13/12Result
3rd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Dec 14-17 2024
New Zealand won by 423 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Santner
Mitchell SantnerNew Zealand
13/12Result
3rd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Dec 14-17 2024
New Zealand won by 423 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Santner
Mitchell SantnerNew Zealand

6.50pm: So, England need 658 to claim a 3-0 sweep of the series, with more than two days in which to get 'em. Game on? Perhaps more realistically, NZ will have around half an hour, so long as the light holds, in which to try and take a couple of poles with them to stumps

101.4
W
Bethell to Henry, OUT, deflected on to the stumps, that's a wrap! Henry has a hack, completely misses the ball, which hits his bum and then disturbs the bails. He turns around and runs straight off to get going with the ball. Bethell ends an increasingly bizarre innings with three-for

MJ Henry b Bethell 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Matt Henry is last man in. NZ doing this by the book

"Did they DOUBLE CHECK the no-ball on the Southee dismissal?!" They always do, Mathew. Make your peace

101.3
W
Bethell to Southee, OUT, goes long... but not long enough! The Sixy Camel holes out! There'll be no century for Southee as he plonks one down the throat of Zak Crawley at long-on. Rocked back and unleashed the long handle, but got it off the toe of the bat. Still, there's another ovation as he walks off, 98 Test sixes to his name (Bradman-esque, in a way)... and he should soon get to have one last crack at the day job, too

TG Southee c Crawley b Bethell 2 (6m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

101.2
1
Bethell to Blundell, 1 run, pushed down the ground to long-on
101.1
0
Bethell to Blundell, no run, tossed up towards the blockhole, Blundell aims a mighty hoy across the line, gets a thick outside edge

Bethell replaces Root

END OF OVER:
101 | 8 Runs | NZ: 452/8

  • Tim Southee2 (4b)
  • Tom Blundell43 (53b)
  • Shoaib Bashir36-1-170-2
  • Joe Root1-0-17-1
100.6
0
Shoaib Bashir to Southee, no run, fired flat and wide of off, slapped a little tentatively to backward point
100.5
0
Shoaib Bashir to Southee, no run, tossed up outside off, Southee prepares to swing hard... plinks to midwicket
100.4
1
Shoaib Bashir to Blundell, 1 run, worked for a single, to cheers around the ground
100.3
6
Shoaib Bashir to Blundell, SIX, plants the front foot and mows over midwicket! But Tom Blundell is not the man the crowd have come to see hit sixes
100.2
0
Shoaib Bashir to Blundell, no run, Blundell looks to sweep but doesn't connect

"They've put the 'Most Test Sixes In History' graphic on the big screen," reports Vish

100.1
1
Shoaib Bashir to Southee, 1 run, tossed up and clipped down to long-on

END OF OVER:
100 | 21 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 444/8

99.6
1
Root to Southee, 1 run, drops short, Southee whips a pull away to get off the mark

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England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8BM DuckettZ Crawley
2nd10Z CrawleyJG Bethell
3rd104JE RootJG Bethell
4th11HC BrookJG Bethell
5th33OJ PopeJG Bethell
6th49OJ PopeAAP Atkinson
7th16BA CarseAAP Atkinson
8th0BA CarseMJ Potts
9th3BA CarseShoaib Bashir