England vs New Zealand, 2nd Test, New Zealand tour of England, 2026 - Player HighlightsENG vs NZ, 2nd Test, New Zealand tour of England, 2026 - Player Highlights

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, out Bowled!! Fittingly, Matt Henry wraps up the proceedings. Cox walks across and gets low to play the cheeky sweep shot with the keeper up to the stumps. Henry nails the yorker and the batter can't make contact. Crashes into the stumps. New Zealand win by 253 runs and level the series 1-1. Henry raises the ball as he finishes with 6 wickets in this innings and 11 in the Test. Jordan Cox b Matt Henry 25(45) [4s-2 6s-1]

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, 130kph, slightly wide of the crease now, fullish delivery wide of off, Baker lifts his bat and lets it go

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, 130kph, short outside off, ignored by the batter

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, 131kph, shortened length, doesn't bounce much though. Baker hops and keeps it out towards gully off the outer edge

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, 133kph, full again, off-stump line and Baker stonewalls

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, pitched up, solidly defended off the front foot

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, 131kph, fuller than a good length attacking the stumps, blocked back to the bowler

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, 133kph, good length delivery around off, another forward block from Baker follows

Matt Henry to Sonny Baker, no run, 131kph, fullish ball on off, stoutly defended off the front foot

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, 1 run, fraction short, Cox looks to punch and inside-edges to midwicket. Single taken with two balls remaining in this over

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, 131kph, fuller and wider outside off, Cox drives confidently off the front foot but it's straight to cover

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, on a length and marginally outside off, punched to mid-off

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, in-slanting length ball on the stumps, Cox defends

Matt Henry to Josh Tongue, out Caught by Daryl Mitchell!! Tenth wicket in this Test for Matt Henry! His first ten-for in Tests. All his teammates go towards him to embrace him. He lets out a roar in delight does the classy seamer. Keeps it simple once again. On a length and just outside off, Tongue defends from the crease and gets a healthy outside edge that goes straight into the bucket hands of Daryl Mitchell at first slip. It was the gentle outswinger from Henry on that occasion. Josh Tongue c Daryl Mitchell b Matt Henry 0(1)

Matt Henry to Fisher, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Fourth wicket for Henry in this innings and ninth in this Test. Back of a length delivery wide of off with the keeper back, Fisher looks to push it through the covers and drags it onto his stumps via an inside edge. Fifty in the first innings, duck in the second for Fisher. New Zealand are just two wickets away from levelling the series. Fisher b Matt Henry 0(8)

Matt Henry to Fisher, no run, 128kph, comes in with the angle on this occasion, Fisher gets forward and defends with his bat adjacent to the pad

Matt Henry to Fisher, no run, 130kph, moves away from a length, Fisher is drawn forward into the push and the ball goes past the outside edge

Matt Henry to Fisher, no run, 130kph, pitched up delivery, driven straight to mid-off

Matt Henry to Fisher, no run, on a length and in that nagging zone outside off, Fisher gets forward to defend and the ball beats the outside edge

Matt Henry to Fisher, no run, 130kph, holds its line outside off and Fisher leaves it alone. Double wicket maiden

Matt Henry to Fisher, no run, 131kph, fuller length, solidly blocked to cover off the front foot

Matt Henry to Fisher, no run, short of length outside off, good bounce on this occasion and Fisher pokes it towards gully

Matt Henry to Jofra Archer, out Bowled!! Second wicket in the over! Jofra Archer smiles as he knows there's nothing he could have done to deal with that. Another in-seamer from Henry but this one refuses to bounce. Archer looks to defend from the crease and the ball scoots under his blade to crash into the middle-stump. Jofra Archer b Matt Henry 0(2)

Matt Henry to Jofra Archer, no run, off-stump line, good length delivery, defended into the off-side

Matt Henry to Root, out Lbw!! Henry strikes! Joe Root has been adjudged lbw and he reviews. 131kph, in-seamer on a good length and that's hit his back leg adjacent to the stumps. UltraEdge confirms no inside edge. Over to ball-tracking and it's hitting leg! Three reds and Adrian Holdstock's onfield call stays. Root's fighting knock comes to an end and he wears a disappointing look even as he gets applauded by the crowd. Not a lot of movement off the deck, but enough to beat the defensive edge of the batter who was stuck in the crease. The appeal wasn't vociferous, Henry was confident but up went the dreaded finger. Root lbw b Matt Henry 77(145) [4s-8]

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, 1 run, Henry pulls his length back, Cox stays in his crease and pats it towards cover-point

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, 131kph, fuller ball and Cox solidly blocks off the front foot

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, two slips in place, in-slanting length ball, blocked

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, leg-lined and Root works it through backward square leg

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on a good length and wide of off, left alone

Matt Henry to Root, no run, 127kph, over the wicket, Henry starts with an in-seamer on a fullish length and Root defends off the front foot

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, solid forward press into the wicket

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, full delivery outside off stump, defended to cover

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, good length delivery on the leg stump, Cox clips it to mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Cox covers the line and defends it back to the bowler

Matt Henry to Jordan Cox, no run, punched off the back foot to the off-side

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Root cuts to backward point

Matt Henry to Root, no run, opens the bat face and steers this towards backward point. Wanted to access third man but the line was too close to the body

Matt Henry to Root, no run, short of length delivery, Root blocks

Matt Henry to Root, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Root taps it off the back foot to point

Matt Henry to Root, no run, blocked

Matt Henry to Root, no run, gee, what a good ball this is! To make a set batter think about his foot work, make him adjust late and play an unconvincing defence. Length delivery nipping back in, Root originally was playing outside the line. Had he moved his front foot inside the line, he would have been out LBW. Even this defence off the inner half of the bat almost took the pad before hitting bat

Matt Henry to Root, byes, FOUR, difficult take for Tom Blundell down the leg-side standing up. Short of a length gone wrong. In fact jumped after pitching with some seam movement into the RHB as well, so the keeper had no chance

Matt Henry to James Rew, no run, good length delivery, Rew manages to keep this out

Matt Henry to James Rew, 2 runs, clipped away to the on-side and he's off the mark

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, out Caught by Daryl Mitchell!! Tell you what, New Zealand have got very lucky with this wicket. The ball flew off the outside edge, took the deflection from Tom Blundell's gloves (keeper is up) and went absolutely straight to Mitchell at slip and not anywhere else. Henry kept probing around the off stump, few times in the good length zone, few slightly back of a length. He pinned Brook to the crease again in the defence. Brook got a thick edge, Blundell, who is standing up, has no time to react. Maybe Henry deserved this piece of luck for some relentless bowling in the channel. Brook couldn't come forward or go properly on the back foot. The ball nipped away when he was trying to defend and this is a big wicket. No wonder Tom Blundell, Henry and Co. celebrated this loud. Harry Brook c Daryl Mitchell b Matt Henry 58(54) [4s-10 6s-1]

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, calming defends to square leg

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, no run, back of a length now so Brook opens the bat face and dabs, finds the man at gully though

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, no run, attacks the off stump with a good length ball, Brook solid in his defence from the crease

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, no run, pushed towards mid-on by Harry Brook

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, plays this on the rise, carving it through the off-side for a single

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on a length outside off, Joe Root steers it to point

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, 1 run, drifting on the pads, clipped through the leg-side for one

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, eased into the pocket at cover-point for a single

Matt Henry to Root, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, pushed to mid-off

Matt Henry to Root, 2 runs, drifting on the pads, clipped through mid-wicket for two runs

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, 1 run, pushed down the ground, played through mid-on for a single

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, no run, rides the bounce and defends this short one

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, no run, just like Root, even Brook uses DRS to overturn an lbw decision against him. Was a length delivery and Harry Brook got beaten on his defence. Manages to get a little inside edge, hence the on-field decision has to be overturned. Henry was celebrating on both occasions, but it was short lived

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, no run, back of a length delivery around off, steered to the off-side

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, steered through point for a single

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on a length around middle and leg, knocked to mid-on

Matt Henry to Root, no run, pitched up by the bowler around off, Joe Root goes for a drive, gets an inside edge onto the pads

Matt Henry to Root, no run, shaping into the batter around off, Joe Root knocks it to cover

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on a length around middle and leg, clipped to mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Root, no run, pitched up by the bowler as Joe Root push-drives it down the pitch

Matt Henry to Root, no run, back of a length around off, Joe Root defends it

Matt Henry to Root, no run, length delivery around middle and leg, played to mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Root, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Joe Root pats it into the off-side

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on a length around off, Joe Root defends it

Matt Henry to Harry Brook, leg byes, 1 run, back of a length around leg, Harry Brook looks to nudge it away, gets hit on the pads though. A quick leg bye taken. There was a shy at the bowler's end, but doesn't hit

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, plays this on the rise, carving it through point

Matt Henry to Root, no run, not out it is! The on-field decision has to be reversed. A length delivery around off, Joe Root looks to defend, gets a big inside edge onto the pads. Bat first it was, and Root survives. New Zealand players thought it was pad first, and were celebrating. But that wasn't the case

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, flicked to mid-wicket for a single

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on the shorter side outside off, Joe Root plays it on the rise, steering it to point

Matt Henry to Root, 2 runs, drifting on the pads, clipped away through square leg for two

Matt Henry to Root, no run, pitched up by the bowler around middle and leg, clipped to wide mid-on by Joe Root

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on a length around off, keeps a touch low, Joe Root looks to defend, gets an inside edge onto the pads

Matt Henry to Root, no run, full and quick around off, Joe Root goes for a drive, gets an inside edge onto the pads

Matt Henry to Root, no run, good length delivery outside off, steered into the off-side

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on the fuller side as Joe Root's drive finds mid-on

Matt Henry to Root, no run, pitched up by the bowler around off, knocked to cover by Joe Root

Matt Henry to Root, no run, length delivery around off, Joe Root pats it into the off-side

Matt Henry to Root, no run, fraction short around off, Joe Root pats it towards cover

Matt Henry to Root, no run, good length delivery around middle and leg, eased to mid-on

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, on a length around middle and leg, Ben Duckett clips it towards square leg off an inside edge

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Ben Duckett steers it into the off-side

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, on a length around middle and leg, knocked down the pitch

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, 14,000 Test runs for Joe Root! He reaches the landmark in his 165th Test, becoming only the second batter in the history of the game to achieve the feat, after Sachin Tendulkar. What a remarkable servant he has been for England. The way Root continues to perform, he has every chance of surpassing Tendulkar's record and finishing as the highest run-scorer in Test cricket. The England spectators, his teammates in the dressing room - everyone gives him a standing ovation as soon as he gets there with a quick single towards cover

Matt Henry to Root, no run, good length delivery around off, knocked into the off-side by Joe Root

Matt Henry to Root, no run, on a length around off, Joe Root defends it down the pitch

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, FOUR, pulled away! A short ball by Matt Henry, and Ben Duckett has put it away to the deep square leg fence comfortably. Was in complete control as he played that shot

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, tad fuller by Matt Henry, pushed down the pitch

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, full and wide outside off, driven to cover once again

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, pitched up by the bowler on off, driven to cover by Ben Duckett

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, outside the off-stump line, shaping away from the batter, Ben Duckett has a poke and misses

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, on a length around off, Ben Duckett looks to defend, gets an inside edge onto the pads

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, on a length around middle and leg, clipped towards mid-wicket by Ben Duckett

Matt Henry to Emilio Gay, 1 run, short ball on leg, Emilio Gay swivel-pulls it towards fine leg

Matt Henry to Emilio Gay, no run, short ball on leg, Emilio Gay ducks for cover

Matt Henry to Emilio Gay, no run, length delivery around off, Emilio Gay defends it to cover

Matt Henry to Emilio Gay, FOUR, 128 kph, good length delivery outside off, Emilio Gay stands tall and punches this through covers for a lovely boundary. That timing and placement was impeccable

Matt Henry to Emilio Gay, no run, good length delivery around middle and leg, knocked down the pitch

Matt Henry to Emilio Gay, 1 run, edged but safe! On a length outside off, keeps straight and Emilio Gay has a poke at it. Gets an outside edge flies towards the keeper, but Blundell was late in reacting, failing to get his gloves underneath. The ball hits Mitchell's knee at 1st slip and ricochets away, a single to end the over

Matt Henry to Emilio Gay, no run, short of a length delivery outside off, shaping away from the batter, left alone

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, 1 run, good length delivery outside off, steered into the off-side for one

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, nips into the batter slightly as Ben Duckett knocks it into the off-side

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, pitched up by the bowler around middle and leg, push-driven to mid-on by Ben Duckett

Matt Henry to Ben Duckett, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, shaping away from the batter, Ben Duckett has a poke at it, gets beaten