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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

New Zealand
v England⁠

Result

Match drawn

New Zealand
278 & 256/8
England
307 & 352/9d
Date
Friday 30 March 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Christchurch
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

New Zealand v England Test scorecard

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 307 all out (96.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b TA Boult 2 7 0 0 28.6
MD Stoneman c TWM Latham b TG Southee 35 111 4 0 31.5
James Vince lbw b TG Southee 18 41 3 0 43.9
Joe Root b TG Southee 37 63 5 0 58.7
Dawid Malan lbw b TA Boult 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes c BJ Watling b TA Boult 25 63 4 0 39.7
Jonny Bairstow c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult 101 170 11 1 59.4
Stuart Broad c IS Sodhi b TG Southee 5 6 1 0 83.3
Mark Wood b TG Southee 52 62 7 1 83.9
MJ Leach c BJ Watling b TG Southee 16 54 2 0 29.6
James Anderson not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 9, lb 5, w 1, nb 1) 16
Total 96.5 overs 307

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (AN Cook, 2.4 ov), 2-38 (JM Vince, 16.1 ov), 3-93 (JE Root, 35.6 ov), 4-94 (DJ Malan, 36.5 ov), 5-94 (MD Stoneman, 37.2 ov), 6-151 (BA Stokes, 58.6 ov), 7-164 (SCJ Broad, 61.6 ov), 8-259 (MA Wood, 79.6 ov), 9-307 (MJ Leach, 95.2 ov), 10-307 (JM Bairstow, 96.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TA Boult 28.5 5 87 4 3.02 0 0
TG Southee 26 7 62 6 2.38 1 0
C de Grandhomme 17 4 44 0 2.59 0 0
N Wagner 20 5 69 0 3.45 0 1
IS Sodhi 5 0 31 0 6.20 0 0

New Zealand · 1st innings 278 all out (93.3 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JA Raval c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 5 15 0 0 33.3
TWM Latham c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 0 3 0 0 0.0
KS Williamson c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 22 48 1 0 45.8
LRPL Taylor c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 2 13 0 0 15.4
HM Nicholls lbw b SCJ Broad 0 7 0 0 0.0
BJ Watling b JM Anderson 85 220 11 1 38.6
C de Grandhomme c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 72 151 7 0 47.7
TG Southee b JM Anderson 50 48 8 1 104.2
IS Sodhi c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 1 7 0 0 14.3
N Wagner not out 24* 27 2 1 88.9
TA Boult c DJ Malan b SCJ Broad 16 22 1 0 72.7
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 1
Total 93.3 overs 278

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (TWM Latham, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (JA Raval, 4.1 ov), 3-17 (LRPL Taylor, 7.1 ov), 4-17 (HM Nicholls, 9.2 ov), 5-36 (KS Williamson, 19.1 ov), 6-178 (C de Grandhomme, 69.2 ov), 7-226 (BJ Watling, 82.1 ov), 8-231 (IS Sodhi, 83.6 ov), 9-239 (TG Southee, 86.3 ov), 10-278 (TA Boult, 93.3 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 24 5 76 4 3.17 0 0
Stuart Broad 22.3 5 54 6 2.40 0 0
Mark Wood 21 3 69 0 3.29 0 0
MJ Leach 19 3 52 0 2.74 0 0
Joe Root 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
Ben Stokes 6 2 17 0 2.83 0 0

England · 2nd innings 352/9 dec (106.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BJ Watling b TA Boult 14 26 2 0 53.8
MD Stoneman c BJ Watling b TG Southee 60 139 6 0 43.2
James Vince c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult 76 128 10 0 59.4
Joe Root c BJ Watling b N Wagner 54 128 4 0 42.2
Dawid Malan c HM Nicholls b C de Grandhomme 53 105 7 0 50.5
Ben Stokes c JA Raval b C de Grandhomme 12 21 2 0 57.1
Jonny Bairstow c HM Nicholls b N Wagner 36 54 5 0 66.7
Stuart Broad c IS Sodhi b C de Grandhomme 12 8 2 0 150.0
Mark Wood b C de Grandhomme 9 14 2 0 64.3
MJ Leach not out 14* 20 1 0 70.0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 3) 12
Total 106.4 overs 352/9

Did not bat: JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (AN Cook, 8.4 ov), 2-147 (MD Stoneman, 46.2 ov), 3-165 (JM Vince, 51.6 ov), 4-262 (DJ Malan, 86.6 ov), 5-262 (JE Root, 87.2 ov), 6-282 (BA Stokes, 93.5 ov), 7-300 (SCJ Broad, 95.5 ov), 8-312 (MA Wood, 99.6 ov), 9-352 (JM Bairstow, 106.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TA Boult 28 5 89 2 3.18 0 0
TG Southee 19 4 65 1 3.42 1 0
C de Grandhomme 26 2 94 4 3.62 1 2
N Wagner 22.4 5 51 2 2.25 0 1
IS Sodhi 11 0 46 0 4.18 0 0

New Zealand · 2nd innings 256/8 (124.4 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c JM Vince b MJ Leach 83 207 10 0 40.1
JA Raval c MD Stoneman b SCJ Broad 17 60 2 0 28.3
KS Williamson c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
LRPL Taylor c AN Cook b MJ Leach 13 23 2 0 56.5
HM Nicholls c AN Cook b JM Anderson 13 24 1 0 54.2
BJ Watling c JM Anderson b MA Wood 19 66 3 0 28.8
C de Grandhomme c MJ Leach b MA Wood 45 97 6 0 46.4
IS Sodhi not out 56* 168 9 0 33.3
N Wagner c JM Vince b JE Root 7 103 1 0 6.8
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1) 3
Total 124.4 overs 256/8

Did not bat: TG Southee, TA Boult

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (JA Raval, 23.1 ov), 2-42 (KS Williamson, 23.2 ov), 3-66 (LRPL Taylor, 30.5 ov), 4-91 (HM Nicholls, 37.5 ov), 5-135 (BJ Watling, 57.4 ov), 6-162 (TWM Latham, 67.3 ov), 7-219 (C de Grandhomme, 93.2 ov), 8-256 (N Wagner, 124.4 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 26 8 37 1 1.42 0 1
Stuart Broad 24 6 72 2 3.00 0 0
Mark Wood 22 10 45 2 2.05 0 0
MJ Leach 32 15 61 2 1.91 0 0
Joe Root 12.4 5 28 1 2.21 0 0
Ben Stokes 4 3 2 0 0.50 0 0
Dawid Malan 4 1 9 0 2.25 0 0

Player of the match: TG Southee · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, M Erasmus · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · 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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