New Zealand v England 1st Test

England tour of New Zealand - 2023 (2022/23) · Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui · 16 February 2023

England won by 267 runs

England won by 267 runs. Tom Blundell top-scored with 138 for New Zealand. James Anderson took 4/18.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of New Zealand - 2023 (2022/23)
Ground: Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Dates: 16 February 2023 to 19 February 2023
Toss: New Zealand, chose to field
Result: England won by 267 runs
Player of the match: Harry Brook
Captains: Ben Stokes (England), Tim Southee (New Zealand)
Debuts: Scott Kuggeleijn (New Zealand), Blair Tickner (New Zealand)
Umpires: Aleem Dar and CB Gaffaney
Match referee: DC Boon

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field. Scott Kuggeleijn and Blair Tickner played their first Tests.

England batted first and made 325 for 9 declared. Harry Brook top-scored with 89 off 81 balls, and Ben Duckett made 84. Neil Wagner took 4 for 82 for New Zealand.

New Zealand replied with 306 all out. Tom Blundell top-scored with 138 off 181 balls, and Devon Conway made 77. Ollie Robinson took 4 for 54 for England. England led by 19 on first innings.

England made 374 all out in their second innings. Joe Root top-scored with 57 off 62 balls, and Harry Brook made 54. Blair Tickner took 3 for 55 for New Zealand.

Set 394 to win, New Zealand made 126 all out. Daryl Mitchell top-scored with 57 not out off 101 balls. James Anderson took 4 for 18 for England. From 0 for 0 they lost 5 wickets for 28 runs, to 28 for 5.

England won by 267 runs. New Zealand's 126 all out is the lowest completed total at Bay Oval.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 325 FOR 9 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Zak Crawley	c Michael Bracewell b Tim Southee	4	14
Ben Duckett	c Michael Bracewell b Blair Tickner	84	68
Ollie Pope	c Tom Latham b Tim Southee	42	65
Joe Root	c Daryl Mitchell b Neil Wagner	14	22
Harry Brook	b Neil Wagner	89	81
Ben Stokes	c Tom Latham b Scott Kuggeleijn	19	28
Ben Foakes	c Kane Williamson b Neil Wagner	38	56
Stuart Broad	c Devon Conway b Scott Kuggeleijn	2	6
Ollie Robinson	not out	15	11
Jack Leach	c Tom Latham b Neil Wagner	1	5

Did not bat: James Anderson

Extras 17 · Total 325 for 9 declared

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Tim Southee	13	1	71	2
Neil Wagner	16.2	0	82	4
Blair Tickner	13	0	72	1
Scott Kuggeleijn	13	0	80	2
Michael Bracewell	3	0	13	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-18 (Zak Crawley, 2.5 ov), 2-117 (Ben Duckett, 18.6 ov), 3-152 (Ollie Pope, 26.5 ov), 4-154 (Joe Root, 27.2 ov), 5-209 (Ben Stokes, 37.5 ov), 6-298 (Harry Brook, 54.1 ov), 7-305 (Stuart Broad, 55.2 ov), 8-319 (Ben Foakes, 56.2 ov), 9-325 (Jack Leach, 58.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Ben Duckett (12) and Zak Crawley (4)	18	19
second	Ben Duckett (72) and Ollie Pope (23)	99	99
third	Joe Root (14) and Ollie Pope (19)	35	49
fourth	Joe Root (0) and Harry Brook (2)	2	3
fifth	Ben Stokes (19) and Harry Brook (35)	55	63
sixth	Ben Foakes (33) and Harry Brook (52)	89	98
seventh	Stuart Broad (2) and Ben Foakes (1)	7	7
eighth	Ben Foakes (4) and Ollie Robinson (10)	14	6
ninth	Jack Leach (1) and Ollie Robinson (5)	6	12

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 306 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Tom Latham	c Ollie Pope b Ollie Robinson	1	13
Devon Conway	c Ollie Pope b Ben Stokes	77	151
Kane Williamson	lbw b James Anderson	6	21
Henry Nicholls	c Zak Crawley b James Anderson	4	7
Neil Wagner	c Ollie Robinson b Stuart Broad	27	32
Daryl Mitchell	lbw b Ollie Robinson	0	10
Tom Blundell	c & b James Anderson	138	181
Michael Bracewell	c Ben Stokes b Jack Leach	7	14
Scott Kuggeleijn	b Ollie Robinson	20	36
Tim Southee	c Ben Duckett b Ollie Robinson	10	13
Blair Tickner	not out	3	24

Extras 13 · Total 306 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	16.5	5	36	3
Stuart Broad	17	2	72	1
Ollie Robinson	19	2	54	4
Jack Leach	18	3	84	1
Joe Root	5	2	15	0
Ben Stokes	7	0	38	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-10 (Tom Latham, 4.3 ov), 2-23 (Kane Williamson, 11.2 ov), 3-31 (Henry Nicholls, 13.3 ov), 4-82 (Neil Wagner, 24.4 ov), 5-83 (Daryl Mitchell, 27.3 ov), 6-158 (Devon Conway, 50.6 ov), 7-182 (Michael Bracewell, 55.3 ov), 8-235 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 68.2 ov), 9-247 (Tim Southee, 70.6 ov), 10-306 (Tom Blundell, 82.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Devon Conway (5) and Tom Latham (1)	10	27
second	Kane Williamson (6) and Devon Conway (6)	13	41
third	Devon Conway (4) and Henry Nicholls (4)	8	13
fourth	Neil Wagner (27) and Devon Conway (22)	51	69
fifth	Devon Conway (1) and Daryl Mitchell (0)	1	17
sixth	Devon Conway (39) and Tom Blundell (33)	75	143
seventh	Michael Bracewell (7) and Tom Blundell (15)	24	28
eighth	Tom Blundell (32) and Scott Kuggeleijn (20)	53	77
ninth	Tim Southee (10) and Tom Blundell (2)	12	16
tenth	Tom Blundell (56) and Blair Tickner (3)	59	71

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 374 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Zak Crawley	c Tom Blundell b Scott Kuggeleijn	28	39
Ben Duckett	c Tom Latham b Blair Tickner	25	27
Ollie Pope	c Tom Blundell b Neil Wagner	49	46
Stuart Broad	c Henry Nicholls b Neil Wagner	7	17
Joe Root	c Daryl Mitchell b Michael Bracewell	57	62
Harry Brook	c Daryl Mitchell b Blair Tickner	54	41
Ben Foakes	c Tom Blundell b Blair Tickner	51	80
Ben Stokes	st Tom Blundell b Michael Bracewell	31	33
Ollie Robinson	c Henry Nicholls b Scott Kuggeleijn	39	48
Jack Leach	st Tom Blundell b Michael Bracewell	12	40
James Anderson	not out	6	12

Extras 15 · Total 374 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Tim Southee	15	2	49	0
Neil Wagner	13	0	110	2
Blair Tickner	12	0	55	3
Scott Kuggeleijn	14	1	81	2
Michael Bracewell	19.5	2	68	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-52 (Ben Duckett, 9.2 ov), 2-68 (Zak Crawley, 13.4 ov), 3-82 (Stuart Broad, 18.1 ov), 4-144 (Ollie Pope, 25.5 ov), 5-225 (Harry Brook, 36.4 ov), 6-237 (Joe Root, 41.1 ov), 7-293 (Ben Stokes, 51.6 ov), 8-335 (Ben Foakes, 60.5 ov), 9-358 (Ollie Robinson, 70.2 ov), 10-374 (Jack Leach, 73.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Ben Duckett (25) and Zak Crawley (27)	52	56
second	Zak Crawley (1) and Ollie Pope (14)	16	27
third	Stuart Broad (7) and Ollie Pope (1)	14	28
fourth	Joe Root (24) and Ollie Pope (34)	62	46
fifth	Joe Root (26) and Harry Brook (54)	81	65
sixth	Joe Root (7) and Ben Foakes (5)	12	27
seventh	Ben Stokes (31) and Ben Foakes (23)	56	65
eighth	Ben Foakes (23) and Ollie Robinson (19)	42	53
ninth	Jack Leach (2) and Ollie Robinson (20)	23	57
tenth	James Anderson (6) and Jack Leach (10)	16	21

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 126 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Tom Latham	b Stuart Broad	15	27
Devon Conway	b Stuart Broad	2	10
Kane Williamson	b Stuart Broad	0	5
Henry Nicholls	c Ben Foakes b Ollie Robinson	7	20
Daryl Mitchell	not out	57	101
Tom Blundell	b Stuart Broad	1	10
Michael Bracewell	c Harry Brook b Jack Leach	25	42
Scott Kuggeleijn	lbw b James Anderson	2	6
Tim Southee	c Joe Root b James Anderson	0	1
Neil Wagner	c Ben Foakes b James Anderson	9	22
Blair Tickner	b James Anderson	8	29

Extras 0 · Total 126 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	10.3	3	18	4
Stuart Broad	15	5	49	4
Ollie Robinson	8	0	34	1
Jack Leach	11	4	25	1
Joe Root	1	1	0	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Devon Conway, 3.6 ov), 2-14 (Kane Williamson, 5.5 ov), 3-19 (Tom Latham, 7.6 ov), 4-27 (Henry Nicholls, 10.3 ov), 5-28 (Tom Blundell, 13.2 ov), 6-68 (Michael Bracewell, 25.4 ov), 7-71 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 26.5 ov), 8-71 (Tim Southee, 26.6 ov), 9-91 (Neil Wagner, 34.5 ov), 10-126 (Blair Tickner, 45.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Devon Conway (2) and Tom Latham (12)	14	24
second	Kane Williamson (0) and Tom Latham (0)	0	11
third	Tom Latham (3) and Henry Nicholls (2)	5	13
fourth	Daryl Mitchell (3) and Henry Nicholls (5)	8	15
fifth	Daryl Mitchell (0) and Tom Blundell (1)	1	17
sixth	Michael Bracewell (25) and Daryl Mitchell (15)	40	74
seventh	Daryl Mitchell (1) and Scott Kuggeleijn (2)	3	7
eighth	Tim Southee (0) and Daryl Mitchell (0)	0	1
ninth	Neil Wagner (9) and Daryl Mitchell (11)	20	47
tenth	Daryl Mitchell (27) and Blair Tickner (8)	35	64

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