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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

New Zealand
v England⁠

Result

England won by 323 runs

New Zealand
125 & 259
England
280 & 427/6d
Date
6 Dec – 9 Dec 2024 · England in 2024
Start
22:00 UK
Venue
Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington
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 280 all out (54.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley b MJ Henry 17 23 1 1 73.9
Ben Duckett c TWM Latham b MJ Henry 0 8 0 0 0.0
Jacob Bethell c TA Blundell b NG Smith 16 28 3 0 57.1
Joe Root c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith 3 7 0 0 42.9
Harry Brook run out (NG Smith) 123 115 11 5 107.0
Ollie Pope c R Ravindra b W O'Rourke 66 78 7 1 84.6
Ben Stokes c TWM Latham b W O'Rourke 2 15 0 0 13.3
Chris Woakes c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke 18 43 3 0 41.9
AAP Atkinson c GD Phillips b NG Smith 4 3 1 0 133.3
Brydon Carse c W O'Rourke b NG Smith 9 8 2 0 112.5
Shoaib Bashir not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 12, nb 2) 22
Total 54.4 overs 280

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (BM Duckett, 3.2 ov), 2-21 (Z Crawley, 7.1 ov), 3-26 (JE Root, 10.1 ov), 4-43 (JG Bethell, 12.5 ov), 5-217 (OJ Pope, 39.1 ov), 6-222 (BA Stokes, 41.5 ov), 7-259 (HC Brook, 52.1 ov), 8-263 (AAP Atkinson, 52.4 ov), 9-275 (CR Woakes, 53.4 ov), 10-280 (BA Carse, 54.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TG Southee 12 0 62 0 5.17 0 0
MJ Henry 15 5 43 2 2.87 0 0
NG Smith 11.4 1 86 4 7.37 2 1
W O'Rourke 12 1 49 3 4.08 2 1
GD Phillips 4 0 32 0 8.00 0 0

New Zealand · 1st innings 125 all out (34.5 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham b BA Stokes 17 32 1 0 53.1
DP Conway c HC Brook b AAP Atkinson 11 27 2 0 40.7
KS Williamson c OJ Pope b BA Carse 37 56 3 0 66.1
R Ravindra c BA Carse b CR Woakes 3 10 0 0 30.0
DJ Mitchell c OJ Pope b BA Carse 6 12 1 0 50.0
W O'Rourke lbw b BA Carse 0 26 0 0 0.0
TA Blundell b BA Carse 16 20 2 0 80.0
GD Phillips not out 16* 16 3 0 100.0
NG Smith b AAP Atkinson 14 12 2 1 116.7
MJ Henry c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson 0 1 0 0 0.0
TG Southee lbw b AAP Atkinson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 4) 5
Total 34.5 overs 125

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (DP Conway, 5.6 ov), 2-53 (TWM Latham, 14.2 ov), 3-64 (R Ravindra, 17.5 ov), 4-74 (KS Williamson, 21.2 ov), 5-79 (DJ Mitchell, 23.2 ov), 6-95 (TA Blundell, 29.4 ov), 7-96 (W O'Rourke, 29.6 ov), 8-125 (NG Smith, 34.3 ov), 9-125 (MJ Henry, 34.4 ov), 10-125 (TG Southee, 34.5 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 8 1 26 1 3.25 0 1
AAP Atkinson 8.5 0 31 4 3.51 0 2
Brydon Carse 10 2 46 4 4.60 0 1
Ben Stokes 8 0 21 1 2.63 0 0

England · 2nd innings 427/6 dec (82.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c DP Conway b MJ Henry 8 7 2 0 114.3
Ben Duckett b TG Southee 92 112 6 1 82.1
Jacob Bethell c TA Blundell b TG Southee 96 118 10 3 81.4
Joe Root c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke 106 130 11 0 81.5
Harry Brook c W O'Rourke b GD Phillips 55 61 5 0 90.2
Ollie Pope c DJ Mitchell b MJ Henry 10 26 0 0 38.5
Ben Stokes not out 49* 42 1 2 116.7
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 8, nb 1) 11
Total 82.3 overs 427/6

Did not bat: CR Woakes, AAP Atkinson, BA Carse, Shoaib Bashir

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Z Crawley, 1.2 ov), 2-196 (JG Bethell, 37.6 ov), 3-211 (BM Duckett, 41.2 ov), 4-306 (HC Brook, 62.1 ov), 5-327 (OJ Pope, 69.1 ov), 6-427 (JE Root, 82.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TG Southee 14 0 72 2 5.14 1 0
MJ Henry 18 0 100 2 5.56 0 0
NG Smith 16 0 74 0 4.63 1 0
W O'Rourke 18.3 0 104 1 5.62 2 1
GD Phillips 16 0 75 1 4.69 0 0

New Zealand · 2nd innings 259 all out (54.2 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TWM Latham c & b BA Carse 24 35 3 0 68.6
DP Conway b CR Woakes 0 5 0 0 0.0
KS Williamson c OJ Pope b CR Woakes 4 16 0 0 25.0
R Ravindra c OJ Pope b BA Carse 6 16 0 0 37.5
DJ Mitchell c OJ Pope b AAP Atkinson 32 70 4 0 45.7
TA Blundell c BM Duckett b Shoaib Bashir 115 102 13 5 112.7
GD Phillips b Shoaib Bashir 16 11 2 1 145.5
NG Smith c OJ Pope b BA Stokes 42 51 3 2 82.4
MJ Henry c JG Bethell b BA Stokes 4 7 1 0 57.1
TG Southee c CR Woakes b BA Stokes 8 13 1 0 61.5
W O'Rourke not out 1* 4 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 0, nb 4) 7
Total 54.2 overs 259

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (DP Conway, 2.1 ov), 2-25 (KS Williamson, 6.6 ov), 3-33 (TWM Latham, 9.2 ov), 4-59 (R Ravindra, 13.6 ov), 5-106 (DJ Mitchell, 31.2 ov), 6-141 (GD Phillips, 34.6 ov), 7-237 (TA Blundell, 48.3 ov), 8-247 (MJ Henry, 50.4 ov), 9-254 (NG Smith, 52.3 ov), 10-259 (TG Southee, 54.2 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 10 4 20 2 2.00 0 0
AAP Atkinson 12 0 68 1 5.67 0 2
Brydon Carse 11 0 53 2 4.82 0 2
Shoaib Bashir 19 2 110 2 5.79 0 0
Ben Stokes 2.2 0 5 3 2.14 0 0

Player of the match: Harry Brook · Umpires: AT Holdstock, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: Ahsan Raza · 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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