Recent Match
England tour of New Zealand, 2024, 1st Test, , Nov 27th, 2024

New Zealand

(90.6 ov) 348/10 (74.1 ov) 254/10

England

(102.6 ov) 499/10 (12.4 ov) 104/2

complete England won by 8 wkts

Player of Match: Brydon Carse

50.2
Brydon Carse to Nathan Smith, FOUR, beautiful shot! Overpitched on middle, Nathan Smith presents the full face of the bat as he drives it through mid-on, excellent timing
50.2
Brydon Carse to Nathan Smith, no ball, full just outside off, defended straight back to the bowler, Brydon Carse oversteps
50.1
Brydon Carse to Nathan Smith, no run, back of a length and just sliding down leg, Nathan Smith gets inside the line and lets it go
Brydon Carse [12.0-3-22-3] is back into the attack
Slip, leg slip and a short leg
49.6
Stokes to Nathan Smith, 1 run, to mid-wicket
49.5
Stokes to Mitchell, 1 run, back of a length on off-stump, tucked towards mid-wicket for a single
49.4
Stokes to Mitchell, no run, full and sliding down leg again, attempted glance doesn't connect
49.3
Stokes to Mitchell, no run
49.2
Stokes to Mitchell, no run, edge goes to ground, back of a length outside off, Mitchell hangs back and looks to run it down to third man, gets a thick outside edge that's stopped by second slip
Two slips and a leg slip
49.1
Stokes to Mitchell, no run, length delivery that slides down leg, Mitchell steps out and lets it go past
Out come the players and umpires then. It's going to be Stokes to start things off for England.
Pitch report by Frankie Mackay: The wicket has really browned-off. Bowlers are going to have to work a little bit harder. There’s going to be less seam movement and little less bounce too. You’ve got to be smart and you’ve got to be accurate. As a batter, plenty of runs on offer.
10:35 Local Time, 21:35 GMT, 03:05 IST: Good morning and welcome to Day 4 and likely the final day of this Test match. New Zealand will have to pull something out of the hat if they are to challenge England in any meaningful way. It’s another beautiful and sunny day at Christchurch so it should be another good day of cricket. Daryl Mitchell is still out there and most of New Zealand’s hopes will be pinned on him. If he can get some support from Nathan Smith and the rest of the lower order, New Zealand might just be able to scrap something together.
18:34 Local Time, 05:34 GMT, 11:04 IST:
48.6
Atkinson to Nathan Smith, no run, back of a length and on leg-stump, thuds into the pads and goes into the leg-side
Last ball of the day coming up
48.5
Atkinson to Nathan Smith, no run, length delivery just outside off, eased towards point
48.4
Atkinson to Nathan Smith, no run