his tache come to the party for NZ! Just back of a length, angling across outside off and Duckett is drawn into feeling for it away from his body. Ends up deflecting a tame outside edge to Latham at second slip 52/125.5 finally Wagner gets his man! Down the leg side again, Pope has a wipe but can't make proper contact... a thin tickle off the glove, through to the keeper who stoops well to gather. The umpires are checking it carried but Pope is already walking. Safe take from Blundell 144/418.1 Black Hawk Down! That's a superb myth-busting delivery from Wagner, a fierce lifter into the arm-pit, Broad gets in a tangle trying to evade the predator, and lobs a gentle chance to gully off his bat handle. And that's the end of that! 82/341.1 tossed up, Root reverse-sweeps... top-edged and deflected to slip off the keeper's gloves! NZ land one last blow of a rip-roaring session, and the players will all walk off alongside Root. The reverse does for him again, it pinballed around but Mitchell kept his cool to pouch the catch 237/636.4 probing line, draws an uncertain prod - Brook's gone! Good areas from Tickner, and the thick edge is well held down low by the one slip still in. Brook heads off to applause around the ground. He won't be knocking Gilbert off his perch today 225/560.5 ripper from Tickner, jags the outside edge! Not much Foakes can do here as the ball springs off a length and straightens just enough to feather a catch behind. Another blow landed by NZ, and England may not get to plan their declaration after all 335/851.6 a huge whoosh down the ground and stumped by a mile! He's off both feet as the ball dips, grips and bites, into the keeper's gloves and another one goes! Excellent bowling from Bracewell, he's applied a brake, and the breakthroughs 293/770.2 attempts an expansive ramp-come-pull over the leg side, takes the glove as Robinson tumbles across to the off-side, and slip accepts a looping offering. Robinson's fun is over... and the chase draws ever closer 358/973.5 a slog and a miss! Bracewell serves up the same doozy that did for Stokes... more air, more dip, ample turn, beats a wild swipe for Blundell to whip off the bails. England's batting is done 374/10Extras15 (b 5, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL374 all out (73.5 Overs, RR: 5.06, 339 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Ben Duckett, 9.2 ov), 2-68 (Zak Crawley, 13.4 ov), 3-82 (Stuart Broad, 18.1 ov), 4-144 (Ollie Pope, 25.5 ov), 5-225 (Harry Brook, 36.4 ov), 6-237 (Joe Root, 41.1 ov), 7-293 (Ben Stokes, 51.6 ov), 8-335 (Ben Foakes, 60.5 ov), 9-358 (Ollie Robinson, 70.2 ov), 10-374 (Jack Leach, 73.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TG Southee 15 2 49 0 3.26 0 0 N Wagner 13 0 110 2 8.46 0 1 BM Tickner 12 0 55 3 4.58 0 1 SC Kuggeleijn 14 1 81 2 5.78 2 0 MG Bracewell 19.5 2 68 3 3.42 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.6 who needs fielders! Broad has pinged the top of off stump once more! Outstanding areas from an outstanding bowler, relentless angle into the left-hander, action and movement on the new pink ball, seams back in, zipping through the gate as well! New Zealand are in tatters now 19/33.6 bowled him through the gate! Broad's got it spot-on this time, angled in from round the wicket, and just keeps coming and coming... shades of Warner in 2019 as Conway drives loosely down the wrong line and loses his bails, pinpoint on the top of middle! 14/15.5 another one through the gate! Broad is on it like a bonnet! Another incessant length, angling into the right-hander with a hint of seam movement, Williamson is hesitant in committing to the front foot, and ping goes his off stump! England are surging in the twilight now! 14/210.3 gottim, climbing through off the outside edge! Robinson ends the run of 'bowled Broads' by having Nicholls taken behind. Searching line, probably could have been left on length but Nicholls was drawn into feeling for it, and Foakes tumbles to complete the dismissal. NZ heading for the Bay of Plenty rocks 27/413.2 through him, Broad's bowled another! The pink pill is putty in Broad's hands right now. Superb length and just enough nibble once again, bursting through the gap between bat and pad to hit the top of middle. No heroics from Blundell this time around, and England might actually be dreaming of finishing this tonight 28/525.4 flicked in the air, straight to short midwicket! Another limp-as-lettuce dismissal from New Zealand, maybe it stopped in the pitch as it turned back in, but Bracewell was in no position to combat it. Just leant back with a hopeful waft and looped a dolly to Brook 68/626.5 full and straight, and it's a knee-thumper! The finger goes straight up and this looks curtains. Anderson's fullest length of the morning, and that would have been demolishing middle after jagging back in. This is unravelling quickly for New Zealand 71/726.6 fenced straight to slip, and the house is tumbling down! Opens the face with a tentative prod, catching practice for Root at first slip, gobbled at knee height. And Anderson marches ever onwards! 71/834.5 pitched up, nicked off! That'll do it. Anderson puts the ball in the traditional "good areas" and Wagner succumbs with an impetuous flash that zips to Foakes' left, well held on the dive. England one away from sealing victory at the Mount 91/945.3 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 126/10Extras0TOTAL126 all out (45.3 Overs, RR: 2.76, 220 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Devon Conway, 3.6 ov), 2-14 (Kane Williamson, 5.5 ov), 3-19 (Tom Latham, 7.6 ov), 4-27 (Henry Nicholls, 10.3 ov), 5-28 (Tom Blundell, 13.2 ov), 6-68 (Michael Bracewell, 25.4 ov), 7-71 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 26.5 ov), 8-71 (Tim Southee, 26.6 ov), 9-91 (Neil Wagner, 34.5 ov), 10-126 (Blair Tickner, 45.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JM Anderson 10.3 3 18 4 1.71 0 0 SCJ Broad 15 5 49 4 3.26 0 0 OE Robinson 8 0 34 1 4.25 0 0 MJ Leach 11 4 25 1 2.27 0 0 JE Root 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
16,17,18,19 February 2023 - day/night match (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 16 Feb - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 37/3 (DP Conway 17*, N Wagner 4*, 18 ov)
- Fri, 17 Feb - day 2 - England 2nd innings 79/2 (OJ Pope 14*, SCJ Broad 6*, 16 ov)
- Sat, 18 Feb - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 63/5 (DJ Mitchell 13*, MG Bracewell 25*, 23 ov)
- Sun, 19 Feb - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 126 (45.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Over 26.5: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - SC Kuggeleijn (Struck down)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 37.2 overs (224 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: New Zealand - 106/9 in 38.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 37, BM Tickner 8)
- DJ Mitchell: 50 off 94 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- England: 100 runs in 20.4 overs (126 balls), Extras 11
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (OJ Pope 24, JE Root 22, Ex 4)
- England: 150 runs in 27.4 overs (168 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: England - 156/4 in 29.0 overs (JE Root 29, HC Brook 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (JE Root 22, HC Brook 27, Ex 1)
- England: 200 runs in 33.3 overs (203 balls), Extras 12
- Over 34.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - JE Root (Struck down)
- JE Root: 50 off 52 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- HC Brook: 50 off 37 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Tea: England - 237/6 in 41.1 overs (BT Foakes 5)
- England: 250 runs in 44.6 overs (272 balls), Extras 12
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (BT Foakes 22, BA Stokes 26, Ex 2)
- Drinks: England - 299/7 in 52.5 overs (BT Foakes 33, OE Robinson 1)
- England: 300 runs in 52.6 overs (320 balls), Extras 14
- Over 53.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - OE Robinson (Struck down)
- BT Foakes: 50 off 79 balls (5 x 4)
- Dinner: England - 349/8 in 69.0 overs (OE Robinson 30, MJ Leach 2)
- England: 350 runs in 69.3 overs (419 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: England - 374/10 in 73.5 overs (JM Anderson 6)
- New Zealand 2nd innings
- Drinks: New Zealand - 27/4 in 12.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 3, TA Blundell 0)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 0
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 63/5 in 23.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 13, MG Bracewell 25)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 19.0 overs (115 balls), Extras 6
- Over 19.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - N Wagner (Struck down)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (DP Conway 22, N Wagner 27, Ex 2)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 87/5 in 30.0 overs (DP Conway 42, TA Blundell 0)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 31.3 overs (191 balls), Extras 7
- DP Conway: 50 off 98 balls (6 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (DP Conway 34, TA Blundell 16, Ex 0)
- Tea: New Zealand - 138/5 in 46.0 overs (DP Conway 72, TA Blundell 21)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 48.6 overs (296 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: New Zealand - 182/6 in 55.0 overs (TA Blundell 48, MG Bracewell 7)
- TA Blundell: 50 off 96 balls (6 x 4)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 58.5 overs (358 balls), Extras 12
- Over 63.2: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - TA Blundell (Struck down)
- Over 65.1: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - TA Blundell (Upheld)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (TA Blundell 31, SC Kuggeleijn 19, Ex 0)
- Ball being changed as it has gone worn out after 66.3 overs
- Dinner: New Zealand - 238/8 in 69.0 overs (TA Blundell 80, TG Southee 3)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 71.3 overs (434 balls), Extras 13
- TA Blundell: 100 off 143 balls (11 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Second new ball taken at 80.1 overs
- New Zealand: 300 runs in 80.6 overs (491 balls), Extras 13
- 10th Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (TA Blundell 52, BM Tickner 1, Ex 0)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 306/10 in 82.5 overs (BM Tickner 3)
- England 2nd innings
- England: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (Z Crawley 27, BM Duckett 23, Ex 0)
- End Of Day: England - 79/2 in 16.0 overs (OJ Pope 14, SCJ Broad 6)
- England 1st innings
- England: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (54 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (BM Duckett 36, OJ Pope 12, Ex 2)
- BM Duckett: 50 off 36 balls (10 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 78/1 in 11.1 overs (BM Duckett 57, OJ Pope 13)
- England: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (99 balls), Extras 6
- Tea: England - 134/2 in 23.0 overs (OJ Pope 30, JE Root 9)
- England: 150 runs in 26.1 overs (163 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: England - 192/4 in 35.0 overs (HC Brook 30, BA Stokes 10)
- England: 200 runs in 36.5 overs (227 balls), Extras 9
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (HC Brook 34, BA Stokes 15, Ex 1)
- HC Brook: 50 off 43 balls (10 x 4)
- England: 250 runs in 43.5 overs (269 balls), Extras 10
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (HC Brook 39, BT Foakes 15, Ex 1)
- Dinner: England - 279/5 in 48.0 overs (HC Brook 79, BT Foakes 27)
- England: 300 runs in 54.2 overs (332 balls), Extras 17
- Innings Break: England - 325/9 in 58.2 overs (OE Robinson 15)
- New Zealand 1st innings
- Over 11.2: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - KS Williamson (Upheld)
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 37/3 in 18.0 overs (DP Conway 17, N Wagner 4)
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