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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

New Zealand
v England⁠

Result

England won by 8 wickets

New Zealand
348 & 254
England
499 & 104/2
Date
28 Nov – 1 Dec 2024 · England in 2024
Start
22:00 UK
Venue
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

New Zealand v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

New Zealand · 1st innings 348 all out (91 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c OJ Pope b BA Carse 47 54 6 0 87.0
DP Conway c & b AAP Atkinson 2 8 0 0 25.0
KS Williamson c Z Crawley b AAP Atkinson 93 197 10 0 47.2
R Ravindra c Z Crawley b Shoaib Bashir 34 49 3 0 69.4
DJ Mitchell c HC Brook b BA Carse 19 47 0 0 40.4
TA Blundell c AAP Atkinson b Shoaib Bashir 17 32 2 0 53.1
GD Phillips not out 58* 87 6 1 66.7
NG Smith c JE Root b Shoaib Bashir 3 13 0 0 23.1
MJ Henry c BM Duckett b Shoaib Bashir 18 32 2 0 56.3
TG Southee c AAP Atkinson b BA Carse 15 25 2 0 60.0
W O'Rourke b BA Carse 0 13 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 8, lb 12, w 11, nb 11) 42
Total 91 overs 348

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (DP Conway, 1.6 ov), 2-62 (TWM Latham, 13.6 ov), 3-130 (R Ravindra, 31.3 ov), 4-199 (DJ Mitchell, 52.4 ov), 5-227 (KS Williamson, 60.2 ov), 6-246 (TA Blundell, 65.6 ov), 7-252 (NG Smith, 69.3 ov), 8-298 (MJ Henry, 78.5 ov), 9-325 (TG Southee, 84.1 ov), 10-348 (W O'Rourke, 90.6 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 20 5 70 0 3.50 2 1
AAP Atkinson 18 2 61 2 3.39 0 7
Brydon Carse 19 1 64 4 3.37 3 2
Ben Stokes 13 1 59 0 4.54 2 1
Shoaib Bashir 20 1 69 4 3.45 0 0
Jacob Bethell 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 499 all out (103 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley lbw b MJ Henry 0 12 0 0 0.0
Ben Duckett c DP Conway b W O'Rourke 46 62 6 0 74.2
Jacob Bethell c TA Blundell b NG Smith 10 34 2 0 29.4
Joe Root b NG Smith 0 4 0 0 0.0
Harry Brook c TA Blundell b MJ Henry 171 197 15 3 86.8
Ollie Pope c GD Phillips b TG Southee 77 98 8 0 78.6
Ben Stokes c TG Southee b MJ Henry 80 146 9 0 54.8
Chris Woakes c TWM Latham b TG Southee 1 2 0 0 50.0
AAP Atkinson c GD Phillips b NG Smith 48 36 4 2 133.3
Brydon Carse not out 33* 24 2 3 137.5
Shoaib Bashir c TG Southee b MJ Henry 5 9 1 0 55.6
Extras (b 2, lb 14, w 6, nb 6) 28
Total 103 overs 499

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Z Crawley, 3.5 ov), 2-43 (JG Bethell, 14.1 ov), 3-45 (JE Root, 14.3 ov), 4-71 (BM Duckett, 21.2 ov), 5-222 (OJ Pope, 52.2 ov), 6-381 (HC Brook, 85.1 ov), 7-382 (CR Woakes, 86.1 ov), 8-445 (AAP Atkinson, 94.6 ov), 9-485 (BA Stokes, 100.2 ov), 10-499 (Shoaib Bashir, 102.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TG Southee 20 4 85 2 4.25 0 0
MJ Henry 23 5 84 4 3.65 0 1
NG Smith 26 0 141 3 5.42 0 5
W O'Rourke 25 2 138 1 5.52 2 0
GD Phillips 9 0 35 0 3.89 0 0

New Zealand · 2nd innings 254 all out (74.1 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c HC Brook b CR Woakes 1 7 0 0 14.3
DP Conway c AAP Atkinson b BA Carse 8 26 1 0 30.8
KS Williamson lbw b CR Woakes 61 86 7 0 70.9
R Ravindra c JG Bethell b BA Carse 24 38 2 0 63.2
DJ Mitchell c CR Woakes b BA Carse 84 167 12 1 50.3
TA Blundell c OJ Pope b CR Woakes 0 1 0 0 0.0
GD Phillips lbw b BA Carse 19 32 1 0 59.4
NG Smith lbw b BA Carse 21 44 2 0 47.7
MJ Henry lbw b BA Carse 1 3 0 0 33.3
TG Southee c JE Root b AAP Atkinson 12 13 0 2 92.3
W O'Rourke not out 5* 39 0 0 12.8
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 11) 18
Total 74.1 overs 254

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (TWM Latham, 2.3 ov), 2-23 (DP Conway, 8.5 ov), 3-64 (R Ravindra, 19.1 ov), 4-133 (KS Williamson, 35.4 ov), 5-133 (TA Blundell, 35.5 ov), 6-153 (GD Phillips, 45.2 ov), 7-190 (NG Smith, 56.2 ov), 8-192 (MJ Henry, 56.6 ov), 9-209 (TG Southee, 61.2 ov), 10-254 (DJ Mitchell, 74.1 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 19 2 59 3 3.11 1 2
AAP Atkinson 17.3 3 57 1 3.26 1 6
Brydon Carse 19.1 4 42 6 2.19 3 2
Shoaib Bashir 12 0 65 0 5.42 0 0
Ben Stokes 6.3 0 30 0 4.62 1 1

England · 2nd innings 104/2 (12.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c & b MJ Henry 1 8 0 0 12.5
Ben Duckett c MJ Henry b W O'Rourke 27 18 4 1 150.0
Jacob Bethell not out 50* 37 8 1 135.1
Joe Root not out 23* 15 3 1 153.3
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 2) 3
Total 12.4 overs 104/2

Did not bat: HC Brook, OJ Pope, BA Stokes, CR Woakes, AAP Atkinson, BA Carse, Shoaib Bashir

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Z Crawley, 1.5 ov), 2-55 (BM Duckett, 7.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TG Southee 3 0 27 0 9.00 0 0
MJ Henry 3 1 12 1 4.00 0 1
NG Smith 3.4 0 38 0 10.36 1 1
W O'Rourke 3 0 27 1 9.00 0 0

Player of the match: Brydon Carse · Umpires: Ahsan Raza, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: AT Holdstock · Match referee: DC Boon. 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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