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	Match still in progress
Umpires	AT Holdstock (South Africa), NN Menon (India)
TV umpire	RJ Tucker (Australia)
Referee	AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
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

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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	not out	119	164	264	16	-	106
R Ravindra	lbw b Bethell	76	99	167	15	-	69
DJ Mitchell	not out	32	43	63	3	1	28
+TA Blundell	still to bat
GD Phillips	still to bat
NG Smith	still to bat
KA Jamieson	still to bat
MJ Henry	still to bat
WP O'Rourke	still to bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 275 minutes, 56 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Latham, 2.1 ov), 2-28 (Conway, 8.1 ov), 3-189 (Ravindra, 41.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Archer	8	0	39	1	-	1	32	6	-
Fisher	12	3	45	0	-	-	56	6	1
Tongue	11	3	49	1	-	-	47	9	-
Baker	9	1	42	0	-	-	36	7	-
Root	6	0	25	0	-	-	21	3	-
Bethell	8	0	34	1	-	-	25	3	-
Brook	2	1	9	0	-	-	8	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: New Zealand (2) 0/0 (Gay *; 0 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: New Zealand (2) 94/2 (Nicholls 39*, Ravindra 35*; 25 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
--> JEK Rew made his debut in Test matches
--> JM Cox made his debut in Test matches
--> S Baker made his debut in Test 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
--> 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
--> JM Cox made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> JG Bethell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 3-72)
--> 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

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