- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR44.1 nicked off down leg! A wicket from nowhere, Potts finally gets lucky. Pope knew straight away and the finger didn't take long to go up. Latham has played well but he won't be ending his two-year wait for a Test hundred. Just a tickle of the inside edge as he flicked at a full one on the pads 142/230.3 gottim a beauty! On a length on off stump, seams away as he jabs his hands at it and it flies off the outside edge to Harry Brook low at second slip. Will Young heads back to changeroom without adding to his lunch-time score 105/158.6 oh my! What a way to go! Length ball, fended down into the pitch, it drips behind him, Williamson tries in vain to kick it away but it trickles onto his middle stump! New Zealand's great batting hope virtually face-palms his helmet in disbelief as he trudges off 185/452.3 steered tamely to gully! There's a long, anxious wait while they check for the no-ball - but no reprieve for Ravindra! Carse looked like he was about to be sick, having bowled Williamson while overstepping last week. But Rod Tucker is eventually satisfied there was some boot behind the line and Ravindra, who had paused his walk from the field, has to go. Not a threatening ball but played loosely in the air, and Duckett holds on to this chance. England strike moments before the break 172/363.3 fullish outside off and swallowed! Slightly mistimes this one, hits it on the up and picks out Ben Stokes at mid off. Mitchell throws his head back in dismay and is still muttering under his breath as he crosses the boundary rope 206/568.6 full, wide... and chipped to cover point! Bethell takes a leaping catch above his head and yet another NZ batter squanders a start. Carse picks up his second wicket, although he's bowled plenty of better balls today. Blundell was looking for the boundary again, but seemed to check his drive fatally at the last moment 231/766.2 length ball outside off takes a wild swing at it and sends it straight down the throat of Zak Crawley at backward point! Tempted and caught as New Zealand go six down 212/697.1 And gottim! Fuller ball outside off stump, a hint of movement in to beat Santner's forward press and clatter into the top of off stump! 347/1077.5 hooked... and Brooked on the boundary! Cool as you like down in front of the rope, taking the catch above his head and then tossing it up before going out of bounds. He then hops back in to complete the dismissal, and send Henry on his way. The short-ball tactic finally pays off 272/880.4 slogged straight up - taken! Southee goes in pretty inevitable fashion in his penultimate Test innings, but not before blamming three more over the ropes. Steepling catch for Carse coming in from mid-off, but he settles himself under it and holds on. Southee departs to another ovation with a strike rate of 230 303/9Extras28 (b 12, lb 10, nb 4, w 2)TOTAL347 all out (97.1 Overs, RR: 3.57, 462 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Will Young, 30.3 ov), 2-142 (Tom Latham, 44.1 ov), 3-172 (Rachin Ravindra, 52.3 ov), 4-185 (Kane Williamson, 58.6 ov), 5-206 (Daryl Mitchell, 63.3 ov), 6-212 (Glenn Phillips, 66.2 ov), 7-231 (Tom Blundell, 68.6 ov), 8-272 (Matt Henry, 77.5 ov), 9-303 (Tim Southee, 80.4 ov), 10-347 (Mitchell Santner, 97.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJ Potts 28.1 7 90 4 3.19 0 0 AAP Atkinson 26 7 66 3 2.53 1 2 BA Carse 19 2 78 2 4.10 1 0 BA Stokes 24 6 91 1 3.79 0 2
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 134kph draws a leading edge which loops up and Henry, moving to his left in his follow-through takes a screamer of a return catch New Zealand think they've got the breakthrough, they check to see if he got his fingers underneath... third umpire says he did! Henry gets Crawley! 32/14.6 very tight to middle, raps the pad and given out! Good length, it jagged in ever so slightly off the seam from an excellent line and struck the back pad right in front. Duckett doesn't even contemplate going for the DRS, he knows he's gone! 33/215.5 gottim! Bethell drives loosely and is pouched at backward point! O'Rourke had given him a fairly torrid time in this short spell thus far, and eventually strikes. Hands away from the body as he chases the shot, thick edge and it flies at a comfortable height for the airborne Phillips to cling on to 77/317.6 O'ROURKE AGAIN! Root is gone, the big man on fire! Back cut firmly, but straight to the fielder. England lose their third since lunch and are in proper strife now. Another delivery jagging back in, extra bounce and cramping him for room. Lands a huge blow for NZ 82/515.6 chopped on first ball! The crowd roars as Brook looks back and sees the house has been burgled! O'Rourke bags the danger man, the batter who has dug England out of a mountain of doo-doo this tour. Big in-ducker on a length and he couldn't control the defensive dab as the ball ricocheted down behind him and flicked off the leg bail 77/430.5 and result! Floated up on off, a hint of turn and bounce does for Pope as he sends one to first slip off the outside edge. Mitchell takes the catch low. Santner with the breakthrough for New Zealand! 134/632.1 floated up on middle and off, strikes Stokes on the front knee roll as he kneels to sweep and given out lbw straight away! Stokes calls for the review but it's all red and the England captain has to go 137/733.5 full on middle and easy does it, another wicket! He chips it up tamely and it sails to mid on where none other than Mitchell Santner pouches a simple catch 141/834.2 floated up outside off, he shimmies down the pitch to meet it, Santner wants caught-and-bowled and NZ ask the question. Replays show it didn't bounce first, to the contrary, it popped straight back up into the bowler's hands for a simple return catch! 141/935.4 fullish, tight on off stump and skied to backward point, where Glenn Phillips runs back to take an excellent catch! Matt Henry ends how he began, another wicket to give him four. 143/10Extras9 (b 4, lb 5)TOTAL143 all out (35.4 Overs, RR: 4, 167 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Zak Crawley, 4.2 ov), 2-33 (Ben Duckett, 4.6 ov), 3-77 (Jacob Bethell, 15.5 ov), 4-77 (Harry Brook, 15.6 ov), 5-82 (Joe Root, 17.6 ov), 6-134 (Ollie Pope, 30.5 ov), 7-137 (Ben Stokes, 32.1 ov), 8-141 (Gus Atkinson, 33.5 ov), 9-141 (Brydon Carse, 34.2 ov), 10-143 (Matthew Potts, 35.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJ Henry 13.4 1 48 4 3.51 0 0 TG Southee 11 2 46 0 4.18 0 0 W O'Rourke 8 2 33 3 4.12 0 0 MJ Santner 3 1 7 3 2.33 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.4 Latham goes, slayed by the drag-on! Short and wide but his angled bat only succeeds in diverting the ball down into the base of middle and off stumps. The NZ captain throws back his head in frustration. England have their first 35/127.1 back of a length, pulled straight to midwicket and Jacob Bethell swallows the catch! Ben Stokes gets the breakthrough ending a stubborn stand worth 89 for the second wicket as Young trudges off with a solid score but not the big one 124/278.3 Williamson gone! Tight on middle, he steps forward to sweep, gets a top edge and it sails to sub fielder Rehan Ahmed running round inside the boundary at backward square leg. So ends an excellent innings which has helped NZ to a lead of 531 and counting 327/529.3 edged and gone! Just back of a length, it angles back in a touch from a challenging line and, as O'Rourke lays his bat in front of his pads it flies off the outside edge into the waiting gloves of Ollie Pope. Stokes gets his second 128/359.3 success, Ravindra picks out mid-off! After all that hard work... did England get in his head? He seemed keen to target the leg-side gaps and whipped the hands across the line, only to get a big leading edge. Poorly executed, whatever the thinking, and England finally break the stand 235/487.5 leg side, he goes downtown again, doesn't get all of it this time, there'a a man at long off and Matthew Potts takes it, not without a juggle and a backwards stumble, but he takes it! 375/690.2 clobbered... straight to deep midwicket! Phillips slog-sweeps, aiming for the grass banks, but underclubs it by some distance. Carse settles under the catch and NZ lose their seventh wicket 380/799.5 sliced to backward point! Looping catch to Bashir, held easily. Santner falls one short of fifty, Root picking up a bonus wicket... which brings us, finally, to the main event! 443/8101.3 goes long... but not long enough! The Sixy Camel holes out! There'll be no century for Southee as he plonks one down the throat of Zak Crawley at long-on. Rocked back and unleashed the long handle, but got it off the toe of the bat. Still, there's another ovation as he walks off, 98 Test sixes to his name (Bradman-esque, in a way)... and he should soon get to have one last crack at the day job, too 453/9101.4 deflected on to the stumps, that's a wrap! Henry has a hack, completely misses the ball, which hits his bum and then disturbs the bails. He turns around and runs straight off to get going with the ball. Bethell ends an increasingly bizarre innings with three-for 453/10Extras16 (b 12, lb 3, w 1)TOTAL453 all out (101.4 Overs, RR: 4.45, 444 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Tom Latham, 9.4 ov), 2-124 (Will Young, 27.1 ov), 3-128 (Will O’Rourke, 29.3 ov), 4-235 (Rachin Ravindra, 59.3 ov), 5-327 (Kane Williamson, 78.3 ov), 6-375 (Daryl Mitchell, 87.5 ov), 7-380 (Glenn Phillips, 90.2 ov), 8-443 (Mitchell Santner, 99.5 ov), 9-453 (Tim Southee, 101.3 ov), 10-453 (Matt Henry, 101.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJ Potts 16 4 64 1 4.00 0 0 AAP Atkinson 9 4 16 1 1.77 0 0 BA Carse 11 2 34 0 3.09 1 0 BA Stokes 12.2 1 52 2 4.21 0 0 Shoaib Bashir 36 1 170 2 4.72 0 0 JG Bethell 14.2 0 72 3 5.02 0 0 HC Brook 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0 JE Root 1 0 17 1 17.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.6 gottim! Henry zeroes in on the front pad and up goes the finger... Crawley reviews again, but I think he'll be lucky to survive. This one thundered into his shin just below the knee roll, so unlikely to be bouncing over. Eesh, in the end it's tight, just clipping leg stump - but umpire's call is enough for Henry! He pockets Crawley for the sixth time in six innings, with his final ball of the day 18/21.4 bowled 'im, Seddon Park erupts! Duckett tried to give Southee the charge again but this was too good, perfect length and nipping back. Takes the inside edge and then clatters into the top of off. Southee starts his farewell round with an early birdie 8/134.1 immediate impact! Fuller one outside off and Bethell takes the bait, loses control of the shot and sends a thick outside edge high into the air as Glenn Phillips swallows the catch at deep backward point! 166/525.5 Gottim! kneels down to sweep, a big shout as it raps the front pad, not given as NZ call for the DRS... it turned a tad to go under the bat and hit high on the back thigh with Root crouching down and reaching for it and ball-tracking has it hitting middle! 122/328.3 and done for! Just back of a length, good pace and bounce rewarded as Brook tries to fend off the back foot and sends it into the slips! Mitchell takes the catch low at first as it flies off the bat 133/442.4 bowled trying to reverse-ramp! An ugly dismissal, however you frame it, and England lose their sixth. Pope had obviously resolved not to die in a hole against Henry, but picked an awfully difficult method of countering a length ball aiming for the top of off. Henry on target again for his 15th wicket of the series 215/645.3 makes room... and clonks to deep cover! Atkinson's luck runs out and NZ are rapidly closing in on victory here. England's aim seems to be bring the deficit down and/or get out as quickly as possible 231/747.2 dancing down and gone! Tossed up outside off, he advances early, waltzes right past it and Tom Blundell whips off the bails with Carse nowhere to be seen. That'll be it as Ben Stokes won't come out to bat and New Zealand score a consolation victory, a thunderous one by 423 runs, their joint best in Tests! 234/1045.5 clears the front dog, holes out to long-off! The procession continues as Potts tries to practice his range-hitting and sends up another dolly to Southee in the deep 231/8Extras21 (b 16, w 5)TOTAL234 all out (47.2 Overs, RR: 4.94, 216 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Ben Duckett, 1.4 ov), 2-18 (Zak Crawley, 4.6 ov), 3-122 (Joe Root, 25.5 ov), 4-133 (Harry Brook, 28.3 ov), 5-166 (Jacob Bethell, 34.1 ov), 6-215 (Ollie Pope, 42.4 ov), 7-231 (Gus Atkinson, 45.3 ov), 8-231 (Matthew Potts, 45.5 ov), 9-234 (Brydon Carse, 47.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJ Henry 13 1 62 2 4.76 1 0 TG Southee 8 1 34 2 4.25 0 0 W O'Rourke 12 5 37 1 3.08 0 0 MJ Santner 14.2 1 85 4 5.93 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England 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
14,15,16,17 December 2024 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 12, England 0
Close of Play
- Sat, 14 Dec - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 315/9 (MJ Santner 50*, W O'Rourke 0*, 82 ov)
- Sun, 15 Dec - day 2 - New Zealand 2nd innings 136/3 (KS Williamson 50*, R Ravindra 2*, 32 ov)
- Mon, 16 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 18/2 (JG Bethell 9*, JE Root 0*, 6 ov)
- Tue, 17 Dec - day 4 - England 2nd innings 234 (47.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- England: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (JG Bethell 31, JE Root 16, Ex 4)
- England: 100 runs in 20.1 overs (121 balls), Extras 9
- JG Bethell: 50 off 63 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: England - 106/2 in 23.0 overs (JG Bethell 50, JE Root 38)
- JE Root: 50 off 59 balls (9 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 120 balls (JG Bethell 41, JE Root 50, Ex 9)
- Over 25.5: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JE Root (Upheld)
- Over 28.4: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - OJ Pope (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- England: 150 runs in 32.2 overs (194 balls), Extras 13
- Lunch: England - 193/5 in 39.0 overs (OJ Pope 17, AAP Atkinson 19)
- England: 200 runs in 39.4 overs (238 balls), Extras 21
- Rain: New Zealand - 136/3 in 32.0 overs (KS Williamson 50, R Ravindra 2)
- Wet Ground: New Zealand - 136/3 in 32.0 overs (KS Williamson 50, R Ravindra 2)
- Rain: New Zealand - 136/3 in 32.0 overs (KS Williamson 50, R Ravindra 2)
- Lunch: New Zealand - 136/3 in 32.0 overs (KS Williamson 50, R Ravindra 2)
- Wet Ground: New Zealand - 136/3 in 32.0 overs (KS Williamson 50, R Ravindra 2)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 36.1 overs (217 balls), Extras 5
- Over 45.5: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - KS Williamson (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 121 balls (KS Williamson 36, R Ravindra 14, Ex 0)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 186/3 in 51.0 overs (KS Williamson 84, R Ravindra 17)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 54.4 overs (328 balls), Extras 6
- KS Williamson: 100 off 137 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 168 balls (KS Williamson 60, R Ravindra 41, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 63.6 overs (384 balls), Extras 6
- Tea: New Zealand - 274/4 in 68.0 overs (KS Williamson 123, DJ Mitchell 18)
- Over 68.1: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - DJ Mitchell (Struck down)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (KS Williamson 23, DJ Mitchell 22, Ex 5)
- New Zealand: 300 runs in 74.3 overs (447 balls), Extras 11
- KS Williamson: 150 off 196 balls (20 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 80.1: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TA Blundell (Struck down)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 345/5 in 83.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 39, TA Blundell 16)
- New Zealand: 350 runs in 83.4 overs (502 balls), Extras 11
- DJ Mitchell: 50 off 74 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- New Zealand: 400 runs in 93.4 overs (562 balls), Extras 12
- New ball taken at 93.5 overs
- Drinks: New Zealand - 422/7 in 98.0 overs (TA Blundell 36, MJ Santner 32)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (TA Blundell 9, MJ Santner 43, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 450 runs in 100.3 overs (603 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 453/10 in 101.4 overs (TA Blundell 44)
- England 2nd innings
- Over 0.5: Review by England (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - Z Crawley (Upheld)
- Over 4.6: Review by England (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - Z Crawley (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- End Of Day: England - 18/2 in 6.0 overs (JG Bethell 9, JE Root 0)
- Over 88.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - W O'Rourke (Upheld)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 347/9 in 97.0 overs (MJ Santner 76, W O'Rourke 5)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 347/10 in 97.1 overs (W O'Rourke 5)
- England 1st innings
- England: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 0
- Lunch: England - 54/2 in 10.0 overs (JG Bethell 7, JE Root 15)
- England: 100 runs in 22.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: England - 100/5 in 23.0 overs (OJ Pope 14, BA Stokes 1)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (OJ Pope 23, BA Stokes 24, Ex 4)
- Over 32.1: Review by England (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - BA Stokes (Struck down)
- Tea: England - 143/10 in 35.4 overs (Shoaib Bashir 1)
- New Zealand 2nd innings
- Over 3.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - WA Young (Upheld)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: New Zealand - 59/1 in 16.0 overs (WA Young 29, KS Williamson 10)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (WA Young 27, KS Williamson 23, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 22.6 overs (138 balls), Extras 1
- WA Young: 50 off 72 balls (7 x 4)
- KS Williamson: 50 off 58 balls (8 x 4)
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 136/3 in 32.0 overs (KS Williamson 50, R Ravindra 2)
- New Zealand 1st innings
- Drinks: New Zealand - 46/0 in 14.0 overs (TWM Latham 18, WA Young 17)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 15.1 overs (93 balls), Extras 11
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (TWM Latham 18, WA Young 21, Ex 11)
- Over 26.1: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TWM Latham (Struck down)
- Lunch: New Zealand - 93/0 in 28.0 overs (TWM Latham 36, WA Young 42)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 29.4 overs (180 balls), Extras 15
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 180 balls (TWM Latham 44, WA Young 42, Ex 15)
- TWM Latham: 50 off 102 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 138/1 in 41.0 overs (TWM Latham 61, KS Williamson 17)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 44.4 overs (270 balls), Extras 18
- Tea: New Zealand - 172/3 in 53.0 overs (KS Williamson 31, DJ Mitchell 0)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 62.2 overs (376 balls), Extras 19
- Drinks: New Zealand - 225/6 in 68.0 overs (TA Blundell 15, MJ Santner 4)
- Over 74.6: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - MJ Santner (Struck down)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 75.5 overs (459 balls), Extras 27
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- New Zealand: 300 runs in 80.2 overs (486 balls), Extras 27
- Over 80.6: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - W O'Rourke (Struck down)
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 315/9 in 82.0 overs (MJ Santner 50, W O'Rourke 0)
- MJ Santner: 50 off 54 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
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