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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v New Zealand⁠

Result

New Zealand won by 253 runs

England
291 & 209
New Zealand
391 & 362
Date
17 Jun – 21 Jun 2026 · England in 2026
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
The Kia Oval, London
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 29 October 2026

Scorecard

England v New Zealand Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

New Zealand · 1st innings 391 all out (96.2 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c JG Bethell b JC Archer 27 75 1 0 36.0
DP Conway c JEK Rew b MD Fisher 9 15 1 0 60.0
HM Nicholls b JC Tongue 24 57 3 0 42.1
R Ravindra c JG Bethell b S Baker 33 51 6 0 64.7
DJ Mitchell c EN Gay b S Baker 44 74 6 0 59.5
TA Blundell c JE Root b JG Bethell 51 84 6 0 60.7
GD Phillips c EN Gay b MD Fisher 100 135 18 0 74.1
NG Smith c JM Cox b JG Bethell 4 21 0 0 19.0
KA Jamieson b JG Bethell 41 48 7 0 85.4
MJ Henry c JC Tongue b JC Archer 5 19 1 0 26.3
W O'Rourke not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 22, lb 20, w 8, nb 3) 53
Total 96.2 overs 391

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (DP Conway, 5.6 ov), 2-58 (TWM Latham, 20.5 ov), 3-79 (HM Nicholls, 28.4 ov), 4-107 (R Ravindra, 35.2 ov), 5-188 (DJ Mitchell, 52.5 ov), 6-263 (TA Blundell, 67.4 ov), 7-280 (NG Smith, 73.4 ov), 8-367 (KA Jamieson, 89.3 ov), 9-391 (MJ Henry, 95.4 ov), 10-391 (GD Phillips, 96.2 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 20 4 61 2 3.05 3 1
Matthew Fisher 23.2 6 62 2 2.66 0 0
Josh Tongue 21 1 97 1 4.62 0 2
Sonny Baker 19 2 94 2 4.95 0 0
Harry Brook 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0
Jacob Bethell 10 1 26 3 2.60 0 0

England · 1st innings 291 all out (84 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett run out (NG Smith) 36 25 5 0 144.0
Emilio Gay c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke 53 114 9 0 46.5
Jacob Bethell c TA Blundell b NG Smith 9 25 2 0 36.0
Joe Root lbw b MJ Henry 46 57 8 0 80.7
Harry Brook lbw b MJ Henry 24 32 2 1 75.0
James Rew c DJ Mitchell b W O'Rourke 24 51 4 0 47.1
Jordan Cox c TWM Latham b MJ Henry 27 55 3 0 49.1
Jofra Archer c TA Blundell b MJ Henry 8 23 2 0 34.8
Matthew Fisher not out 50* 77 6 0 64.9
Josh Tongue c NG Smith b MJ Henry 1 12 0 0 8.3
Sonny Baker c TWM Latham b KA Jamieson 4 36 1 0 11.1
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 3) 9
Total 84 overs 291

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (BM Duckett, 7.5 ov), 2-68 (JG Bethell, 16.4 ov), 3-142 (EN Gay, 33.5 ov), 4-170 (JE Root, 40.5 ov), 5-177 (HC Brook, 42.1 ov), 6-217 (JEK Rew, 55.5 ov), 7-235 (JM Cox, 62.1 ov), 8-236 (JC Archer, 64.4 ov), 9-238 (JC Tongue, 66.6 ov), 10-291 (S Baker, 83.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MJ Henry 24 3 80 5 3.33 0 0
KA Jamieson 20 6 78 1 3.90 0 1
W O'Rourke 20 2 68 2 3.40 0 1
NG Smith 18 5 57 1 3.17 0 1
R Ravindra 2 0 2 0 1.00 0 0

New Zealand · 2nd innings 362 all out (87.1 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c JEK Rew b JC Archer 4 5 0 0 80.0
DP Conway c HC Brook b JC Tongue 11 26 1 0 42.3
HM Nicholls c HC Brook b JC Archer 121 171 16 0 70.8
R Ravindra lbw b JG Bethell 76 99 15 0 76.8
DJ Mitchell b MD Fisher 68 108 9 1 63.0
TA Blundell c JEK Rew b JC Tongue 16 40 1 0 40.0
GD Phillips c JG Bethell b JC Archer 3 10 0 0 30.0
NG Smith c EN Gay b MD Fisher 38 51 5 1 74.5
KA Jamieson b MD Fisher 6 9 1 0 66.7
MJ Henry c BM Duckett b S Baker 1 6 0 0 16.7
W O'Rourke not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 9, lb 7, w 0, nb 2) 18
Total 87.1 overs 362

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (TWM Latham, 2.1 ov), 2-28 (DP Conway, 8.1 ov), 3-189 (R Ravindra, 41.4 ov), 4-261 (HM Nicholls, 58.1 ov), 5-290 (TA Blundell, 67.1 ov), 6-307 (GD Phillips, 70.2 ov), 7-349 (DJ Mitchell, 82.3 ov), 8-355 (KA Jamieson, 84.6 ov), 9-362 (NG Smith, 86.6 ov), 10-362 (MJ Henry, 87.1 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 16 0 62 3 3.88 0 2
Matthew Fisher 17 4 58 3 3.41 0 0
Josh Tongue 19 5 64 2 3.37 0 0
Sonny Baker 15.1 2 67 1 4.42 0 0
Joe Root 7 0 37 0 5.29 0 0
Jacob Bethell 11 1 49 1 4.45 0 0
Harry Brook 2 1 9 0 4.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 209 all out (58.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ben Duckett c MJ Henry b W O'Rourke 9 28 1 0 32.1
Emilio Gay c R Ravindra b KA Jamieson 11 14 2 0 78.6
Jacob Bethell lbw b KA Jamieson 0 4 0 0 0.0
Joe Root lbw b MJ Henry 77 145 8 0 53.1
Harry Brook c DJ Mitchell b MJ Henry 58 54 10 1 107.4
James Rew lbw b KA Jamieson 15 39 2 0 38.5
Jordan Cox b MJ Henry 25 45 2 1 55.6
Jofra Archer b MJ Henry 0 2 0 0 0.0
Matthew Fisher b MJ Henry 0 8 0 0 0.0
Josh Tongue c DJ Mitchell b MJ Henry 0 1 0 0 0.0
Sonny Baker not out 0* 9 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 8, lb 5, w 1, nb 0) 14
Total 58.1 overs 209

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (EN Gay, 3.2 ov), 2-13 (JG Bethell, 3.6 ov), 3-40 (BM Duckett, 13.1 ov), 4-137 (HC Brook, 32.4 ov), 5-180 (JEK Rew, 45.3 ov), 6-188 (JE Root, 50.1 ov), 7-188 (JC Archer, 50.3 ov), 8-192 (MD Fisher, 52.5 ov), 9-192 (JC Tongue, 52.6 ov), 10-209 (JM Cox, 58.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MJ Henry 18.1 6 29 6 1.60 0 0
KA Jamieson 19 4 61 3 3.21 1 0
W O'Rourke 10 2 48 1 4.80 0 0
NG Smith 9 1 48 0 5.33 0 0
R Ravindra 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0

Player of the match: MJ Henry · Umpires: AT Holdstock, Nitin Menon · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · 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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