England VS New Zealand, 3rd Test, New Zealand tour of England 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

3rd Test, New Zealand tour of England 2026

NEW ZEALAND BEAT ENGLAND BY 160 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

New Zealand
438/10 (114.5) & 288/9 (94.0)

VS

England
354/10 (88.2) & 212/10 (51.2)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	New Zealand elected to bat
Match Status	New Zealand beat England by 160 runs Match Ended
Umpires	Nitin Menon (IND), Rod Tucker (AUS) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Man of the Match	Daryl Mitchell

New Zealand (438/10 in 114.5 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes	151	214	15	0	71
Devon Conway c sub Matthew Fisher b Joe Root	157	224	22	3	70
Henry Nicholls c Jamie Smith b Jofra Archer	36	48	6	0	75
Rachin Ravindra c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson	7	22	1	0	32
Will O'Rourke c Emilio Gay b Ben Stokes	19	38	4	0	50
Daryl Mitchell c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes	11	33	1	0	33
Tom Blundell lbw b Shoaib Bashir	30	67	4	0	45
Mitchell Santner c Jacob Bethell b Ben Stokes	4	12	1	0	33
Nathan Smith c & b Shoaib Bashir	6	28	0	0	21
Blair Tickner not out	4	6	0	0	67
Ben Sears lbw b Jofra Archer	0	1	0	0	0

Extras	(b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 4)				13
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 114.5)				438
(3.81 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Gus Atkinson	21	3	79	1	3.76
Jofra Archer	19.5	1	75	2	3.78
Josh Tongue	21	6	75	0	3.57
Shoaib Bashir	25	2	105	2	4.20
Ben Stokes	21	3	70	4	3.33
Jacob Bethell	4	0	18	0	4.50
Joe Root	3	0	7	1	2.33

England (354/10 in 88.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Duckett b Nathan Smith	113	99	19	0	114
Emilio Gay c Tom Blundell b Will O'Rourke	0	5	0	0	0
Jacob Bethell c Tom Latham b Will O'Rourke	74	133	9	0	56
Joe Root lbw b Nathan Smith	21	46	3	0	46
Harry Brook b Zakary Foulkes	58	80	5	0	73
Jamie Smith c Daryl Mitchell b Nathan Smith	1	12	0	0	8
Ben Stokes b Zakary Foulkes	15	33	1	0	45
Gus Atkinson c Daryl Mitchell b Will O'Rourke	23	86	3	0	27
Jofra Archer c Daryl Mitchell b Nathan Smith	15	33	1	0	45
Josh Tongue c Mitchell Santner b Zakary Foulkes	2	10	0	0	20
Shoaib Bashir not out	0	3	0	0	0

Extras	(b 17, lb 5, w 0, nb 10)				32
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 88.2)				354
(4.01 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Nathan Smith	23	2	91	4	3.95
Will O'Rourke	20	6	53	3	2.65
Blair Tickner	3	0	21	0	7.00
Mitchell Santner	10	0	59	0	5.90
Ben Sears	17	1	73	0	4.29
Zakary Foulkes	15.2	2	35	3	2.28

New Zealand (288/9 in 94.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham lbw b Jofra Archer	4	6	1	0	67
Devon Conway c Joe Root b Jofra Archer	5	16	0	0	31
Henry Nicholls c Harry Brook b Gus Atkinson	16	41	1	0	39
Rachin Ravindra lbw b Shoaib Bashir	94	149	12	0	63
Daryl Mitchell not out	100	241	10	1	41
Tom Blundell c Emilio Gay b Jofra Archer	18	24	3	0	75
Mitchell Santner c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes	0	3	0	0	0
Nathan Smith c Jamie Smith b Jofra Archer	1	5	0	0	20
Zakary Foulkes c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes	6	41	0	0	15
Ben Sears not out	19	40	2	0	48
Will O'Rourke lbw b Gus Atkinson	0	3	0	0	0

Extras	(b 9, lb 10, w 1, nb 5)				25
Total	(Wicket 9, Overs 94.0)				288
(3.06 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jofra Archer	20	4	53	4	2.65
Gus Atkinson	22	6	50	2	2.27
Josh Tongue	14	0	75	0	5.35
Shoaib Bashir	13	1	42	1	3.23
Ben Stokes	25	5	49	2	1.96

England (212/10 in 51.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Duckett c Daryl Mitchell b Ben Sears	36	42	6	0	86
Ben Stokes c Daryl Mitchell b Zakary Foulkes	30	20	2	2	150
Jacob Bethell lbw b Zakary Foulkes	0	4	0	0	0
Harry Brook c Nathan Smith b Zakary Foulkes	21	9	3	1	233
Joe Root run out (Henry Nicholls)	18	17	3	0	106
Emilio Gay c Tom Blundell b Nathan Smith	10	17	1	0	59
Jamie Smith c Nathan Smith b Mitchell Santner	60	91	8	1	66
Gus Atkinson lbw b Mitchell Santner	19	70	2	0	27
Jofra Archer c Tom Blundell b Nathan Smith	2	19	0	0	11
Josh Tongue run out (Mitchell Santner)	2	14	0	0	14
Shoaib Bashir not out	0	5	0	0	0

Extras	(b 12, lb 2, w 0, nb 0)				14
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 51.2)				212
(4.13 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Nathan Smith	16	4	64	2	4.00
Will O'Rourke	3.5	0	16	0	4.17
Zakary Foulkes	11.1	2	52	3	4.65
Ben Sears	6	2	12	1	2.00
Mitchell Santner	14.2	1	54	2	3.76

Team Sqaud

New

Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Ben Sears, Will O'Rourke, Zakary Foulkes

England

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