England v New Zealand, Wellington

England 280/10 & 427/6

New Zealand 125/10 & 259/10

England won by 323 runs

England v New Zealand 2024 · 2nd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington, Wellington 6–8 Dec 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than New Zealand.

England

0.95× -5%

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

Harry Brook England

178 +288

TA Blundell New Zealand

131 +185

Joe Root England

109 +146

JG Bethell England

112 +119

OJ Pope England

76 +103

Best bowling

Top match figures

AAP Atkinson4/31

BA Carse4/46

NG Smith4/86

Ben Stokes3/5

Top score

123

Harry Brook · England

Biggest stand

187

2nd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–21

3 wkts for 21 · England

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultEngland won by 323 runs

Length3 days

England

280 /10 (54.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b MJ Henry	17	23	1	1	73.91
BM Duckett	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	0	8	0	0	0.00
JG Bethell	c TA Blundell b NG Smith	16	28	3	0	57.14
Joe Root	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	3	7	0	0	42.86
Harry Brook	run out (NG Smith)	123	115	11	5	106.96
OJ Pope	c R Ravindra b W O'Rourke	66	78	7	1	84.62
Ben Stokes	c TWM Latham b W O'Rourke	2	15	0	0	13.33
CR Woakes	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	18	43	3	0	41.86
AAP Atkinson	c GD Phillips b NG Smith	4	3	1	0	133.33
BA Carse	c W O'Rourke b NG Smith	9	8	2	0	112.50
Shoaib Bashir*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 22 (b 1, lb 7, w 12, nb 2)

Total 280/10 (54.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	12.0	0	62	0	5.17
MJ Henry	15.0	5	43	2	2.87
NG Smith	11.4	1	86	4	7.37
W O'Rourke	12.0	1	49	3	4.08
GD Phillips	4.0	0	32	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-12 (BM Duckett, 3.2)·2-21 (Z Crawley, 7.1)·3-26 (Joe Root, 10.1)·4-43 (JG Bethell, 12.5)·5-217 (OJ Pope, 39.1)·6-222 (Ben Stokes, 41.6)·7-259 (Harry Brook, 52.1)·8-263 (AAP Atkinson, 52.4)·9-275 (CR Woakes, 53.4)·10-280 (BA Carse, 54.5)

New Zealand

125 /10 (34.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b Ben Stokes	17	32	1	0	53.12
DP Conway	c Harry Brook b AAP Atkinson	11	27	2	0	40.74
Kane Williamson	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	37	56	3	0	66.07
R Ravindra	c BA Carse b CR Woakes	3	10	0	0	30.00
DJ Mitchell	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	6	12	1	0	50.00
W O'Rourke	lbw b BA Carse	0	26	0	0	0.00
TA Blundell	b BA Carse	16	20	2	0	80.00
GD Phillips*	not out	16	16	3	0	100.00
NG Smith	b AAP Atkinson	14	12	2	1	116.67
MJ Henry	c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson	0	1	0	0	0.00
TG Southee	lbw b AAP Atkinson	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 1, nb 4)

Total 125/10 (34.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CR Woakes	8.0	1	26	1	3.25
AAP Atkinson	8.5	0	31	4	3.51
BA Carse	10.0	2	46	4	4.60
Ben Stokes	8.0	0	21	1	2.62

Fall of wickets

1-18 (DP Conway, 5.6)·2-53 (TWM Latham, 14.2)·3-64 (R Ravindra, 17.5)·4-74 (Kane Williamson, 21.2)·5-79 (DJ Mitchell, 23.2)·6-95 (TA Blundell, 29.4)·7-96 (W O'Rourke, 29.6)·8-125 (NG Smith, 34.3)·9-125 (MJ Henry, 34.4)·10-125 (TG Southee, 34.5)

England

427 /6 (82.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c DP Conway b MJ Henry	8	7	2	0	114.29
BM Duckett	b TG Southee	92	112	6	1	82.14
JG Bethell	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	96	118	10	3	81.36
Joe Root	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	106	130	11	0	81.54
Harry Brook	c W O'Rourke b GD Phillips	55	61	5	0	90.16
OJ Pope	c DJ Mitchell b MJ Henry	10	26	0	0	38.46
Ben Stokes*	not out	49	42	1	2	116.67

Extras 11 (lb 2, w 8, nb 1)

Total 427/6 (82.3 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	14.0	72	2	5.14
MJ Henry	18.0	100	2	5.56
NG Smith	16.0	74	0	4.62
W O'Rourke	18.3	104	1	5.62
GD Phillips	16.0	75	1	4.69

Fall of wickets

1-9 (Z Crawley, 1.2)·2-196 (JG Bethell, 37.6)·3-211 (BM Duckett, 41.2)·4-306 (Harry Brook, 62.1)·5-327 (OJ Pope, 69.1)·6-427 (Joe Root, 82.4)

New Zealand

259 /10 (54.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c & b BA Carse	24	35	3	0	68.57
DP Conway	b CR Woakes	0	5	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	c OJ Pope b CR Woakes	4	16	0	0	25.00
R Ravindra	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	6	16	0	0	37.50
DJ Mitchell	c OJ Pope b AAP Atkinson	32	70	4	0	45.71
TA Blundell	c BM Duckett b Shoaib Bashir	115	102	13	5	112.75
GD Phillips	b Shoaib Bashir	16	11	2	1	145.45
NG Smith	c OJ Pope b Ben Stokes	42	51	4	2	82.35
MJ Henry	c JG Bethell b Ben Stokes	4	7	1	0	57.14
TG Southee	c CR Woakes b Ben Stokes	8	13	1	0	61.54
W O'Rourke*	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00

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

Total 259/10 (54.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CR Woakes	10.0	4	20	2	2.00
AAP Atkinson	12.0	0	68	1	5.67
BA Carse	11.0	0	53	2	4.82
Shoaib Bashir	19.0	2	110	2	5.79
Ben Stokes	2.2	0	5	3	2.14

Fall of wickets

1-9 (DP Conway, 2.1)·2-25 (Kane Williamson, 6.6)·3-33 (TWM Latham, 9.2)·4-59 (R Ravindra, 13.6)·5-106 (DJ Mitchell, 31.2)·6-141 (GD Phillips, 34.6)·7-237 (TA Blundell, 48.3)·8-247 (MJ Henry, 50.4)·9-254 (NG Smith, 52.3)·10-259 (TG Southee, 54.2)