wtc229 f63633 t2622	England v New Zealand
	ICC World Test Championship 2025 to 2026/27 New Zealand in England 2026 (2nd Test)
Venue	The Kia Oval, Kennington on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st June 2026 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 253 runs
Points	England -12 (slow over-rate -12); New Zealand 12
Umpires	AT Holdstock (South Africa), NN Menon (India)
TV umpire	RJ Tucker (Australia)
Referee	AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Scorers	D Beesley, MJ Holloway-Neville
Reserve Umpire	GD Lloyd
Close of play day 1	New Zealand (1) 291/7 (Phillips 49*, Jamieson 6*; 77 overs)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 222/6 (Cox 22*, Archer 0*; 59 overs)
Close of play day 3	New Zealand (2) 252/3 (Nicholls 119*, Mitchell 32*; 56 overs)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 182/5 (Root 75*, Cox 0*; 48 overs)
Player of the Match	MJ Henry

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*TWM Latham	c Bethell b Archer	27	75	101	1	-	58
DP Conway	c Rew b Fisher	9	15	27	1	-	11
HM Nicholls	b Tongue	24	57	112	3	-	45
R Ravindra	c Bethell b Baker	33	51	72	6	-	38
DJ Mitchell	c Gay b Baker	44	74	119	6	-	54
+TA Blundell	c Root b Bethell	51	84	168	6	-	60
GD Phillips	c Gay b Fisher	100	135	230	18	-	96
NG Smith	c Cox b Bethell	4	21	28	-	-	18
KA Jamieson	b Bethell	41	48	86	7	-	31
MJ Henry	c Tongue b Archer	5	19	26	1	-	17
WP O'Rourke	not out	0	2	4	-	-	2
Extras	(22 b, 20 lb, 3 nb, 8 w)	53
Total	(all out, 492 minutes, 96.2 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Conway, 5.6 ov), 2-58 (Latham, 20.5 ov), 3-79 (Nicholls, 28.4 ov), 4-107 (Ravindra, 35.2 ov), 5-188 (Mitchell, 52.5 ov), 6-263 (Blundell, 67.4 ov), 7-280 (Smith, 73.4 ov), 8-367 (Jamieson, 89.3 ov), 9-391 (Henry, 95.4 ov), 10-391 (Phillips, 96.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Archer	20	4	61	2	3	1	100	8	-
Fisher	23.2	6	62	2	-	-	106	6	-
Tongue	21	1	97	1	-	2	86	15	-
Baker	19	2	94	2	-	-	73	15	-
Brook	3	0	9	0	-	-	15	1	-
Bethell	10	1	26	3	-	-	47	4	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BM Duckett	run out (Smith)	36	25	35	5	-	12
EN Gay	c Blundell b O'Rourke	53	114	162	9	-	94
JG Bethell	c Blundell b Smith	9	25	42	2	-	22
*JE Root	lbw b Henry	46	57	116	8	-	36
HC Brook	lbw b Henry	24	32	42	2	1	19
+JEK Rew	c Mitchell b O'Rourke	24	51	70	4	-	41
JM Cox	c Latham b Henry	27	55	88	3	-	39
JC Archer	c Blundell b Henry	8	23	37	2	-	21
MD Fisher	not out	50	77	102	6	-	53
JC Tongue	c Smith b Henry	1	12	9	-	-	11
S Baker	c Latham b Jamieson	4	36	80	1	-	35
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 400 minutes, 84 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Duckett, 7.5 ov), 2-68 (Bethell, 16.4 ov), 3-142 (Gay, 33.5 ov), 4-170 (Root, 40.5 ov), 5-177 (Brook, 42.1 ov), 6-217 (Rew, 55.5 ov), 7-235 (Cox, 62.1 ov), 8-236 (Archer, 64.4 ov), 9-238 (Tongue, 66.6 ov), 10-291 (Baker, 83.6 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Henry	24	3	80	5	-	-	109	12	-
Jamieson	20	6	78	1	-	1	90	12	-
O'Rourke	20	2	68	2	-	1	88	9	1
Smith	18	5	57	1	-	1	83	9	-
Ravindra	2	0	2	0	-	-	10	-	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*TWM Latham	c Rew b Archer	4	5	10	-	-	2
DP Conway	c Brook b Tongue	11	26	42	1	-	21
HM Nicholls	c Brook b Archer	121	171	277	16	-	111
R Ravindra	lbw b Bethell	76	99	167	15	-	69
DJ Mitchell	b Fisher	68	108	191	9	1	75
+TA Blundell	c Rew b Tongue	16	40	40	1	-	31
GD Phillips	c Bethell b Archer	3	10	17	-	-	8
NG Smith	c Gay b Fisher	38	51	78	5	1	34
KA Jamieson	b Fisher	6	9	11	1	-	7
MJ Henry	c Duckett b Baker	1	6	12	-	-	5
WP O'Rourke	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 430 minutes, 87.1 overs)	362
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Latham, 2.1 ov), 2-28 (Conway, 8.1 ov), 3-189 (Ravindra, 41.4 ov), 4-261 (Nicholls, 58.1 ov), 5-290 (Blundell, 67.1 ov), 6-307 (Phillips, 70.2 ov), 7-349 (Mitchell, 82.3 ov), 8-355 (Jamieson, 84.6 ov), 9-362 (Smith, 86.6 ov), 10-362 (Henry, 87.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Archer	16	0	62	3	-	2	65	8	-
Fisher	17	4	58	3	-	-	80	8	1
Tongue	19	5	64	2	-	-	87	10	-
Baker	15.1	2	67	1	-	-	61	11	-
Root	7	0	37	0	-	-	24	6	-
Bethell	11	1	49	1	-	-	36	4	1
Brook	2	1	9	0	-	-	8	1	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BM Duckett	c Henry b O'Rourke	9	28	63	1	-	23
EN Gay	c Ravindra b Jamieson	11	14	15	2	-	9
JG Bethell	lbw b Jamieson	0	4	3	-	-	4
*JE Root	lbw b Henry	77	145	218	8	-	98
HC Brook	c Mitchell b Henry	58	54	95	10	1	33
+JEK Rew	lbw b Jamieson	15	39	57	2	-	31
JM Cox	b Henry	25	45	59	2	1	35
JC Archer	b Henry	0	2	2	-	-	2
MD Fisher	b Henry	0	8	9	-	-	8
JC Tongue	c Mitchell b Henry	0	1	1	-	-	1
S Baker	not out	0	9	23	-	-	9
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 278 minutes, 58.1 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Gay, 3.2 ov), 2-13 (Bethell, 3.6 ov), 3-40 (Duckett, 13.1 ov), 4-137 (Brook, 32.4 ov), 5-180 (Rew, 45.3 ov), 6-188 (Root, 50.1 ov), 7-188 (Archer, 50.3 ov), 8-192 (Fisher, 52.5 ov), 9-192 (Tongue, 52.6 ov), 10-209 (Cox, 58.1 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Henry	18.1	6	29	6	-	-	89	2	-
Jamieson	19	4	61	3	1	-	86	7	1
O'Rourke	10	2	48	1	-	-	37	8	-
Smith	9	1	48	0	-	-	34	7	1
Ravindra	2	0	10	0	-	-	7	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 75/2 (Nicholls 23*, Ravindra 11*; 25 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: New Zealand (1) 166/4 (Mitchell 33*, Blundell 23*; 49 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 15/0 (Duckett 7*, Gay 8*; 3 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 118/2 (Gay 48*, Root 19*; 27 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: England (1) 291 all out
--> Day 3 Tea: New Zealand (2) 94/2 (Nicholls 39*, Ravindra 35*; 25 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: New Zealand (2) 345/6 (Mitchell 66*, Smith 30*; 81 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 54/3 (Root 24*, Brook 9*; 16 overs)
--> New Zealand first innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 100 in 34.2 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 150 in 44.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 200 in 54.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 250 in 64.5 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 300 in 77.6 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 350 in 85.6 overs
--> England first innings: 50 in 8.5 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 22.5 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 35.2 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 48.1 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 70.1 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 100 in 26.1 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 150 in 34.2 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 200 in 45.2 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 250 in 55.5 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 300 in 69.4 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 350 in 82.6 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 22.1 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 34.1 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 55.6 overs
--> JEK Rew made his debut in Test matches
--> JM Cox made his debut in Test matches
--> S Baker made his debut in Test matches
--> GD Phillips made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GD Phillips made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KA Jamieson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KA Jamieson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MJ Henry made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MJ Henry made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JEK Rew made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JEK Rew made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JM Cox made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JM Cox made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MD Fisher made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MD Fisher made his last appearance in Test matches
--> S Baker made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Baker made his last appearance in Test matches
--> TA Blundell (1) 50 in 82 balls with 6 fours
--> GD Phillips (1) 50 in 76 balls with 10 fours
--> GD Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in Test matches
--> GD Phillips (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> GD Phillips (1) 100 in 133 balls with 18 fours
--> KA Jamieson (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 24
--> EN Gay (1) 50 in 112 balls with 9 fours
--> JG Bethell (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> MD Fisher (1) 50 in 76 balls with 6 fours
--> HM Nicholls (2) 50 in 72 balls with 6 fours
--> HM Nicholls (2) 100 in 136 balls with 14 fours
--> R Ravindra (2) 50 in 79 balls with 11 fours
--> DJ Mitchell (2) 50 in 68 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> JE Root (2) 50 in 81 balls with 8 fours
--> JE Root (2) passed 14000 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
--> HC Brook (2) 50 in 33 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> MD Fisher made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JG Bethell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 3-72)
--> MD Fisher achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed NG Smith in the New Zealand second innings (previous best was 2-62)
--> MJ Henry reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed MD Fisher, his 4th wicket in the England second innings
--> DJ Mitchell (24) and TA Blundell (21) added 50 in 57 balls for the New Zealand 5th wicket in the first innings
--> TA Blundell (9) and GD Phillips (36) added 50 in 52 balls for the New Zealand 6th wicket in the first innings
--> GD Phillips (23) and KA Jamieson (21) added 50 in 52 balls for the New Zealand 8th wicket in the first innings
--> EN Gay (26) and JE Root (19) added 50 in 60 balls for the England 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> MD Fisher (48) and S Baker (4) added 50 in 95 balls for the England 10th wicket in the first innings
--> HM Nicholls (21) and R Ravindra (27) added 50 in 79 balls for the New Zealand 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> HM Nicholls (53) and R Ravindra (43) added 100 in 127 balls for the New Zealand 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> HM Nicholls (68) and R Ravindra (74) added 150 in 189 balls for the New Zealand 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> HM Nicholls (20) and DJ Mitchell (29) added 50 in 70 balls for the New Zealand 4th wicket in the second innings
--> JE Root (22) and HC Brook (28) added 50 in 42 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings

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New Zealand 1st innings
Over 11.6: Review by England (Bowling), DUmpire - NN Menon, Batter - HM Nicholls (decision upheld)
Over 38.2: Review by England (Bowling), DUmpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - DJ Mitchell (decision upheld)
England 1st innings
Over 33.5: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), DUmpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - EN Gay (decision overturned)
Over 40.5: Review by England (Batting), DUmpire - NN Menon, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld - umpires call)
New Zealand 2nd innings
Over 41.4: Review by New Zealand (Batting), DUmpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - R Ravindra (decision upheld - umpires call)
England 2nd innings
Over 5.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), DUmpire - NN Menon, Batter - BM Duckett (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 7.3: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), DUmpire - NN Menon, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld)
Over 24.1: Review by England (Batting), DUmpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - JE Root (decision overturned)
Over 28.3: Review by England (Batting), DUmpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - HC Brook (decision upheld)
Over 45.3: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), DUmpire - NN Menon, Batter - JEK Rew (decision overturned)
Over 50.1: Review by England (Batting), DUmpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld)