England VS New Zealand, 1st Test, New Zealand tour of England 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st Test, New Zealand tour of England 2026

ENGLAND BEAT NEW ZEALAND BY 115 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

England
140/10 (39.4) & 226/10 (56.0)

VS

New Zealand
113/10 (29.5) & 138/10 (40.3)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	New Zealand elected to field
Match Status	England beat New Zealand by 115 runs Match Ended
Umpires	Adrian Holdstock (SA), Rod Tucker (AUS) and Nitin Menon (IND)
Man of the Match	Ollie Robinson

England (140/10 in 39.4 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Duckett lbw b Nathan Smith	19	37	2	0	51
Emilio Gay c Daryl Mitchell b Kyle Jamieson	8	14	2	0	57
Jacob Bethell lbw b Will O'Rourke	6	22	0	0	27
Joe Root c Tom Blundell b Will O'Rourke	1	8	0	0	13
Harry Brook c Kyle Jamieson b Nathan Smith	56	71	10	0	79
Jamie Smith b Kyle Jamieson	1	6	0	0	17
Ben Stokes c Kane Williamson b Kyle Jamieson	12	23	2	0	52
Gus Atkinson lbw b Kyle Jamieson	4	11	0	0	36
Ollie Robinson c Tom Blundell b Kyle Jamieson	1	5	0	0	20
Josh Tongue not out	10	23	2	0	43
Shoaib Bashir c Kane Williamson b Nathan Smith	14	19	1	0	74

Extras	(b 6, lb 1, w 0, nb 1)				8
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 39.4)				140
(3.53 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Matt Henry	4	1	8	0	2.00
Kyle Jamieson	14	0	62	5	4.42
Nathan Smith	10.4	1	38	3	3.56
Will O'Rourke	11	3	25	2	2.27

New Zealand (113/10 in 29.5 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham lbw b Gus Atkinson	3	21	0	0	14
Devon Conway lbw b Ollie Robinson	1	5	0	0	20
Kane Williamson c Emilio Gay b Ollie Robinson	0	2	0	0	0
Rachin Ravindra lbw b Ollie Robinson	0	1	0	0	0
Daryl Mitchell b Ollie Robinson	12	23	1	0	52
Tom Blundell b Josh Tongue	4	21	0	0	19
Glenn Phillips b Josh Tongue	34	39	6	0	87
Nathan Smith b Josh Tongue	15	18	2	0	83
Kyle Jamieson not out	38	29	2	3	131
Will O'Rourke c Harry Brook b Gus Atkinson	1	17	0	0	6
Matt Henry b Ollie Robinson	0	5	0	0	0

Extras	(b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 2)				5
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 29.5)				113
(3.79 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Gus Atkinson	5	0	9	2	1.80
Ollie Robinson	10.5	3	39	5	3.60
Josh Tongue	10	0	40	3	4.00
Ben Stokes	4	0	22	0	5.50

England (226/10 in 56.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Duckett c Glenn Phillips b Will O'Rourke	33	46	6	0	72
Emilio Gay c Tom Blundell b Nathan Smith	57	95	8	0	60
Jacob Bethell b Matt Henry	14	35	2	0	40
Joe Root lbw b Nathan Smith	8	19	1	0	42
Harry Brook lbw b Will O'Rourke	0	4	0	0	0
Jamie Smith b Nathan Smith	39	52	6	0	75
Ben Stokes b Nathan Smith	0	3	0	0	0
Gus Atkinson c & b Kyle Jamieson	14	32	1	0	44
Ollie Robinson c Glenn Phillips b Nathan Smith	29	30	3	0	97
Josh Tongue b Nathan Smith	5	13	1	0	38
Shoaib Bashir not out	0	8	0	0	0

Extras	(b 14, lb 12, w 0, nb 1)				27
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 56.0)				226
(4.04 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kyle Jamieson	12	2	41	1	3.41
Nathan Smith	17	4	70	6	4.11
Will O'Rourke	16	4	46	2	2.87
Matt Henry	11	1	43	1	3.90

New Zealand (138/10 in 40.3 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham c Harry Brook b Gus Atkinson	0	3	0	0	0
Devon Conway c Jacob Bethell b Ben Stokes	41	91	4	0	45
Kane Williamson lbw b Josh Tongue	18	36	2	0	50
Will O'Rourke b Gus Atkinson	0	6	0	0	0
Rachin Ravindra b Ollie Robinson	8	21	1	0	38
Daryl Mitchell lbw b Ollie Robinson	0	3	0	0	0
Tom Blundell lbw b Josh Tongue	4	12	0	0	33
Glenn Phillips not out	44	52	7	1	85
Nathan Smith c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson	4	3	1	0	133
Kyle Jamieson c Ben Duckett b Gus Atkinson	6	9	1	0	67
Matt Henry b Gus Atkinson	0	10	0	0	0

Extras	(b 1, lb 9, w 0, nb 3)				13
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 40.3)				138
(3.41 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Gus Atkinson	11.3	3	30	5	2.60
Ollie Robinson	13	2	38	2	2.92
Josh Tongue	13	2	48	2	3.69
Ben Stokes	3	0	12	1	4.00

Team Sqaud

England

Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

New

Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke