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

Highest batting averages in away Tests
102.84 - Don Bradman
89.40 - Harry Brook
69.18 - Ken Barrington
67.15 - Eddie Paynter
66.32 - Wally Hammond
*minimum 10 innings
Most expensive returns for NZ on Test debut
6/168 - Fen Cresswell vs ENG, The Oval, 1949
2/156 - Jack Dunning vs ENG, Auckland, 1933
6/155 - Alex Moir vs ENG, Christchurch, 1951
3/141 - Nathan Smith vs ENG, Christchurch, 2024
3/137 - Ian Buttler vs ENG, Christchurch, 2002
Fastest to 9000 Test runs (by matches taken)
99 - Steven Smith
101 - Brian Lara
103 - Kumar Sangakkara
103 - Younis Khan
103 - Kane Williamson
15:43 Local Time, 02:43 GMT, 08:13 IST:
17.6
Atkinson to Ravindra, no run, 130.3kph, length ball, Ravindra defends with soft hands and gets an inside edge that could have easily deflected onto the stumps. Ravindra would have had his heart in his mouth for a moment.
Final ball of the session
17.5
Atkinson to Ravindra, no run, full on leg, Ravindra clips it away
17.4
Atkinson to Ravindra, no run, bouncer, Ravindra sways away from it
9000 Test runs for Kane Williamson and the star batsman gets a big round of applause from the crowd
17.3
Atkinson to Williamson, 1 run, 133.5kph, more lift on this occasion, Williamson isn't in control of his pull shot and gets a top-edge which takes the ball to fine leg
17.2
Atkinson to Ravindra, 1 run, 127kph, short again, chest-high, Ravindra
17.1
Atkinson to Williamson, 1 run, to backward square leg
16.6
Bashir to Ravindra, 2 runs, 87.8kph,
16.5
Bashir to Ravindra, 2 runs, 97.4kph, quick hands from Ravindra to cut this quicker and flatter ball through backward point for a couple of runs
16.4
Bashir to Ravindra, no run
16.3
Bashir to Ravindra, FOUR, 79.1kph, slow, full and drifting in towards leg, Ravindra gets low and sweeps hard through backward square leg
16.2
Bashir to Ravindra, no run
Slip and short leg in place
16.1
Bashir to Ravindra, no run, 86.9kph, round the wicket, length ball on leg,
Shoaib Bashir, right-arm off break, comes into the attack