Fall of wickets: 8/1 (B. Duckett, 1.4 ov), 19/2 (Z. Crawley, 5.0 ov)
Yet to bat: Harry Brook, Ollie Pope (Wk), Ben Stokes (C), Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Shoaib Bashir
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
Matt Henry
4.0
0
17
1
4.25
Tim Southee
2.0
1
4
1
2.0
Will O'Rourke
1.0
1
0
0
0.0
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
At the end of Day 3, New Zealand was batting at 136 for three wickets with Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra on the crease. Before that, they scored 347 in the first innings. New Zealand finished England's innings in just 36 overs by stopping them at just 143 runs, gaining a 204-run lead.
Kane Williamson’s Show After the Rain
On day 3, rain washed out the first session, and Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra came to bat after lunch. Both batted beautifully for the next 27 overs. Rachin Ravindra, in the 60th over, became Matthew Potts' victim when England got its first wicket of the day. What happened on the other side was phenomenal. Kane Williamson just held the one side of the pitch and batted flawlessly, completing his hundred out of 137 balls. Williamson continued to show his batting class during the whole second session. He was dismissed at 156 runs on the Shoaib Bashir ball. But the damage had already been done; by then, New Zealand had already taken the lead of over 500 runs.
The team management's decision to bring Santher into the team worked beautifully; in the second innings, he scored 49 runs in just 38 balls, hitting five massive sixes during his innings, which is rarely seen in test cricket. Please call 124 runs in both the innings of the test match, taking three crucial wickets in England’s first innings.
By the time England took all ten wickets of New Zealand, the team had already led by over 600 runs, making the results clear as to who would win the test match with two days remaining. New Zealand scored 453 runs, with a century from Kane Williamson and 40+ scores from Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, and Mitchell Santhner. Young batting All-rounder Jacob Bethell was the highest wicket-taker in the innings, with three wickets.
England Lost Two Early Wicktes
England came to bat in the fourth innings to chase a mountain-like target of 658 runs. To England's Mounting Challenges, they lost Zak Crawley's wicket in the second over itself. Another opener, Ben Duckett, was dismissed for four runs in the fifth over on Southee’s delivery.
By the End of the day, Jacob Bethell was batting at nine runs while Joe Root didn't score any runs. England still needed 640 runs to win when both the openers returned to the pavilion in just five overs. With such big scores to chase, the match result is obvious. This win will motivate New Zealand after two consecutive shameful defeats in the series.
New Zealand 347 & 453
