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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v New Zealand⁠

Result

England won by 115 runs

England
140 & 226
New Zealand
113 & 138
Date
4 Jun – 8 Jun 2026 · England in 2026
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
Lord's Cricket Ground, London
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 29 October 2026

Scorecard

England v New Zealand Test scorecard

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 140 all out (39.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett lbw b NG Smith 19 37 2 0 51.4
Emilio Gay c DJ Mitchell b KA Jamieson 8 14 2 0 57.1
Jacob Bethell lbw b W O'Rourke 6 22 0 0 27.3
Joe Root c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke 1 8 0 0 12.5
Harry Brook c KA Jamieson b NG Smith 56 71 10 0 78.9
Jamie Smith b KA Jamieson 1 6 0 0 16.7
Ben Stokes c KS Williamson b KA Jamieson 12 23 2 0 52.2
AAP Atkinson lbw b KA Jamieson 4 11 0 0 36.4
Ollie Robinson c TA Blundell b KA Jamieson 1 5 0 0 20.0
Josh Tongue not out 10* 23 2 0 43.5
Shoaib Bashir c KS Williamson b NG Smith 14 19 1 0 73.7
Extras (b 6, lb 1, w 0, nb 1) 8
Total 39.4 overs 140

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (EN Gay, 5.3 ov), 2-31 (BM Duckett, 11.3 ov), 3-33 (JG Bethell, 12.4 ov), 4-34 (JE Root, 14.4 ov), 5-55 (JL Smith, 19.3 ov), 6-94 (BA Stokes, 26.5 ov), 7-108 (AAP Atkinson, 30.6 ov), 8-113 (HC Brook, 31.5 ov), 9-118 (OE Robinson, 33.3 ov), 10-140 (Shoaib Bashir, 39.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MJ Henry 4 1 8 0 2.00 0 0
KA Jamieson 14 0 62 5 4.43 0 0
NG Smith 10.4 1 38 3 3.56 0 1
W O'Rourke 11 3 25 2 2.27 0 0

New Zealand · 1st innings 113 all out (29.5 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham lbw b AAP Atkinson 3 21 0 0 14.3
DP Conway lbw b OE Robinson 1 5 0 0 20.0
KS Williamson c EN Gay b OE Robinson 0 2 0 0 0.0
R Ravindra lbw b OE Robinson 0 1 0 0 0.0
DJ Mitchell b OE Robinson 12 23 1 0 52.2
TA Blundell b JC Tongue 4 21 0 0 19.0
GD Phillips b JC Tongue 34 39 6 0 87.2
NG Smith b JC Tongue 15 18 2 0 83.3
KA Jamieson not out 38* 29 2 3 131.0
W O'Rourke c HC Brook b AAP Atkinson 1 17 0 0 5.9
MJ Henry b OE Robinson 0 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 2) 5
Total 29.5 overs 113

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (DP Conway, 1.3 ov), 2-2 (KS Williamson, 1.5 ov), 3-2 (R Ravindra, 1.6 ov), 4-12 (TWM Latham, 6.4 ov), 5-20 (DJ Mitchell, 9.6 ov), 6-29 (TA Blundell, 12.6 ov), 7-65 (GD Phillips, 20.1 ov), 8-82 (NG Smith, 22.6 ov), 9-108 (W O'Rourke, 28.2 ov), 10-113 (MJ Henry, 29.5 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AAP Atkinson 5 0 9 2 1.80 0 0
Ollie Robinson 10.5 3 39 5 3.60 0 0
Josh Tongue 10 0 40 3 4.00 0 1
Ben Stokes 4 0 22 0 5.50 0 1

England · 2nd innings 226 all out (56 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett c GD Phillips b W O'Rourke 33 46 6 0 71.7
Emilio Gay c TA Blundell b NG Smith 57 95 8 0 60.0
Jacob Bethell b MJ Henry 14 35 2 0 40.0
Joe Root lbw b NG Smith 8 19 1 0 42.1
Harry Brook lbw b W O'Rourke 0 4 0 0 0.0
Jamie Smith b NG Smith 39 52 6 0 75.0
Ben Stokes b NG Smith 0 3 0 0 0.0
AAP Atkinson c & b KA Jamieson 14 32 1 0 43.8
Ollie Robinson c GD Phillips b NG Smith 29 30 3 0 96.7
Josh Tongue b NG Smith 5 13 1 0 38.5
Shoaib Bashir not out 0* 8 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 14, lb 12, w 0, nb 1) 27
Total 56 overs 226

Fall of wickets: 1-52 (BM Duckett, 12.4 ov), 2-99 (JG Bethell, 25.6 ov), 3-126 (EN Gay, 31.6 ov), 4-127 (HC Brook, 32.6 ov), 5-127 (JE Root, 33.1 ov), 6-127 (BA Stokes, 33.4 ov), 7-184 (AAP Atkinson, 46.2 ov), 8-213 (JL Smith, 49.6 ov), 9-225 (JC Tongue, 53.1 ov), 10-226 (OE Robinson, 55.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KA Jamieson 12 2 41 1 3.42 0 0
NG Smith 17 4 70 6 4.12 0 1
W O'Rourke 16 4 46 2 2.88 0 0
MJ Henry 11 1 43 1 3.91 0 0

New Zealand · 2nd innings 138 all out (40.3 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c HC Brook b AAP Atkinson 0 3 0 0 0.0
DP Conway c JG Bethell b BA Stokes 41 91 4 0 45.1
KS Williamson lbw b JC Tongue 18 36 2 0 50.0
W O'Rourke b AAP Atkinson 0 6 0 0 0.0
R Ravindra b OE Robinson 8 21 1 0 38.1
DJ Mitchell lbw b OE Robinson 0 3 0 0 0.0
TA Blundell lbw b JC Tongue 4 12 0 0 33.3
GD Phillips not out 44* 52 7 1 84.6
NG Smith c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson 4 3 1 0 133.3
KA Jamieson c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson 6 9 1 0 66.7
MJ Henry b AAP Atkinson 0 10 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 0, nb 3) 13
Total 40.3 overs 138

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (TWM Latham, 0.3 ov), 2-29 (KS Williamson, 10.4 ov), 3-36 (W O'Rourke, 11.5 ov), 4-53 (R Ravindra, 17.6 ov), 5-53 (DJ Mitchell, 19.3 ov), 6-58 (TA Blundell, 22.4 ov), 7-111 (DP Conway, 33.6 ov), 8-116 (NG Smith, 34.4 ov), 9-124 (KA Jamieson, 36.5 ov), 10-138 (MJ Henry, 40.3 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AAP Atkinson 11.3 3 30 5 2.61 0 1
Ollie Robinson 13 2 38 2 2.92 0 1
Josh Tongue 13 2 48 2 3.69 0 0
Ben Stokes 3 0 12 1 4.00 0 1

Player of the match: OE Robinson · Umpires: AT Holdstock, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: Nitin Menon · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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