New Zealand tour of England, 2026, England vs New Zealand, 3rd Test, Day 2, Match Update, England Trail By 215 Runs

New Zealand 438

England 223/2

England Trail By 215 Runs

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham (c)	c †Smith b Stokes	151	214	323	15	0	70.56
Devon Conway	c sub (MD Fisher) b Root	157	224	329	22	3	70.08
Henry Nicholls	c †Smith b Archer	36	48	63	6	0	75.00
Rachin Ravindra	c †Smith b Atkinson	7	22	54	1	0	31.81
Will O’Rourke	c Gay b Stokes	19	38	69	4	0	50.00
Daryl Mitchell	c †Smith b Stokes	11	33	51	1	0	33.33
Tom Blundell †	lbw b Shoaib Bashir	30	67	98	4	0	44.77
Mitchell Santner	c Bethell b Stokes	4	12	18	1	0	33.33
Nathan Smith	c & b Shoaib Bashir	6	28	57	0	0	21.42
Blair Tickner	not out	4	6	12	0	0	66.66
Ben Sears	lbw b Archer	0	1	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 4)	13
Total	114.5 Ov (RR: 3.81, 549 Mins)	438

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Gus Atkinson	21	3	79	1	3.76	0
Jofra Archer	19.5	1	75	2	3.78	3
Josh Tongue	21	6	75	0	3.57	1
Shoaib Bashir	25	2	105	2	4.20	0
Ben Stokes	21	3	70	4	3.33	0
Jacob Bethell	4	0	18	0	4.50	0
Joe Root	3	0	7	1	2.33	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Duckett	b Smith	113	99	19	0	114.14
Emilio Gay	c †Blundell b O'Rourke	0	5	0	0	0.00
Jacob Bethell	not out	74	128	9	0	57.81
Joe Root	not out	21	42	3	0	50.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 4)	15
Total	45 Ov (RR: 4.95)	223/2

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Nathan Smith	12	1	51	1	4.25	1
Will O’Rourke	11	3	39	1	3.54	1
Blair Tickner	3	0	21	0	7.00	0
Mitchell Santner	8	0	55	0	6.87	0
Ben Sears	7	1	38	0	5.42	2
Zak Foulkes	4	1	8	0	2.00	0

Match Flow

Day 2

Over 94.3: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - DJ Mitchell (Upheld)

Drinks: New Zealand - 393/5 in 96.0 overs (W O'Rourke 19, TA Blundell 1)

New Zealand: 400 runs in 99.4 overs (602 balls), Extras 11

Over 100.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - MJ Santner (Struck down)

Lunch: New Zealand - 418/7 in 108.0 overs (TA Blundell 18, NG Smith 4)

Over 113.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - TA Blundell (Struck down)

Over 114.5: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - BV Sears (Struck down)

Innings Break: New Zealand - 438/10 in 114.5 overs (BM Tickner 4)

England: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 1

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (BM Duckett 36, JG Bethell 15, Ex 1)

BM Duckett: 50 off 40 balls (10 x 4)

Tea: England - 73/1 in 14.0 overs (BM Duckett 52, JG Bethell 16)

England: 100 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 6

2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 101 balls (BM Duckett 60, JG Bethell 34, Ex 6)

England: 150 runs in 24.1 overs (145 balls), Extras 10

JG Bethell: 50 off 60 balls (8 x 4)

Drinks: England - 153/1 in 25.0 overs (BM Duckett 93, JG Bethell 50)

Over 25.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - BM Duckett (Struck down)

2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 144 balls (BM Duckett 90, JG Bethell 51, Ex 11)

BM Duckett: 100 off 88 balls (18 x 4)

Drinks: England - 191/2 in 34.0 overs (JG Bethell 66, JE Root 0)

England: 200 runs in 36.3 overs (222 balls), Extras 14

End Of Day: England - 223/2 in 45.0 overs (JG Bethell 74, JE Root 21)