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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test
Result
England won by an innings and 9 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c LRPL Taylor b KD Mills | 37 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 38.1 |
| Alastair Cook | b KD Mills | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Michael Vaughan | b IE O'Brien | 16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 72.7 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c GJ Hopkins b IE O'Brien | 115 | 223 | 14 | 0 | 51.6 |
| Ian Bell | lbw b IE O'Brien | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | c LRPL Taylor b KD Mills | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TR Ambrose | c GJ Hopkins b IE O'Brien | 67 | 148 | 9 | 0 | 45.3 |
| Stuart Broad | b CS Martin | 64 | 132 | 10 | 0 | 48.5 |
| James Anderson | c GJ Hopkins b JDP Oram | 28 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 32.9 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | not out | 7* | 34 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 |
| Monty Panesar | c BB McCullum b DL Vettori | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 9, w 1, nb 4) | 24 | ||||
| Total | 126.5 overs | 364 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (AN Cook, 5.1 ov), 2-44 (MP Vaughan, 12.4 ov), 3-84 (AJ Strauss, 29.6 ov), 4-85 (IR Bell, 30.6 ov), 5-86 (PD Collingwood, 31.6 ov), 6-247 (KP Pietersen, 82.2 ov), 7-262 (TR Ambrose, 86.2 ov), 8-338 (JM Anderson, 113.6 ov), 9-361 (SCJ Broad, 125.5 ov), 10-364 (MS Panesar, 126.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS Martin | 22 | 5 | 83 | 1 | 3.77 | 1 | 0 |
| KD Mills | 31 | 8 | 76 | 3 | 2.45 | 0 | 2 |
| IE O'Brien | 23 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 3.22 | 0 | 1 |
| JDP Oram | 22 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 |
| DL Vettori | 28.5 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 2.67 | 0 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson | 40 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 50.6 |
| AJ Redmond | b JM Anderson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| BB McCullum | b JM Anderson | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| LRPL Taylor | c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson | 21 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 42.0 |
| DR Flynn | lbw b JM Anderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GJ Hopkins | lbw b JM Anderson | 15 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 24.6 |
| JDP Oram | c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.9 |
| DL Vettori | c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29.2 |
| KD Mills | c KP Pietersen b SCJ Broad | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| IE O'Brien | b SCJ Broad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CS Martin | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 8, w 6, nb 0) | 22 | ||||
| Total | 46.3 overs | 123 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AJ Redmond, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (BB McCullum, 5.4 ov), 3-62 (LRPL Taylor, 22.1 ov), 4-62 (DR Flynn, 22.4 ov), 5-77 (JM How, 26.2 ov), 6-93 (JDP Oram, 32.4 ov), 7-108 (DL Vettori, 39.3 ov), 8-123 (KD Mills, 45.3 ov), 9-123 (IE O'Brien, 45.5 ov), 10-123 (GJ Hopkins, 46.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 17 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 2.88 | 1 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 21.3 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom | 19 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 45.2 |
| AJ Redmond | c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| BB McCullum | b JM Anderson | 71 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 56.3 |
| LRPL Taylor | lbw b SCJ Broad | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 60.9 |
| DR Flynn | c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom | 49 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 46.7 |
| GJ Hopkins | c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom | 12 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 21.8 |
| JDP Oram | not out | 50* | 39 | 6 | 2 | 128.2 |
| DL Vettori | c KP Pietersen b RJ Sidebottom | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| KD Mills | c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| IE O'Brien | c PD Collingwood b RJ Sidebottom | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| CS Martin | c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 4, w 1, nb 0) | 8 | ||||
| Total | 72.3 overs | 232 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (AJ Redmond, 8.3 ov), 2-33 (JM How, 13.1 ov), 3-58 (LRPL Taylor, 20.6 ov), 4-152 (BB McCullum, 49.6 ov), 5-169 (DR Flynn, 57.3 ov), 6-197 (GJ Hopkins, 65.5 ov), 7-205 (DL Vettori, 67.4 ov), 8-221 (KD Mills, 71.1 ov), 9-225 (IE O'Brien, 71.5 ov), 10-232 (CS Martin, 72.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 24 | 7 | 67 | 6 | 2.79 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 14.3 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 21 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 3.67 | 1 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 11 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: James Anderson · Umpires: SA Bucknor, DB Hair · TV umpire: PJ Hartley · 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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