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

3.45pm So ends England's first innings, in quick time too, with a deficit of 204 runs. Matt Henry sounded the warning by picking up England's openers then Will O'Rourke blew the innings open with his three wickets in eight overs after lunch and the introduction of Mitchell Santner's spin proved to be a masterstroke.

Henry ended up with 4 for 48, O'Rourke 3-33 and Santner a stunning 3 for 7! No England batter could top Joe Root's 32 which makes for sorry reading of their scorecard.

Muhammad Ishtia: "what has happened to English batting last when I saw it was 70/2 and now 143 all out all of a sudden "... In short, Will O'Rourke and Mitchell Santner happened.

Brendon: "WOW what a turn around by our Blackcaps considering the last few weeks and it's lovely to see and lets hope we build a massive lead and go at England again..."

Incidentally, amid all that excitement, they're taking tea. Alan will be back in a bit.

35.4
W
Henry to Potts, OUT, fullish, tight on off stump and skied to backward point, where Glenn Phillips runs back to take an excellent catch! Matt Henry ends how he began, another wicket to give him four.

MJ Potts c Phillips b Henry 1 (9m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 14.28

35.3
0
Henry to Potts, no run, back of a length, he defends into the pitch
35.2
0
Henry to Potts, no run, short ball, he manages to smother it and it trickles to his feet
35.1
0
Henry to Potts, no run, tight line on middle and off, fended back down the pitch

END OF OVER:
35 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 143/9

  • Matthew Potts1 (3b)
  • Shoaib Bashir1 (2b)
  • Mitchell Santner3-1-7-3
  • Matt Henry13-1-48-3
34.6
1
Santner to Potts, 1 run, drifting onto leg again, he pushes it back towards the bowler, who dive-rolls to stop it, but it gets through him and the have time to steal a single as the back-up fielder descends
34.5
0
Santner to Potts, no run, drifting onto leg stump, turned away towards fine leg
34.4
1
Santner to Shoaib Bashir, 1 run, pushed through on off stump, he fends it away towards point
34.3
0
Santner to Shoaib Bashir, no run, floating onto off stump, dug back out in defence

Magic Mitchell much?

34.2
W
Santner to Carse, OUT, floated up outside off, he shimmies down the pitch to meet it, Santner wants caught-and-bowled and NZ ask the question. Replays show it didn't bounce first, to the contrary, it popped straight back up into the bowler's hands for a simple return catch!

BA Carse c & b Santner 1 (10m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.50

34.1
0
Santner to Carse, no run, floated up on middle, he shovels it out off his toes back to the bowler

END OF OVER:
34 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 141/8

  • Matthew Potts0 (1b)
  • Brydon Carse1 (6b)
  • Matt Henry13-1-48-3
  • Mitchell Santner2-1-5-2
33.6
0
Henry to Potts, no run, length ball outside off beats the outside edge
33.5
W
Henry to Atkinson, OUT, full on middle and easy does it, another wicket! He chips it up tamely and it sails to mid on where none other than Mitchell Santner pouches a simple catch

AAP Atkinson c Santner b Henry 4 (15m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 44.44

33.4
1
Henry to Carse, 1 run, fuller outside off, he looks to drive down the ground, it ends up going down wide of long leg
33.3
1
Henry to Atkinson, 1 run, good length on off stump, struck keenly towards mid off, who does well to stop it sharply

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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