ENG vs NZ: New Zealand Beat England by One Run After Playing the Follow-on, Such a Thrill After 30 Years in Tests

The Kiwi team won the third and last match of the Test series between New Zealand and England by a margin of one run. With this, New Zealand equalized 1-1 in the series and now both the teams will share the trophy. The first match of this series was a draw. At the same time, England won the second match, while New Zealand won the third match.

In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl and made a good start by reducing England’s three wickets for 21 runs. After this, Joe Root and Harry Brook made a strong comeback for England by sharing a 302-run partnership. Root remained unbeaten after scoring 153 runs. At the same time, Brook was dismissed after scoring 186 runs. Captain Stokes scored 27 runs. In the end, England declared their first innings after scoring 435 runs for eight wickets. Matt Henry took four wickets for New Zealand. Bracewell got two wickets and Saudi-Wagner got one wicket each.

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New Zealand team was able to score only 209 runs in the first inning

In response, the New Zealand team was able to score only 209 runs in the first innings. Captain Saudi scored the highest 73 runs. Apart from him, no other batsman could touch double figures. Broad took four wickets for England and Anderson-Leach took three wickets each. England captain Ben Stokes decided to follow on. New Zealand batted brilliantly after getting the follow on. Conway and Latham added 149 runs for the first wicket.

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Latham was dismissed for 83 and Conway for 61. After this Williamson scored 132 runs. Nicholls’ 29 and Daryl Mitchell’s 54 put the Kiwis in a better position in the match. Tom Blundell’s innings of 90 runs gave New Zealand a good lead. New Zealand’s second innings ended on 483 runs and England had a target of 258 runs in the fourth innings. Jack Leach took five wickets for England.
Chasing down the target in the fourth innings, England got off to a decent start. The first wicket fell on 39 runs. After this wickets kept falling at regular intervals.

Joe Root batted at one end

Joe Root batted at one end and got out after scoring 95 runs. Apart from him, none of the England batsmen could score a half-century. Captain Stokes’ 33 and Ben Fox’s innings of 35 runs brought England to the brink of victory, but Fox was caught out by Southee. At this time England needed seven runs to win. After this, Anderson took his team to the threshold of victory by hitting a four, but he was dismissed before the end of the match and New Zealand won the match by one run.

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For New Zealand, Wagner took four, Southee three and Henry took two wickets. England’s in-form batsman Harry Brook was run out and his run out was very heavy for the England team.

Many records made in the match

It was only the second time in the history of Test cricket that a team has won by a margin of one run. Earlier in 1993, West Indies defeated Australia by one run at Adelaide ground. At the same time, this was the fourth match in Test cricket, when the team playing the follow-on won. First in 1894, England beat Australia by 10 runs after following on at Sydney ground. After this, England defeated Australia by 18 runs in 1981 after playing the follow-on at Leeds ground. In 2001, India defeated Australia by 171 runs after following on in Kolkata. Now New Zealand have defeated England by one run after following on.