England v New Zealand, Mount Maunganui

England 325/9 & 374/10

New Zealand 306/10 & 126/10

England won by 267 runs

England v New Zealand 2023 · 1st Test Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, Mount Maunganui 16–19 Feb 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than New Zealand.

England

0.99× -1%

New Zealand

1.04× +4%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

TA Blundell New Zealand

139 +302

Harry Brook England

143 +212

BT Foakes England

89 +118

BM Duckett England

109 +116

DP Conway New Zealand

79 +99

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson4/18

SCJ Broad4/49

OE Robinson4/54

N Wagner4/82

Top score

138

TA Blundell · New Zealand

Biggest stand

2nd wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–14

4 wkts for 14 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultEngland won by 267 runs

Length4 days

England

325 /9 (58.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c MG Bracewell b TG Southee	4	14	0	0	28.57
BM Duckett	c MG Bracewell b BM Tickner	84	68	14	0	123.53
OJ Pope	c TWM Latham b TG Southee	42	65	6	0	64.62
Joe Root	c DJ Mitchell b N Wagner	14	22	2	0	63.64
Harry Brook	b N Wagner	89	81	15	1	109.88
Ben Stokes	c TWM Latham b SC Kuggeleijn	19	28	3	0	67.86
BT Foakes	c Kane Williamson b N Wagner	38	56	5	0	67.86
SCJ Broad	c DP Conway b SC Kuggeleijn	2	6	0	0	33.33
OE Robinson*	not out	15	11	3	0	136.36
MJ Leach	c TWM Latham b N Wagner	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 17 (lb 7, w 4, nb 6)

Total 325/9 (58.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	13.0	1	71	2	5.46
N Wagner	16.2	1	82	4	5.02
BM Tickner	13.0	0	72	1	5.54
SC Kuggeleijn	13.0	0	80	2	6.15
MG Bracewell	3.0	0	13	0	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-18 (Z Crawley, 2.5)·2-117 (BM Duckett, 18.6)·3-152 (OJ Pope, 26.5)·4-154 (Joe Root, 27.2)·5-209 (Ben Stokes, 37.5)·6-298 (Harry Brook, 54.1)·7-305 (SCJ Broad, 55.2)·8-319 (BT Foakes, 56.2)·9-325 (MJ Leach, 58.2)

New Zealand

306 /10 (82.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c OJ Pope b OE Robinson	1	13	0	0	7.69
DP Conway	c OJ Pope b Ben Stokes	77	151	7	1	50.99
Kane Williamson	lbw b JM Anderson	6	21	1	0	28.57
HM Nicholls	c Z Crawley b JM Anderson	4	7	0	0	57.14
N Wagner	c OE Robinson b SCJ Broad	27	32	1	2	84.38
DJ Mitchell	lbw b OE Robinson	0	10	0	0	0.00
TA Blundell	c & b JM Anderson	138	181	20	1	76.24
MG Bracewell	c Ben Stokes b MJ Leach	7	14	1	0	50.00
SC Kuggeleijn	b OE Robinson	20	36	2	1	55.56
TG Southee	c BM Duckett b OE Robinson	10	13	1	0	76.92
BM Tickner*	not out	3	24	0	0	12.50

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 5)

Total 306/10 (82.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	16.5	5	36	3	2.14
SCJ Broad	17.0	2	72	1	4.24
OE Robinson	19.0	2	54	4	2.84
MJ Leach	18.0	3	84	1	4.67
Joe Root	5.0	2	15	0	3.00
Ben Stokes	7.0	0	38	1	5.43

Fall of wickets

1-10 (TWM Latham, 4.3)·2-23 (Kane Williamson, 11.2)·3-31 (HM Nicholls, 13.3)·4-82 (N Wagner, 24.4)·5-83 (DJ Mitchell, 27.3)·6-158 (DP Conway, 50.8)·7-182 (MG Bracewell, 55.3)·8-235 (SC Kuggeleijn, 68.2)·9-247 (TG Southee, 70.6)·10-306 (TA Blundell, 82.5)

England

374 /10 (73.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c TA Blundell b SC Kuggeleijn	28	39	6	0	71.79
BM Duckett	c TWM Latham b BM Tickner	25	27	4	0	92.59
OJ Pope	c TA Blundell b N Wagner	49	46	5	3	106.52
SCJ Broad	c HM Nicholls b N Wagner	7	17	1	0	41.18
Joe Root	c DJ Mitchell b MG Bracewell	57	62	5	1	91.94
Harry Brook	c DJ Mitchell b BM Tickner	54	41	7	2	131.71
BT Foakes	c TA Blundell b BM Tickner	51	80	5	0	63.75
Ben Stokes	st TA Blundell b MG Bracewell	31	33	3	2	93.94
OE Robinson	c HM Nicholls b SC Kuggeleijn	39	48	6	0	81.25
MJ Leach	st TA Blundell b MG Bracewell	12	40	1	0	30.00
JM Anderson*	not out	6	12	0	0	50.00

Extras 15 (b 5, lb 6, w 2, nb 2)

Total 374/10 (73.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	15.0	2	49	0	3.27
N Wagner	13.0	0	110	2	8.46
BM Tickner	12.0	0	55	3	4.58
SC Kuggeleijn	14.0	1	81	2	5.79
MG Bracewell	19.5	2	68	3	3.43

Fall of wickets

1-52 (BM Duckett, 9.2)·2-68 (Z Crawley, 13.4)·3-82 (SCJ Broad, 18.1)·4-144 (OJ Pope, 25.5)·5-225 (Harry Brook, 36.4)·6-237 (Joe Root, 41.1)·7-293 (Ben Stokes, 51.6)·8-335 (BT Foakes, 60.5)·9-358 (OE Robinson, 70.2)·10-374 (MJ Leach, 73.5)

New Zealand

126 /10 (45.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b SCJ Broad	15	27	1	0	55.56
DP Conway	b SCJ Broad	2	10	0	0	20.00
Kane Williamson	b SCJ Broad	0	5	0	0	0.00
HM Nicholls	c BT Foakes b OE Robinson	7	20	0	0	35.00
DJ Mitchell*	not out	57	101	6	2	56.44
TA Blundell	b SCJ Broad	1	10	0	0	10.00
MG Bracewell	c Harry Brook b MJ Leach	25	42	2	0	59.52
SC Kuggeleijn	lbw b JM Anderson	2	6	0	0	33.33
TG Southee	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
N Wagner	c BT Foakes b JM Anderson	9	22	1	0	40.91
BM Tickner	b JM Anderson	8	29	2	0	27.59

Extras 0

Total 126/10 (45.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	10.3	4	18	4	1.71
SCJ Broad	15.0	5	49	4	3.27
OE Robinson	8.0	0	34	1	4.25
MJ Leach	11.0	4	25	1	2.27
Joe Root	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-14 (DP Conway, 3.6)·2-14 (Kane Williamson, 5.5)·3-19 (TWM Latham, 7.6)·4-27 (HM Nicholls, 10.3)·5-28 (TA Blundell, 13.2)·6-68 (MG Bracewell, 25.4)·7-71 (SC Kuggeleijn, 26.5)·8-71 (TG Southee, 26.6)·9-91 (N Wagner, 34.5)·10-126 (BM Tickner, 45.3)