England v New Zealand, Birmingham

England 303/10 & 122/10

New Zealand 388/10 & 41/2

New Zealand won by 8 wickets

England v New Zealand 2021 · 2nd Test Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham 10–13 Jun 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than England.

England

1.16× +16%

New Zealand

0.90× -10%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, New Zealand led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

DW Lawrence England

81 +113

WA Young New Zealand

90 +104

LRPL Taylor New Zealand

80 +99

MA Wood England

70 +95

DP Conway New Zealand

83 +90

Best bowling

Top match figures

SCJ Broad4/48

TA Boult4/85

N Wagner3/18

MJ Henry3/36

Top score

WA Young · New Zealand

Biggest stand

122

2nd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–18

3 wkts for 18 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 8 wickets

Length4 days

England

303 /10 (101.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
RJ Burns	c TWM Latham b TA Boult	81	187	10	43.32
DP Sibley	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	35	84	5	41.67
Z Crawley	c DJ Mitchell b N Wagner	0	4	0	0.00
Joe Root	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	4	7	1	57.14
OJ Pope	c TA Blundell b AY Patel	19	49	2	38.78
DW Lawrence*	not out	81	124	13	65.32
James Bracey	c DJ Mitchell b TA Boult	0	1	0	0.00
OP Stone	lbw b AY Patel	20	52	2	38.46
MA Wood	b MJ Henry	41	80	7	51.25
SCJ Broad	c TA Blundell b TA Boult	0	4	0	0.00
JM Anderson	lbw b TA Boult	4	16	1	25.00

Extras 18 (b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 2)

Total 303/10 (101.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	29.0	6	85	4	2.93
MJ Henry	26.0	7	78	3	3.00
N Wagner	21.0	6	68	1	3.24
DJ Mitchell	11.0	2	23	0	2.09
AY Patel	14.0	4	34	2	2.43

Fall of wickets

1-72 (DP Sibley, 29.6)·2-73 (Z Crawley, 30.6)·3-85 (Joe Root, 33.5)·4-127 (OJ Pope, 49.4)·5-169 (RJ Burns, 58.6)·6-175 (James Bracey, 60.1)·7-222 (OP Stone, 75.2)·8-288 (MA Wood, 95.1)·9-289 (SCJ Broad, 96.2)·10-303 (JM Anderson, 100.6)

New Zealand

388 /10 (119.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TWM Latham	lbw b SCJ Broad	6	16	1	37.50
DP Conway	c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad	80	143	12	55.94
WA Young	c OJ Pope b DW Lawrence	82	204	11	40.20
LRPL Taylor	c James Bracey b OP Stone	80	139	11	57.55
HM Nicholls	c James Bracey b MA Wood	21	56	1	37.50
TA Blundell	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	34	77	5	44.16
DJ Mitchell	c Z Crawley b OP Stone	6	22	0	27.27
N Wagner	b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0.00
MJ Henry	lbw b MA Wood	12	14	3	85.71
AY Patel	lbw b SCJ Broad	20	33	3	60.61
TA Boult*	not out	12	9	3	133.33

Extras 35 (b 13, lb 21, nb 1)

Total 388/10 (119.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	29.0	9	68	1	2.34
SCJ Broad	23.1	9	48	4	2.07
MA Wood	25.0	3	85	2	3.40
OP Stone	24.0	5	92	2	3.83
Joe Root	15.0	3	45	0	3.00
DW Lawrence	3.0	0	16	1	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-15 (TWM Latham, 5.4)·2-137 (DP Conway, 45.3)·3-229 (WA Young, 76.3)·4-292 (LRPL Taylor, 90.3)·5-312 (HM Nicholls, 97.2)·6-335 (DJ Mitchell, 104.5)·7-336 (N Wagner, 105.3)·8-353 (MJ Henry, 110.4)·9-361 (TA Blundell, 115.4)·10-388 (AY Patel, 119.1)

England

122 /10 (41.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	0	2	0	0	0.00
Z Crawley	lbw b MJ Henry	17	27	2	0	62.96
DP Sibley	c DJ Mitchell b MJ Henry	8	14	1	0	57.14
Joe Root	c TA Blundell b AY Patel	11	61	1	0	18.03
OJ Pope	lbw b N Wagner	23	20	3	0	115.00
DW Lawrence	c TA Blundell b N Wagner	0	2	0	0	0.00
James Bracey	b AY Patel	8	20	1	0	40.00
OP Stone	c TA Blundell b TA Boult	15	54	2	0	27.78
MA Wood	c TA Blundell b N Wagner	29	38	5	1	76.32
SCJ Broad	b TA Boult	1	3	0	0	33.33
JM Anderson*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 5, lb 4, nb 1)

Total 122/10 (41.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	12.0	2	36	3	3.00
TA Boult	10.1	3	34	2	3.34
N Wagner	10.0	1	18	3	1.80
AY Patel	9.0	4	25	2	2.78

Fall of wickets

1-0 (RJ Burns, 0.2)·2-17 (DP Sibley, 4.5)·3-30 (Z Crawley, 10.1)·4-58 (OJ Pope, 15.7)·5-58 (DW Lawrence, 17.2)·6-71 (James Bracey, 22.3)·7-76 (Joe Root, 26.5)·8-120 (MA Wood, 38.3)·9-121 (SCJ Broad, 39.2)·10-122 (OP Stone, 41.1)

New Zealand

41 /2 (10.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TWM Latham*	not out	23	32	3	71.88
DP Conway	c James Bracey b SCJ Broad	3	4	0	75.00
WA Young	b OP Stone	8	31	1	25.81

Extras 7 (b 4, w 1, nb 2)

Total 41/2 (10.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	5.0	1	11	0	2.20
SCJ Broad	4.0	1	13	1	3.25
OP Stone	1.0	0	5	1	5.00
MA Wood	0.5	0	8	0	9.60

Fall of wickets

1-6 (DP Conway, 1.6)·2-33 (WA Young, 9.6)