England won the toss and chose to field
Day One Friday May 29,2015
New Zealand - 297/8 in 65.0 overs with Mark Craig 16, Matt Henry 14)
Day Two Saturday May 30,2015
NZ 350/10 in 72.1 Overs with Mark Craig 41*
England 253/5 in 88 Overs with Ian Bell 12* and Jos Butler 06* at the crease
Adam Lyth scored 107(212 Balls with 4x15) -Maiden Test Match Ton
Day Three Sunday May 31,2015
England 350/10 in 107.4 Overs with James Anderson 10*
NZ 338/6 in 75 Overs with BJ Watling 100* and Mark Craig 15* at the crease
Day Four Monday June 01,2015
NZ 454/8 Declared in 91 Overs with Mark Craig 58* and Matt Henry 12*
BJ Watling scored 120 (163 Balls with 4x15 and 6x1) -5th Test Match Ton
England 44/0 in 13 Overs with Adam Lyth 24*and Alastair Cook 18* at the crease
Bad weather arrived four overs after lunch on the fourth day and prevented any further play
England, who lead the two-match series 1-0, had reached 44-0 by that time in pursuit of a Test record 455 to win.
NZ and England ended their first innings at the same score of 350 Runs each
In the NZ 2nd innings 8 NZ hit sixes which is a first in test match history
The batsmen are -
Day Five Tuesday June 02,2015
England need 455 Runs to win the match
Needing 455 to win or, more realistically, to bat through the day
for a draw, the home side were bowled out for 255 an hour after tea.
Alastair Cook made 56 and Jos Buttler 73, but England failed to recover from losing 4-15 in the first hour.
Alastair Cook's half-century was the 49th time he has passed 50 in Tests
New Zealand's victory was their first in 12 Tests against England but their biggest in terms of runs, surpassing their 189-run win at Hamilton in 2008
It meant too they had won a Test in England for only the fifth time, with this victory their first Test success on English soil since an 83-run triumph at The Oval in 1999
New Zealand are now unbeaten in their past seven Test series
Day One Friday May 29,2015
New Zealand - 297/8 in 65.0 overs with Mark Craig 16, Matt Henry 14)
Day Two Saturday May 30,2015
NZ 350/10 in 72.1 Overs with Mark Craig 41*
England 253/5 in 88 Overs with Ian Bell 12* and Jos Butler 06* at the crease
Adam Lyth scored 107(212 Balls with 4x15) -Maiden Test Match Ton
Day Three Sunday May 31,2015
England 350/10 in 107.4 Overs with James Anderson 10*
NZ 338/6 in 75 Overs with BJ Watling 100* and Mark Craig 15* at the crease
Day Four Monday June 01,2015
NZ 454/8 Declared in 91 Overs with Mark Craig 58* and Matt Henry 12*
BJ Watling scored 120 (163 Balls with 4x15 and 6x1) -5th Test Match Ton
England 44/0 in 13 Overs with Adam Lyth 24*and Alastair Cook 18* at the crease
Bad weather arrived four overs after lunch on the fourth day and prevented any further play
NZ and England ended their first innings at the same score of 350 Runs each
In the NZ 2nd innings 8 NZ hit sixes which is a first in test match history
The batsmen are -
- Martin Guptill (1)
- Ross Taylor (1)
- Brendon McCullum (1)
- BJ Watling (1)
- Luke Ronchi (1)
- Mark Craig (1)
- Tim Southee (1) and
- Matt Henry (2)
Day Five Tuesday June 02,2015
England need 455 Runs to win the match
Highest 4th-innings chases in Tests
| 418-7: West Indies v Australia, Antigua, 2003 |
| 414-4: South Africa v Australia, Perth, 2008 |
| 406-4: India v West Indies, Trinidad, 1976 |
| 404-3: Australia v England, Headingley, 1948 |
| 387-4: India v England, Chennai, 2008 |
New Zealand Off-spinners Mark Craig and Kane Williamson each claimed three wickets, with Trent Boult taking 2-61 as the Black Caps thrashed England by 199 runs in the second Test at Headingley on Tuesday
Scorecard
New Zealand 350 and 454/8 declared
England 350 and 255
Match Result -NZ won by 199 Runs
MOM - BJ Watling
England, chasing what would have been a Test fourth innings record victory total of 455, were bowled out for 255.
Alastair Cook made 56 and Jos Buttler 73, but England failed to recover from losing 4-15 in the first hour.
Alastair Cook's half-century was the 49th time he has passed 50 in Tests
Victory ensured the two-match series ended all square at 1-1 and was just New Zealand's 9th win in 101 Tests against England.
New Zealand's victory was their first in 12 Tests against England but their biggest in terms of runs, surpassing their 189-run win at Hamilton in 2008
It meant too they had won a Test in England for only the fifth time, with this victory their first Test success on English soil since an 83-run triumph at The Oval in 1999
New Zealand are now unbeaten in their past seven Test series
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