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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test
Result
England won by 6 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson | 64 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 58.2 |
| AJ Redmond | b RJ Sidebottom | 28 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 43.8 |
| JAH Marshall | lbw b RJ Sidebottom | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LRPL Taylor | not out | 154* | 176 | 17 | 5 | 87.5 |
| BB McCullum | c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 110.0 |
| DR Flynn | retired hurt | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 30.8 |
| JDP Oram | run out (AN Cook) | 38 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 50.0 |
| DL Vettori | run out (MS Panesar/TR Ambrose) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| KD Mills | b JM Anderson | 57 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 73.1 |
| IE O'Brien | c IR Bell b JM Anderson | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
| CS Martin | b JM Anderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, w 3, nb 1) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 90.3 overs | 381/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-80 (AJ Redmond, 23.6 ov), 2-86 (JAH Marshall, 25.6 ov), 3-102 (JM How, 32.3 ov), 4-123 (BB McCullum, 35.5 ov), 5-249 (JDP Oram, 64.4 ov), 6-250 (DL Vettori, 64.6 ov), 7-339 (KD Mills, 84.5 ov), 8-368 (IE O'Brien, 88.1 ov), 9-381 (CS Martin, 90.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 27 | 6 | 86 | 2 | 3.19 | 1 | 1 |
| James Anderson | 20.3 | 0 | 118 | 4 | 5.76 | 2 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 22 | 1 | 101 | 1 | 4.59 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 20 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c BB McCullum b IE O'Brien | 60 | 140 | 5 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b IE O'Brien | 19 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 73.1 |
| Michael Vaughan | lbw b DL Vettori | 30 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 22.6 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori | 26 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 32.5 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | c JM How b DL Vettori | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Ian Bell | c LRPL Taylor b IE O'Brien | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27.6 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b DL Vettori | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| TR Ambrose | c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Stuart Broad | c sub (JS Patel) b KD Mills | 30 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Monty Panesar | c BB McCullum b KD Mills | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| James Anderson | not out | 3* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, w 0, nb 7) | 16 | ||||
| Total | 83.3 overs | 202 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (AN Cook, 9.3 ov), 2-111 (AJ Strauss, 43.5 ov), 3-141 (MP Vaughan, 54.1 ov), 4-145 (RJ Sidebottom, 56.2 ov), 5-160 (KP Pietersen, 66.4 ov), 6-164 (IR Bell, 69.3 ov), 7-164 (PD Collingwood, 70.2 ov), 8-179 (TR Ambrose, 76.2 ov), 9-180 (MS Panesar, 77.1 ov), 10-202 (SCJ Broad, 83.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS Martin | 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 |
| KD Mills | 9.3 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 4.00 | 0 | 2 |
| IE O'Brien | 23 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 |
| DL Vettori | 31 | 5 | 66 | 5 | 2.13 | 0 | 4 |
| JDP Oram | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Redmond | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | lbw b MS Panesar | 29 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 74.4 |
| AJ Redmond | c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson | 6 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 |
| JAH Marshall | lbw b MS Panesar | 28 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 58.3 |
| LRPL Taylor | lbw b MS Panesar | 15 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 31.3 |
| BB McCullum | lbw b MS Panesar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DL Vettori | c SCJ Broad b MS Panesar | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| KD Mills | c TR Ambrose b MS Panesar | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 26.7 |
| JDP Oram | c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 41.2 |
| IE O'Brien | c JM Anderson b RJ Sidebottom | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| CS Martin | not out | 0* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DR Flynn | absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 11, w 0, nb 0) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 41.2 overs | 114/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (AJ Redmond, 9.3 ov), 2-50 (JM How, 12.6 ov), 3-85 (JAH Marshall, 24.1 ov), 4-85 (BB McCullum, 24.4 ov), 5-91 (DL Vettori, 28.5 ov), 6-91 (LRPL Taylor, 30.3 ov), 7-106 (JDP Oram, 35.1 ov), 8-114 (KD Mills, 40.4 ov), 9-114 (IE O'Brien, 41.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 12.2 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 2.11 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 8 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 17 | 5 | 37 | 6 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c LRPL Taylor b IE O'Brien | 106 | 186 | 12 | 0 | 57.0 |
| Alastair Cook | c JAH Marshall b DL Vettori | 28 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 40.6 |
| Michael Vaughan | c BB McCullum b CS Martin | 48 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 46.6 |
| Kevin Pietersen | run out (IE O'Brien/BB McCullum) | 42 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 53.8 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 21* | 42 | 4 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | not out | 24* | 56 | 2 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 10, w 0, nb 6) | 25 | ||||
| Total | 88 overs | 294/4 | ||||
Did not bat: RJ Sidebottom, TR Ambrose, SCJ Broad, MS Panesar, JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (AN Cook, 20.5 ov), 2-150 (MP Vaughan, 50.2 ov), 3-235 (AJ Strauss, 69.4 ov), 4-248 (KP Pietersen, 72.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS Martin | 13 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 3.46 | 0 | 2 |
| KD Mills | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2.83 | 0 | 2 |
| DL Vettori | 35 | 7 | 111 | 1 | 3.17 | 0 | 2 |
| IE O'Brien | 20 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 3.10 | 0 | 0 |
| JM How | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JDP Oram | 13 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 2.77 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Monty Panesar · Umpires: DB Hair, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: IJ Gould · Match referee: RS Madugalle. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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