England v New Zealand, Auckland

England 58/10 & 320/10

New Zealand 427/8

New Zealand won by 49 runs

England v New Zealand 2018 · 1st Test Eden Park, Auckland 22–26 Mar 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than New Zealand.

England

0.93× -7%

New Zealand

1.14× +14%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

New Zealand's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Nicholls New Zealand

145 +198

Kane Williamson New Zealand

102 +130

Ben Stokes England

66 +104

C Overton England

36 +86

CR Woakes England

57 +78

Best bowling

Top match figures

TA Boult6/32

TG Southee4/25

TD Astle3/39

TA Boult3/67

Top score

145*

HM Nicholls · New Zealand

Biggest stand

2nd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–2

3 wkts for 2 · England

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 49 runs

Length5 days

England

58 /10 (20.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c TWM Latham b TA Boult	5	21	0	0	23.81
MD Stoneman	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	11	20	2	0	55.00
Joe Root	b TA Boult	0	6	0	0	0.00
DJ Malan	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	2	6	0	0	33.33
Ben Stokes	b TA Boult	0	8	0	0	0.00
JM Bairstow	c & b TG Southee	0	4	0	0	0.00
MM Ali	b TG Southee	0	8	0	0	0.00
CR Woakes	b TA Boult	5	9	0	0	55.56
SCJ Broad	c Kane Williamson b TG Southee	0	6	0	0	0.00
C Overton*	not out	33	25	5	1	132.00
JM Anderson	c HM Nicholls b TA Boult	1	11	0	0	9.09

Extras 1 (lb 1)

Total 58/10 (20.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	10.4	4	32	6	3.00
TG Southee	10.0	3	25	4	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-6 (AN Cook, 4.2)·2-6 (Joe Root, 6.2)·3-16 (DJ Malan, 8.1)·4-18 (MD Stoneman, 9.4)·5-18 (Ben Stokes, 10.3)·6-18 (JM Bairstow, 11.2)·7-23 (CR Woakes, 12.6)·8-23 (MM Ali, 13.4)·9-27 (SCJ Broad, 15.4)·10-58 (JM Anderson, 20.4)

New Zealand

427 /8 (141.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	3	23	0	0	13.04
TWM Latham	c CR Woakes b SCJ Broad	26	112	3	0	23.21
Kane Williamson	lbw b JM Anderson	102	220	11	1	46.36
LRPL Taylor	c CR Woakes b JM Anderson	20	35	3	0	57.14
HM Nicholls*	not out	145	268	18	0	54.10
BJ Watling	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	31	65	5	0	47.69
C de Grandhomme	c JM Bairstow b C Overton	29	39	5	1	74.36
TD Astle	b SCJ Broad	18	35	3	0	51.43
TG Southee	c & b Joe Root	25	42	2	0	59.52
N Wagner*	not out	9	7	0	1	128.57

Extras 19 (b 4, lb 9, w 6)

Total 427/8 (141.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	29.0	10	87	3	3.00
SCJ Broad	34.0	9	78	3	2.29
C Overton	25.0	7	70	1	2.80
CR Woakes	33.0	9	107	0	3.24
MM Ali	17.0	1	59	0	3.47
Joe Root	3.0	0	13	1	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-8 (JA Raval, 8.2)·2-92 (TWM Latham, 37.5)·3-123 (LRPL Taylor, 47.2)·4-206 (Kane Williamson, 83.6)·5-260 (BJ Watling, 105.6)·6-309 (C de Grandhomme, 115.7)·7-341 (TD Astle, 125.2)·8-413 (TG Southee, 139.1)

England

320 /10 (126.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	2	11	0	0	18.18
MD Stoneman	c TA Boult b N Wagner	55	91	6	1	60.44
Joe Root	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	51	131	5	0	38.93
DJ Malan	c TWM Latham b TG Southee	23	62	3	0	37.10
Ben Stokes	c TG Southee b N Wagner	66	188	6	0	35.11
JM Bairstow	c Kane Williamson b TD Astle	26	72	4	0	36.11
MM Ali	lbw b TA Boult	28	43	6	0	65.12
CR Woakes	c HM Nicholls b N Wagner	52	118	8	0	44.07
C Overton	lbw b TD Astle	3	18	0	0	16.67
SCJ Broad*	not out	1	19	0	0	5.26
JM Anderson	c TA Boult b TD Astle	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 12 (b 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)

Total 320/10 (126.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	27.0	9	67	3	2.48
TG Southee	26.0	4	86	1	3.31
C de Grandhomme	24.0	10	40	0	1.67
N Wagner	32.0	11	77	3	2.41
TD Astle	16.1	6	39	3	2.41
Kane Williamson	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-6 (AN Cook, 2.5)·2-94 (MD Stoneman, 29.4)·3-132 (Joe Root, 46.5)·4-142 (DJ Malan, 51.2)·5-181 (JM Bairstow, 72.4)·6-217 (MM Ali, 82.4)·7-300 (Ben Stokes, 113.3)·8-304 (C Overton, 118.5)·9-319 (CR Woakes, 125.2)·10-320 (JM Anderson, 126.1)