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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
New Zealand won by an innings and 65 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Burns | c BJ Watling b C de Grandhomme | 52 | 138 | 6 | 0 | 37.7 |
| DP Sibley | c LRPL Taylor b C de Grandhomme | 22 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 34.9 |
| Joe Denly | c BJ Watling b TG Southee | 74 | 181 | 8 | 1 | 40.9 |
| Joe Root | c TG Southee b N Wagner | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| Ben Stokes | c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee | 91 | 146 | 12 | 0 | 62.3 |
| Ollie Pope | c BJ Watling b TG Southee | 29 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 51.8 |
| Jos Buttler | c MJ Santner b N Wagner | 43 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 61.4 |
| Sam Curran | lbw b TG Southee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jofra Archer | c TG Southee b TA Boult | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| MJ Leach | not out | 18* | 55 | 2 | 0 | 32.7 |
| Stuart Broad | b N Wagner | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 11, w 3, nb 1) | 17 | ||||
| Total | 124 overs | 353 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (DP Sibley, 21.4 ov), 2-113 (RJ Burns, 45.1 ov), 3-120 (JE Root, 52.6 ov), 4-203 (JL Denly, 81.4 ov), 5-277 (BA Stokes, 100.1 ov), 6-286 (OJ Pope, 102.4 ov), 7-286 (SM Curran, 102.5 ov), 8-295 (JC Archer, 103.3 ov), 9-347 (JC Buttler, 121.1 ov), 10-353 (SCJ Broad, 123.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA Boult | 31 | 6 | 97 | 1 | 3.13 | 1 | 0 |
| TG Southee | 32 | 7 | 88 | 4 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 |
| C de Grandhomme | 23 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 1.78 | 1 | 1 |
| N Wagner | 32 | 7 | 90 | 3 | 2.81 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Santner | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JA Raval | c JL Denly b MJ Leach | 19 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 27.9 |
| TWM Latham | lbw b SM Curran | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 |
| KS Williamson | c BA Stokes b SM Curran | 51 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 60.0 |
| LRPL Taylor | c OJ Pope b BA Stokes | 25 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 62.5 |
| HM Nicholls | lbw b JE Root | 41 | 125 | 5 | 0 | 32.8 |
| BJ Watling | c JC Buttler b JC Archer | 205 | 473 | 24 | 1 | 43.3 |
| C de Grandhomme | c DP Sibley b BA Stokes | 65 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 60.2 |
| MJ Santner | c OJ Pope b SM Curran | 126 | 269 | 11 | 5 | 46.8 |
| TG Southee | c & b MJ Leach | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 69.2 |
| N Wagner | not out | 11* | 5 | 1 | 1 | 220.0 |
| TA Boult | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 22, lb 9, w 21, nb 2) | 54 | ||||
| Total | 201 overs | 615/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (TWM Latham, 7.3 ov), 2-72 (JA Raval, 22.4 ov), 3-106 (LRPL Taylor, 32.6 ov), 4-127 (KS Williamson, 39.4 ov), 5-197 (HM Nicholls, 70.4 ov), 6-316 (C de Grandhomme, 110.1 ov), 7-577 (MJ Santner, 193.3 ov), 8-598 (TG Southee, 198.6 ov), 9-603 (BJ Watling, 199.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad | 33 | 13 | 64 | 0 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | 42 | 15 | 107 | 1 | 2.55 | 2 | 1 |
| Sam Curran | 35 | 7 | 119 | 3 | 3.40 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Leach | 47 | 7 | 153 | 2 | 3.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 26 | 5 | 74 | 2 | 2.85 | 4 | 1 |
| Joe Root | 18 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 3.72 | 4 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Burns | c C de Grandhomme b MJ Santner | 31 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 40.8 |
| DP Sibley | c BJ Watling b MJ Santner | 12 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 19.4 |
| Joe Denly | c BJ Watling b N Wagner | 35 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 24.6 |
| MJ Leach | c TWM Latham b MJ Santner | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Joe Root | c TWM Latham b C de Grandhomme | 11 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 21.6 |
| Ben Stokes | b TG Southee | 28 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ollie Pope | c MJ Santner b N Wagner | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Jos Buttler | b N Wagner | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sam Curran | not out | 29* | 59 | 6 | 0 | 49.2 |
| Jofra Archer | c sub (MJ Henry) b N Wagner | 30 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Stuart Broad | lbw b N Wagner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 96.2 overs | 197 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (DP Sibley, 21.5 ov), 2-53 (RJ Burns, 25.1 ov), 3-55 (MJ Leach, 27.4 ov), 4-69 (JE Root, 42.4 ov), 5-121 (BA Stokes, 68.4 ov), 6-132 (JL Denly, 74.3 ov), 7-133 (OJ Pope, 76.2 ov), 8-138 (JC Buttler, 80.1 ov), 9-197 (JC Archer, 96.1 ov), 10-197 (SCJ Broad, 96.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG Southee | 20 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TA Boult | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| C de Grandhomme | 10 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1.50 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Santner | 40 | 19 | 53 | 3 | 1.33 | 0 | 1 |
| N Wagner | 19.2 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 2.28 | 0 | 0 |
| KS Williamson | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: BJ Watling · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: P Wilson · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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