New Zealand Crushed England in the Final Test of the Series

New Zealand defeated England in the third and final test of the Crowe-thorpe trophy with a massive 423-run victory. England got all out at 234 runs, chasing a mountain-like target of 658. 

New Zealand 347 & 453

England 143 & 234

Test 3 of 3 (ENG wins 2-1) - Day 4 - Session 2

NZ won by 423 runs

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NZ 1st InnENG 1st InnNZ 2nd InnENG 2nd Inn

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham (c) c Ollie Pope b Matthew Potts	63	135	9	0	46.67
Will Young c Harry Brook b Gus Atkinson	42	92	10	0	45.65
Kane Williamson b Matthew Potts	44	87	9	0	50.57
Rachin Ravindra c Ben Duckett b Brydon Carse	18	25	4	0	72.0
Daryl Mitchell c Ben Stokes b Gus Atkinson	14	32	3	0	43.75
Tom Blundell (wk) c Jacob Bethell b Brydon Carse	21	29	4	0	72.41
Glenn Phillips c Zak Crawley b Matthew Potts	5	10	1	0	50.0
Mitchell Santner b Matthew Potts	76	117	10	2	64.96
Matt Henry c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes	8	20	0	1	40.0
Tim Southee c Brydon Carse b Gus Atkinson	23	10	1	3	230.0
Will O'Rourke not out	5	30	1	0	16.67

Extras: 28 (NB 4, W 2, B 12, LB 10)

Total: 347 (10 wkts, 97.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 105/1 (W. Young, 30.3 ov), 149/2 (T. Latham, 44.1 ov), 172/3 (R. Ravindra, 52.3 ov), 185/4 (K. Williamson, 58.6 ov), 206/5 (D. Mitchell, 63.3 ov), 212/6 (G. Phillips, 66.2 ov), 231/7 (T. Blundell, 68.6 ov), 272/8 (M. Henry, 77.5 ov), 303/9 (T. Southee, 80.4 ov), 347/10 (M. Santner, 97.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matthew Potts	28.1	7	90	4	3.2
Gus Atkinson	26.0	7	66	3	2.54
Brydon Carse	19.0	2	78	2	4.11
Ben Stokes (c)	24.0	6	91	1	3.79

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley c & b Matt Henry	21	14	5	0	150.0
Ben Duckett b Will O'Rourke	3	5	0	0	60.0
Jacob Bethell c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee	35	45	7	0	77.78
Harry Brook b Matt Henry	0	1	0	0	0.0
Joe Root c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee	5	12	1	0	41.67
Ollie Pope c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	48	72	8	0	66.67
Ben Stokes (c) c Tom Blundell b Will O'Rourke	5	7	1	0	71.43
Gus Atkinson c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	4	10	1	0	40.0
Brydon Carse b Will O'Rourke	0	3	0	0	0.0
Matthew Potts b Matt Henry	2	6	0	0	33.33
Shoaib Bashir not out	11	15	2	0	73.33

Extras: 9 (B 4, LB 5)

Total: 143 (10 wkts, 35.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 32/1 (Z. Crawley, 4.2 ov), 33/2 (B. Duckett, 4.6 ov), 77/3 (J. Bethell, 15.5 ov), 77/4 (H. Brook, 15.6 ov), 82/5 (J. Root, 17.6 ov), 134/6 (O. Pope, 30.5 ov), 137/7 (B. Stokes, 32.1 ov), 141/8 (G. Atkinson, 33.5 ov), 141/9 (B. Carse, 34.2 ov), 143/10 (M. Potts, 35.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matt Henry	13.4	2	54	4	3.95
Tim Southee	10.0	1	45	2	4.50
Will O'Rourke	12.0	4	44	3	3.67

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley c & b Matt Henry	5	17	1	0	29.41
Ben Duckett b Tim Southee	4	4	1	0	100.00
Jacob Bethell c Glenn Phillips b Tim Southee	76	96	13	1	79.17
Joe Root b Mitchell Santner	54	64	10	0	84.38
Harry Brook c Daryl Mitchell b Will O'Rourke	1	6	0	0	16.67
Ollie Pope (wk) b Matt Henry	17	36	2	0	47.22
Gus Atkinson c Glenn Phillips b Mitchell Santner	43	41	7	1	104.88
Brydon Carse st Tom Blundell b Mitchell Santner	11	12	1	1	91.67
Matthew Potts c Tim Southee b Mitchell Santner	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shoaib Bashir not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
Ben Stokes (c) absent hurt	0	0	0	0	-

Extras: 21 (W 5, B 16)

Total: 234 (10 wkts, 47.2 ov)

Fall of wickets: 8/1 (B. Duckett, 1.4 ov), 19/2 (Z. Crawley, 4.6 ov), 122/3 (J. Root, 25.5 ov), 133/4 (H. Brook, 28.3 ov), 166/5 (J. Bethell, 34.1 ov), 215/6 (O. Pope, 42.4 ov), 231/7 (G. Atkinson, 45.5 ov), 231/8 (M. Potts, 45.5 ov), 234/9 (B. Carse, 47.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matt Henry	13.0	1	62	2	4.77
Tim Southee	8.0	1	34	2	4.25
Will O'Rourke	12.0	5	37	1	3.08
Mitchell Santner	14.2	1	85	4	5.93

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham (c) b Gus Atkinson	19	31	3	0	61.29
Will Young c Jacob Bethell b Ben Stokes	60	85	9	0	70.59
Kane Williamson c Ollie Pope b Shoaib Bashir	156	204	20	1	76.47
Will O'Rourke c Ollie Pope b Ben Stokes	0	8	0	0	0.0
Rachin Ravindra c Brydon Carse b Matthew Potts	44	90	4	1	48.89
Daryl Mitchell c Matthew Potts b Jacob Bethell	60	84	7	2	71.43
Tom Blundell (wk) not out	44	55	2	3	80.0
Glenn Phillips c Brydon Carse b Shoaib Bashir	3	9	0	0	33.33
Mitchell Santner c Shoaib Bashir b Joe Root	49	38	3	5	128.95
Tim Southee c Zak Crawley b Jacob Bethell	2	5	0	0	40.0
Matt Henry b Jacob Bethell	0	1	0	0	0.0

Extras: 16 (W 1, B 12, LB 3)

Total: 453 (10 wkts, 101.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 35/1 (T. Latham, 9.4 ov), 124/2 (W. Young, 27.1 ov), 128/3 (W. O'Rourke, 29.3 ov), 235/4 (R. Ravindra, 59.3 ov), 327/5 (K. Williamson, 78.3 ov), 375/6 (G. Phillips, 90.2 ov), 380/7 (D. Mitchell, 87.5 ov), 443/8 (M. Santner, 99.5 ov), 453/9 (T. Southee, 101.3 ov), 453/10 (M. Henry, 101.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matthew Potts	16.0	4	64	1	4.0
Gus Atkinson	9.0	4	16	1	1.78
Brydon Carse	11.0	2	34	0	3.09
Ben Stokes (c)	12.2	3	52	2	4.22
Shoaib Bashir	36.0	1	170	2	4.72
Jacob Bethell	14.2	0	72	3	5.02
Harry Brook	2.0	0	13	0	6.5
Joe Root	1.0	0	17	1	17.0

In an exemplary show of batting and bowling, New Zealand defeated England in the third match in the second session of the fourth day. After scoring 347 in the first innings and 453 in the second innings, New Zealand set the target of 658 runs. While England got all out in just 143 runs in the first innings, New Zealand finished England's second innings at just 234 runs, winning the match by 423 runs.

On the fourth day, Jacob Bethel and Joe Root came to bat at a score of 18 runs for two wickets. Both batted beautifully for the next 20 overs until Joe Root got out at 54 runs while playing 64 balls. Root and Jacob formed a partnership of 104 runs with 23 boundaries during their time together. 

England's New Shining Star

Jacob Bethell once again scored a fifty, the third in this series. Except for Bethell and Root, every other batter seemed off with their batting; during his 76 runs off 96 balls, he hit 13 boundaries and one six. This is worth mentioning that it is his just third test match, and he has scored in all those matches, showing his potential and capabilities. With his continuous performances in all the formats, he has also received an upgraded contract from the ECB and also bagged an IPL contract with Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

England's Batting Collapsed Once Again. 

Just after the dismissal of Joe Root, England saw two collapses during their innings, from 122/2 to 165/5, losing three important wickets of Root, Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell. During the second collapse, England was 215/5 at the start of the 43rd over, but England lost four wickets in just 19 runs during the last five overs. While Ben Stokes was absent because of his injury and didn't come to bat. A more serious concern for England is that in both the innings, the team couldn't play even 50 overs.

Ben Stokes Injury

Ben Stokes, who returned to the dressing room on day 3 after pulling his hamstring during bowling, didn’t return to bat on day 4. The team confirmed in the morning that he could come to bat if needed, but by the end of the innings, it was obvious that his batting would not benefit England this time and would be better if he rested in the dressing room.

Bowling Performance by New Zealand

New Zealand again trapped England in the second inning after doing the same in the first inning. Pacer Will O’Rourke and Mitchell Santhner's bowling couldn't let England score easy runs. Matt Henry and Tim Southee, playing his last test match, took 2-2 wickets each, while Rourke took one wicket and Mitchell Santhner took four.

Mitchell Santhner: The change Team Didn't Know They Wanted

New Zealand brought Mitchell Santhner into the playing 11 to bring spin bowling against England, but his all-round skills during the match were exemplary. In addition to scoring 76 and 44 in both innings, and took seven wickets in the test match, 3 in the first innings and 4 in the second innings. For his performance, he also received the Man of the Match award.

The shameful defeat in the third test match dampened England's celebration of winning the series, but now England has over 5 months to prepare since their next test series against Zimbabwe is 5 months away.