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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
New Zealand won by an innings and 49 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c TWM Latham b TA Boult | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 |
| MD Stoneman | c BJ Watling b TG Southee | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 |
| Joe Root | b TA Boult | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dawid Malan | c BJ Watling b TA Boult | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ben Stokes | b TA Boult | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c & b TG Southee | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moeen Ali | b TG Southee | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chris Woakes | b TA Boult | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 |
| C Overton | not out | 33* | 25 | 5 | 1 | 132.0 |
| Stuart Broad | c KS Williamson b TG Southee | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Anderson | c HM Nicholls b TA Boult | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 20.4 overs | 58 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (AN Cook, 4.2 ov), 2-6 (JE Root, 6.2 ov), 3-16 (DJ Malan, 8.1 ov), 4-18 (MD Stoneman, 9.4 ov), 5-18 (BA Stokes, 10.3 ov), 6-18 (JM Bairstow, 11.2 ov), 7-23 (CR Woakes, 12.6 ov), 8-23 (MM Ali, 13.4 ov), 9-27 (SCJ Broad, 15.4 ov), 10-58 (JM Anderson, 20.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA Boult | 10.4 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TG Southee | 10 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JA Raval | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| TWM Latham | c CR Woakes b SCJ Broad | 26 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 23.2 |
| KS Williamson | lbw b JM Anderson | 102 | 220 | 11 | 1 | 46.4 |
| LRPL Taylor | c CR Woakes b JM Anderson | 20 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 57.1 |
| HM Nicholls | not out | 145* | 268 | 18 | 0 | 54.1 |
| BJ Watling | c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad | 31 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 47.7 |
| C de Grandhomme | c JM Bairstow b C Overton | 29 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 74.4 |
| TD Astle | b SCJ Broad | 18 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 51.4 |
| TG Southee | c & b JE Root | 25 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 59.5 |
| N Wagner | not out | 9* | 7 | 0 | 1 | 128.6 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 9, w 6, nb 0) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 141 overs | 427/8 | ||||
Did not bat: TA Boult
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (JA Raval, 8.2 ov), 2-92 (TWM Latham, 37.5 ov), 3-123 (LRPL Taylor, 47.2 ov), 4-206 (KS Williamson, 83.6 ov), 5-260 (BJ Watling, 105.6 ov), 6-309 (C de Grandhomme, 115.6 ov), 7-341 (TD Astle, 125.2 ov), 8-413 (TG Southee, 139.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 29 | 10 | 87 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 34 | 9 | 78 | 3 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| C Overton | 25 | 7 | 70 | 1 | 2.80 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Woakes | 33 | 9 | 107 | 0 | 3.24 | 1 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 17 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 3.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c BJ Watling b TA Boult | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
| MD Stoneman | c TA Boult b N Wagner | 55 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 60.4 |
| Joe Root | c BJ Watling b TA Boult | 51 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Dawid Malan | c TWM Latham b TG Southee | 23 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 37.1 |
| Ben Stokes | c TG Southee b N Wagner | 66 | 188 | 6 | 0 | 35.1 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c KS Williamson b TD Astle | 26 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 36.1 |
| Moeen Ali | lbw b TA Boult | 28 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 65.1 |
| Chris Woakes | c HM Nicholls b N Wagner | 52 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 44.1 |
| C Overton | lbw b TD Astle | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Stuart Broad | not out | 1* | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
| James Anderson | c TA Boult b TD Astle | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 126.1 overs | 320 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (AN Cook, 2.5 ov), 2-94 (MD Stoneman, 29.4 ov), 3-132 (JE Root, 46.5 ov), 4-142 (DJ Malan, 51.2 ov), 5-181 (JM Bairstow, 72.4 ov), 6-217 (MM Ali, 82.4 ov), 7-300 (BA Stokes, 113.3 ov), 8-304 (C Overton, 118.5 ov), 9-319 (CR Woakes, 125.2 ov), 10-320 (JM Anderson, 126.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA Boult | 27 | 9 | 67 | 3 | 2.48 | 0 | 0 |
| TG Southee | 26 | 4 | 86 | 1 | 3.31 | 0 | 0 |
| C de Grandhomme | 24 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 1 |
| N Wagner | 32 | 11 | 77 | 3 | 2.41 | 1 | 0 |
| TD Astle | 16.1 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 2.41 | 0 | 0 |
| KS Williamson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: TA Boult · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: M Erasmus · Match referee: RB Richardson. 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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