England tour of New Zealand

Lunch England 435 for 8 dec and 168 for 5 (Root 74*, Stokes 20*) need a further 90 to beat New Zealand 209 and 483An unbroken stand between Joe Root and Ben Stokes, worth 88 at the lunch interval, helped resurrect England's chances of…

Lunch New Zealand 209 and 325 for 5 (Williamson 63*, Blundell 19*) lead England 435 for 8 dec by 99 runsFifties from Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell continued the New Zealand fightback at Basin Reserve. Having been made to follow on, the…

Innings break New Zealand 209 (Southee 73, Broad 4-61) trail England 435 for 8 dec (Brook 186, Root 153*, Henry 4-100) by 226 runsEngland stared down some defiant hitting from New Zealand captain Tim Southee to take the hosts' final three…

Innings break England 435 for 8 (Brook 186, Root 153*, Henry 4-100) vs New ZealandEngland spluttered and wheezed but were guided along by Joe Root's serene, unbeaten 153 before Ben Stokes declared early for the second Test running during an…

Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs EnglandNew Zealand captain Tim Southee opted to insert England for the second Test running - this time on a grey, blustery morning in Wellington and presented with a green-tinged Basin Reserve surface that…

England 325 for 9 dec and 374 (Root 57, Brook 54, Foakes 51, Tickner 3-55) beat New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138, Conway 77, Robinson 4-54) and 126 (Mitchell 57*, Anderson 4-18, Broad 4-49) by 267 runsJames Anderson provided the fourth-day…

Tea England 325 for 9 dec and 79 for 2 (Pope 14*, Broad 6*) lead New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138, Conway 77, Robinson 4-54) by 98 runsNeil Wagner went to the third-day tea break nursing the eye-watering figures of 11-0-104-2, as England's…

New Zealand 138 for 5 (Conway 72*, Blundell 21*) trail England 325 for 9 dec (Brook 89, Duckett 84) by 187 runs Devon Conway resisted for New Zealand with a battling half-century, but England cemented their dominance of the first Test in…

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first vs England After a build-up dominated by Cyclone Gabrielle - which wreaked havoc across the North Island and in acknowledgement of which the teams will be wearing black armbands - the…

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