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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v New Zealand⁠

Result

New Zealand won by 199 runs

England
350 & 255
New Zealand
350 & 454/8d
Date
Friday 29 May 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Leeds
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v New Zealand Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

New Zealand · 1st innings 350 all out (72.1 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MJ Guptill c IR Bell b JM Anderson 0 8 0 0 0.0
TWM Latham c JE Root b SCJ Broad 84 180 13 0 46.7
KS Williamson c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 0 2 0 0 0.0
LRPL Taylor lbw b SCJ Broad 20 27 4 0 74.1
BB McCullum c MA Wood b BA Stokes 41 28 6 1 146.4
BJ Watling b MA Wood 14 19 3 0 73.7
L Ronchi c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 88 70 13 3 125.7
MD Craig not out 41* 63 5 1 65.1
TG Southee c A Lyth b MA Wood 1 5 0 0 20.0
MJ Henry c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 27 21 4 1 128.6
TA Boult c A Lyth b SCJ Broad 15 11 3 0 136.4
Extras (b 4, lb 14, w 0, nb 1) 19
Total 72.1 overs 350

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (MJ Guptill, 2.2 ov), 2-2 (KS Williamson, 2.4 ov), 3-68 (LRPL Taylor, 14.6 ov), 4-123 (BB McCullum, 25.1 ov), 5-144 (BJ Watling, 30.5 ov), 6-264 (TWM Latham, 54.6 ov), 7-265 (L Ronchi, 56.2 ov), 8-281 (TG Southee, 60.2 ov), 9-310 (MJ Henry, 66.6 ov), 10-350 (TA Boult, 72.1 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 13 3 43 2 3.31 0 0
Stuart Broad 17.1 0 109 5 6.35 0 1
Mark Wood 14 4 62 2 4.43 0 0
Ben Stokes 17 4 70 1 4.12 0 0
Moeen Ali 11 3 48 0 4.36 0 0

England · 1st innings 350 all out (108.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth run out (TA Boult/L Ronchi) 107 212 15 0 50.5
Alastair Cook lbw b MD Craig 75 187 12 0 40.1
Gary Ballance b TA Boult 29 67 6 0 43.3
Ian Bell c MD Craig b TG Southee 12 35 1 1 34.3
Joe Root c L Ronchi b TG Southee 1 5 0 0 20.0
Ben Stokes c MD Craig b TA Boult 6 17 0 0 35.3
Jos Buttler c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee 10 26 1 0 38.5
Moeen Ali c MJ Guptill b TG Southee 1 14 0 0 7.1
Stuart Broad b MJ Henry 46 39 5 1 117.9
Mark Wood c L Ronchi b MD Craig 19 33 3 0 57.6
James Anderson not out 10* 16 2 0 62.5
Extras (b 19, lb 5, w 5, nb 5) 34
Total 108.2 overs 350

Fall of wickets: 1-177 (AN Cook, 58.6 ov), 2-215 (A Lyth, 74.5 ov), 3-238 (GS Ballance, 80.3 ov), 4-239 (JE Root, 81.2 ov), 5-247 (BA Stokes, 86.2 ov), 6-257 (IR Bell, 89.2 ov), 7-266 (JC Buttler, 93.3 ov), 8-267 (MM Ali, 93.6 ov), 9-318 (MA Wood, 101.6 ov), 10-350 (SCJ Broad, 108.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TA Boult 30 7 98 2 3.27 1 1
TG Southee 30 5 83 4 2.77 2 0
MJ Henry 20.2 4 92 1 4.52 2 0
MD Craig 26 12 48 2 1.85 0 0
KS Williamson 2 1 5 0 2.50 0 0

New Zealand · 2nd innings 454/8 dec (91 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 3 17 0 0 17.6
MJ Guptill c JE Root b MA Wood 70 72 7 1 97.2
KS Williamson c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 6 20 1 0 30.0
LRPL Taylor c BA Stokes b MA Wood 48 48 5 1 100.0
BB McCullum lbw b MA Wood 55 98 3 1 56.1
BJ Watling c JE Root b JM Anderson 120 163 15 1 73.6
L Ronchi c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 31 23 3 1 134.8
MD Craig not out 58* 77 9 1 75.3
TG Southee c JM Anderson b MM Ali 40 24 6 1 166.7
MJ Henry not out 12* 4 0 2 300.0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 0) 11
Total 91 overs 454/8

Did not bat: TA Boult

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (TWM Latham, 5.5 ov), 2-23 (KS Williamson, 9.4 ov), 3-122 (LRPL Taylor, 24.1 ov), 4-141 (MJ Guptill, 28.4 ov), 5-262 (BB McCullum, 60.4 ov), 6-315 (L Ronchi, 67.4 ov), 7-368 (BJ Watling, 81.2 ov), 8-435 (TG Southee, 89.6 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 23 4 96 2 4.17 1 0
Stuart Broad 16 1 94 2 5.88 0 0
Mark Wood 19 2 97 3 5.11 0 0
Ben Stokes 12 1 61 0 5.08 0 0
Moeen Ali 16 0 73 1 4.56 0 0
Joe Root 5 0 23 0 4.60 0 0

England · 2nd innings 255 all out (91.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c L Ronchi b TA Boult 24 41 4 0 58.5
Alastair Cook lbw b KS Williamson 56 171 4 0 32.7
Gary Ballance b TA Boult 6 26 1 0 23.1
Ian Bell c KS Williamson b MD Craig 1 10 0 0 10.0
Joe Root c TWM Latham b MD Craig 0 2 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes c L Ronchi b KS Williamson 29 51 5 0 56.9
Jos Buttler lbw b MD Craig 73 147 13 1 49.7
Moeen Ali b MJ Henry 2 14 0 0 14.3
Stuart Broad b KS Williamson 23 35 5 0 65.7
Mark Wood c MD Craig b TG Southee 17 40 2 0 42.5
James Anderson not out 8* 14 2 0 57.1
Extras (b 12, lb 2, w 2, nb 0) 16
Total 91.5 overs 255

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (A Lyth, 16.6 ov), 2-61 (GS Ballance, 24.6 ov), 3-62 (IR Bell, 27.4 ov), 4-62 (JE Root, 27.6 ov), 5-102 (BA Stokes, 43.5 ov), 6-141 (AN Cook, 57.3 ov), 7-153 (MM Ali, 62.2 ov), 8-188 (SCJ Broad, 73.1 ov), 9-230 (MA Wood, 85.4 ov), 10-255 (JC Buttler, 91.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TA Boult 23 4 61 2 2.65 0 0
TG Southee 18 7 43 1 2.39 1 0
MD Craig 31.5 12 73 3 2.29 0 0
MJ Henry 12 2 49 1 4.08 1 0
KS Williamson 7 1 15 3 2.14 0 0

Player of the match: BJ Watling · Umpires: S Ravi, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: M Erasmus · Match referee: DC Boon. 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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