Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    44.1 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 142/2
    30.3 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 105/1
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    87
    136
    9
    0
    50.57
    58.6 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 185/4
    52.3 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 172/3
    63.3 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 206/5
    68.6 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 231/7
    66.2 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 212/6
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    97.1 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! 347/10
    77.5 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 272/8
    80.4 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 230 303/9
    not out
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    30
    77
    1
    0
    16.66
    Extras
    28 (b 12, lb 10, nb 4, w 2)
    TOTAL
    347 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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MJ Potts28.179043.1900
    AAP Atkinson2676632.5312
    BA Carse1927824.1010
    BA Stokes2469113.7902
  • BATSMEN
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    150.00
    4.2 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! 32/1
    4.6 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! 33/2
    15.5 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 77/3
    17.6 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 82/5
    15.6 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 77/4
    30.5 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! 134/6
    32.1 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 137/7
    33.5 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 141/8
    34.2 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! 141/9
    35.4 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. 143/10
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    50.00
    Extras
    9 (b 4, lb 5)
    TOTAL
    143 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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MJ Henry13.414843.5100
    TG Southee1124604.1800
    W O'Rourke823334.1200
    MJ Santner31732.3300
  • BATSMEN
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    9.4 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 35/1
    27.1 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 124/2
    78.3 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 327/5
    29.3 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 128/3
    59.3 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 235/4
    87.5 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! 375/6
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    90.2 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 380/7
    99.5 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! 443/8
    101.3 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 453/9
    101.4 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 453/10
    Extras
    16 (b 12, lb 3, w 1)
    TOTAL
    453 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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MJ Potts1646414.0000
    AAP Atkinson941611.7700
    BA Carse1123403.0910
    BA Stokes12.215224.2100
    Shoaib Bashir36117024.7200
    JG Bethell14.207235.0200
    HC Brook201306.5000
    JE Root1017117.0000
  • BATSMEN
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    4.6 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 18/2
    1.4 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 8/1
    34.1 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! 166/5
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    25.5 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! 122/3
    28.3 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 133/4
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    42.4 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 215/6
    45.3 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 231/7
    47.2 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! 234/10
    45.5 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 231/8
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    33.33
    absent hurt
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    Extras
    21 (b 16, w 5)
    TOTAL
    234 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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MJ Henry1316224.7610
    TG Southee813424.2500
    W O'Rourke1253713.0800
    MJ Santner14.218545.9300

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)

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 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8BM DuckettZ Crawley
2nd10Z CrawleyJG Bethell
3rd104JE RootJG Bethell
4th11HC BrookJG Bethell
5th33OJ PopeJG Bethell
6th49OJ PopeAAP Atkinson
7th16BA CarseAAP Atkinson
8th0BA CarseMJ Potts
9th3BA CarseShoaib Bashir