New Zealand v England, Auckland

New Zealand 443/10 & 241/6

England 204/10 & 315/9

Match drawn

England v New Zealand 2013 · 3rd Test Eden Park, Auckland 22–26 Mar 2013

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than New Zealand.

New Zealand

1.14× +14%

England

1.08× +8%

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

MJ Prior England

183 +278

PG Fulton New Zealand

246 +277

IR Bell England

92 +131

BB McCullum New Zealand

105 +117

Joe Root England

74 +90

Best bowling

Top match figures

TA Boult6/68

ST Finn6/125

Kane Williamson4/44

TG Southee3/44

Top score

136

PG Fulton · New Zealand

Biggest stand

181

2nd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

New Zealand

443 /10 (152.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PG Fulton	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	136	346	15	3	39.31
HD Rutherford	c AN Cook b ST Finn	37	77	2	2	48.05
Kane Williamson	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	91	199	15	0	45.73
LRPL Taylor	c & b MS Panesar	19	34	2	1	55.88
DG Brownlie	c NRD Compton b JM Anderson	36	91	6	0	39.56
BB McCullum	c MJ Prior b IJL Trott	38	62	6	0	61.29
BJ Watling	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	21	60	3	0	35.00
TG Southee	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	44	33	4	2	133.33
BP Martin	c IJL Trott b ST Finn	10	10	2	0	100.00
N Wagner*	not out	2	3	0	0	66.67
TA Boult	c NRD Compton b ST Finn	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 4, nb 1)

Total 443/10 (152.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	30.0	8	79	2	2.63
SCJ Broad	30.0	6	94	0	3.13
ST Finn	37.3	9	125	6	3.33
MS Panesar	47.0	17	123	1	2.62
IJL Trott	6.0	3	9	1	1.50
Joe Root	2.0	1	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-79 (HD Rutherford, 26.4)·2-260 (Kane Williamson, 94.4)·3-289 (LRPL Taylor, 105.6)·4-297 (PG Fulton, 112.3)·5-365 (BB McCullum, 132.4)·6-373 (DG Brownlie, 137.4)·7-424 (TG Southee, 148.2)·8-436 (BP Martin, 150.4)·9-443 (BJ Watling, 152.2)·10-443 (TA Boult, 152.3)

England

204 /10 (89.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	4	7	1	0	57.14
NRD Compton	lbw b TG Southee	13	77	2	0	16.88
IJL Trott	lbw b TA Boult	27	44	4	0	61.36
IR Bell	lbw b TG Southee	17	60	2	0	28.33
Joe Root	b TG Southee	45	176	4	0	25.57
JM Bairstow	lbw b TA Boult	3	12	0	0	25.00
MJ Prior	c HD Rutherford b N Wagner	73	130	13	0	56.15
SCJ Broad	c HD Rutherford b TA Boult	16	17	2	1	94.12
ST Finn	c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult	0	9	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	4	3	1	0	133.33
MS Panesar*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 2 (w 2)

Total 204/10 (89.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	25.0	9	68	6	2.72
TG Southee	23.2	10	44	3	1.89
N Wagner	15.0	3	36	1	2.40
BP Martin	26.0	10	56	0	2.15

Fall of wickets

1-8 (AN Cook, 2.1)·2-44 (IJL Trott, 15.5)·3-61 (NRD Compton, 27.6)·4-65 (IR Bell, 33.3)·5-72 (JM Bairstow, 36.5)·6-173 (MJ Prior, 79.2)·7-200 (SCJ Broad, 84.5)·8-200 (ST Finn, 88.2)·9-204 (JM Anderson, 88.5)·10-204 (Joe Root, 89.2)

New Zealand

241 /6 (57.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PG Fulton	c Joe Root b ST Finn	110	165	14	5	66.67
HD Rutherford	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	0	3	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	b JM Anderson	1	11	0	0	9.09
LRPL Taylor	lbw b SCJ Broad	3	14	0	0	21.43
DG Brownlie	c IR Bell b MS Panesar	28	81	4	0	34.57
BB McCullum*	not out	67	53	5	3	126.42
BJ Watling	c NRD Compton b MS Panesar	18	17	3	0	105.88

Extras 14 (b 4, lb 10)

Total 241/6 (57.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	17.0	6	59	1	3.47
SCJ Broad	17.0	5	54	2	3.18
ST Finn	13.0	1	57	1	4.38
MS Panesar	9.2	4	53	2	5.68
IJL Trott	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (HD Rutherford, 1.3)·2-5 (Kane Williamson, 4.4)·3-8 (LRPL Taylor, 7.6)·4-82 (DG Brownlie, 35.3)·5-199 (PG Fulton, 52.2)·6-241 (BJ Watling, 57.2)

England

315 /9 (143.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook	c DG Brownlie b Kane Williamson	43	145	4	29.66
NRD Compton	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	2	3	0	66.67
IJL Trott	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	37	66	3	56.06
IR Bell	c TG Southee b N Wagner	75	271	9	27.68
ST Finn	c TG Southee b Kane Williamson	0	10	0	0.00
Joe Root	lbw b TA Boult	29	79	2	36.71
JM Bairstow	c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee	6	19	1	31.58
MJ Prior*	not out	110	182	20	60.44
SCJ Broad	c LRPL Taylor b Kane Williamson	6	77	1	7.79
JM Anderson	c LRPL Taylor b Kane Williamson	0	2	0	0.00
MS Panesar*	not out	2	5	0	40.00

Extras 5 (lb 4, nb 1)

Total 315/9 (143.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	29.0	13	55	1	1.90
TG Southee	30.0	6	77	2	2.57
BP Martin	39.0	18	74	0	1.90
N Wagner	25.0	8	61	2	2.44
Kane Williamson	20.0	8	44	4	2.20

Fall of wickets

1-2 (NRD Compton, 1.3)·2-60 (IJL Trott, 23.4)·3-90 (AN Cook, 48.3)·4-90 (ST Finn, 52.1)·5-150 (Joe Root, 80.1)·6-159 (JM Bairstow, 85.5)·7-237 (IR Bell, 110.3)·8-304 (SCJ Broad, 139.3)·9-304 (JM Anderson, 139.5)