England v New Zealand, Wellington

England 435/8 & 256/10

New Zealand 209/10 & 483/10

New Zealand won by 1 runs

England v New Zealand 2023 · 2nd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington, Wellington 24–28 Feb 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

England

1.03× +3%

New Zealand

1.06× +6%

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

Joe Root England

248 +405

Harry Brook England

186 +249

Kane Williamson New Zealand

136 +194

TA Blundell New Zealand

128 +167

TWM Latham New Zealand

118 +134

Best bowling

Top match figures

MJ Leach5/157

SCJ Broad4/61

N Wagner4/62

MJ Henry4/100

Top score

186

Harry Brook · England

Biggest stand

302

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 1 runs

Length5 days

England

435 /8 (87.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	2	12	0	0	16.67
BM Duckett	c MG Bracewell b TG Southee	9	21	0	0	42.86
OJ Pope	c MG Bracewell b MJ Henry	10	6	2	0	166.67
Joe Root*	not out	153	224	10	3	68.30
Harry Brook	c & b MJ Henry	186	176	24	5	105.68
Ben Stokes	c SC Kuggeleijn b N Wagner	27	28	5	0	96.43
BT Foakes	st TA Blundell b MG Bracewell	0	5	0	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	lbw b MG Bracewell	14	17	2	0	82.35
OE Robinson	c TG Southee b MJ Henry	18	29	1	0	62.07
MJ Leach*	not out	6	5	1	0	120.00

Extras 10 (lb 8, w 2)

Total 435/8 (87.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	24.0	5	93	1	3.88
MJ Henry	22.1	3	100	4	4.51
DJ Mitchell	9.0	1	61	0	6.78
N Wagner	21.0	1	119	1	5.67
MG Bracewell	11.0	0	54	2	4.91

Fall of wickets

1-5 (Z Crawley, 3.4)·2-21 (OJ Pope, 5.5)·3-21 (BM Duckett, 6.4)·4-323 (Harry Brook, 67.1)·5-362 (Ben Stokes, 74.2)·6-363 (BT Foakes, 75.2)·7-389 (SCJ Broad, 79.2)·8-424 (OE Robinson, 85.4)

New Zealand

209 /10 (53.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Joe Root b MJ Leach	35	76	3	1	46.05
DP Conway	c BT Foakes b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	c BT Foakes b JM Anderson	4	5	0	0	80.00
WA Young	c BT Foakes b JM Anderson	2	9	0	0	22.22
HM Nicholls	c OJ Pope b MJ Leach	30	38	5	0	78.95
DJ Mitchell	c OJ Pope b MJ Leach	13	39	1	0	33.33
TA Blundell	c MJ Leach b SCJ Broad	38	79	5	0	48.10
MG Bracewell	c & b SCJ Broad	6	9	1	0	66.67
TG Southee	c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad	73	49	5	6	148.98
MJ Henry	c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad	6	10	1	0	60.00
N Wagner*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 2 (nb 2)

Total 209/10 (53.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	10.0	1	37	3	3.70
SCJ Broad	14.2	3	61	4	4.26
OE Robinson	12.0	4	31	0	2.58
MJ Leach	17.0	1	80	3	4.71

Fall of wickets

1-1 (DP Conway, 0.5)·2-7 (Kane Williamson, 4.2)·3-21 (WA Young, 8.3)·4-60 (TWM Latham, 20.2)·5-77 (HM Nicholls, 24.2)·6-96 (DJ Mitchell, 32.6)·7-103 (MG Bracewell, 35.3)·8-201 (TG Southee, 49.3)·9-208 (TA Blundell, 51.5)·10-209 (MJ Henry, 53.2)

New Zealand

483 /10 (162.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	lbw b Joe Root	83	172	11	0	48.26
DP Conway	c OJ Pope b MJ Leach	61	155	6	1	39.35
Kane Williamson	c BT Foakes b Harry Brook	132	282	12	0	46.81
WA Young	b MJ Leach	8	23	0	0	34.78
HM Nicholls	c Harry Brook b OE Robinson	29	94	2	0	30.85
DJ Mitchell	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	54	54	5	1	100.00
TA Blundell	c Joe Root b MJ Leach	90	166	9	0	54.22
MG Bracewell	run out (Ben Stokes)	8	19	0	0	42.11
TG Southee	c MJ Potts b MJ Leach	2	9	0	0	22.22
MJ Henry	c Joe Root b MJ Leach	0	3	0	0	0.00
N Wagner*	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 8)

Total 483/10 (162.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	27.0	7	77	0	2.85
OE Robinson	28.0	6	84	1	3.00
SCJ Broad	24.0	3	79	1	3.29
MJ Leach	61.3	13	157	5	2.55
Joe Root	12.0	0	39	1	3.25
Ben Stokes	2.0	0	16	0	8.00
Harry Brook	8.0	0	25	1	3.12

Fall of wickets

1-149 (DP Conway, 52.5)·2-155 (TWM Latham, 55.5)·3-167 (WA Young, 61.4)·4-222 (HM Nicholls, 90.3)·5-297 (DJ Mitchell, 107.3)·6-455 (Kane Williamson, 151.6)·7-478 (MG Bracewell, 158.2)·8-482 (TG Southee, 160.2)·9-482 (MJ Henry, 160.5)·10-483 (TA Blundell, 162.3)

England

256 /10 (74.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b TG Southee	24	30	5	0	80.00
BM Duckett	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	33	43	2	1	76.74
OE Robinson	c MG Bracewell b TG Southee	2	15	0	0	13.33
OJ Pope	c TWM Latham b N Wagner	14	27	2	0	51.85
Joe Root	c MG Bracewell b N Wagner	95	113	8	3	84.07
Ben Stokes	c TWM Latham b N Wagner	33	116	6	0	28.45
BT Foakes	c N Wagner b TG Southee	35	57	4	0	61.40
SCJ Broad	c N Wagner b MJ Henry	11	9	1	0	122.22
MJ Leach*	not out	1	31	0	0	3.23
JM Anderson	c TA Blundell b N Wagner	4	6	1	0	66.67

Extras 4 (lb 1, w 2, nb 1)

Total 256/10 (74.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	20.1	6	45	3	2.23
MJ Henry	21.5	3	75	2	3.44
MG Bracewell	17.0	2	73	0	4.29
N Wagner	15.2	1	62	4	4.04

Fall of wickets

1-39 (Z Crawley, 7.6)·2-53 (OE Robinson, 13.3)·3-59 (BM Duckett, 16.2)·4-80 (OJ Pope, 20.6)·5-80 (Harry Brook, 21.1)·6-201 (Ben Stokes, 56.4)·7-202 (Joe Root, 58.1)·8-215 (SCJ Broad, 61.1)·9-251 (BT Foakes, 71.4)·10-256 (JM Anderson, 74.2)