England vs New Zealand, 3rd Test, New Zealand tour of England, 2026 - Player HighlightsENG vs NZ, 3rd Test, New Zealand tour of England, 2026 - Player Highlights

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, good length ball outside off, Atkinson lifts his bat and lets it go

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, on a length and outside off, once again not there for the drive and Atkinson still goes for it, drags it off the inner half to mid-on

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, good length ball outside off, Atkinson mistimes the drive to cover

Ben Sears to Atkinson, FOUR, edged and four! Fullish delivery outside off, Atkinson sees the width and goes hard on the drive, he threw everything behind the shot and the outside-edge races through the slip cordon, right between slip and gully

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, appeal for LBW from Blundell and Mitchell. Sears is not interested. He was turning back and walking to his run-up when Blundell started to have a chat with him. They decide to review. This seemed to be heading down leg. Nothing on UltraEdge. Ball-tracking shows it to be missing leg-stump. Sears was right. New Zealand have lost all three reviews. Full and angling in, Atkinson misses the flick and is rapped on the pads. Blundell was interested because he felt Atkinson had planted his front foot across and played around the full delivery

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 128ks on a length and outside off, Atkinson defends off the inner half to short mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, 1 run, 130ks short of length outside off, Archer rides the bounce and punches to sweeper cover

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, 130ks on a length and close to off, Archer prods across and defends it back

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, 128ks angling into the right-hander, Archer turns his wrists and works it to mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, 125ks full pitcher outside off, Archer pushes it to mid-off

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, arrowing on off, Archer presents the full face of the bat and blocks it back

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, 131ks fuller and outside off, Archer leans forward and defends to cover

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, FOUR, Ravindra fumbles and gives Archer his first boundary. Short and outside off, Archer did not hold back on the cut, smashed it towards deep backward point and Ravindra gets around, dives and allows the ball to slip past his grasp. He's not had the best of time in the field during this series

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, 131ks fuller and outside off, Archer eases it to mid-off

Ben Sears to Atkinson, 1 run, 128ks low full toss on leg, Atkinson digs it out behind square on the leg-side

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 131ks slanting in from a fullish length, Atkinson clips it to short mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, 1 run, 133ks fullish delivery on off, Archer is rooted to the crease and brings his bat down, squirts an inside-edge backward of square

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, on a length and outside off, Archer pats it with soft hands to point

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, ouch! 135ks nipping from a good length spot, Archer leans into the forward defensive but the ball beats the inside-edge and strikes him on the box

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, good length ball outside off, Archer once again throws his bat and is undone by the lack of bounce, the ball sneaks under his bat and goes on the bounce to Blundell

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, 128ks nips back in from a length, Archer is caught in the crease and beaten on the inside-edge, struck on the thigh pad

Ben Sears to Jofra Archer, no run, on a length and outside off, Archer mistimes the punch to cover

Ben Sears to Atkinson, 1 run, low full toss at the stumps, Atkinson brings his bat down and squeezes it backward of square leg

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, fullish delivery on off, Atkinson prods forward and defends it back

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 131ks on a length and around off, Atkinson inside halves the block to mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 135ks slanting in from good length, Atkinson does not lift his bat as he lets go. That wasn't far from taking the outside-edge

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 130ks fuller than good length, close to off and Atkinson blocks solidly to cover

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 133ks on a length and outside off, Atkinson looks to drive on the up and mistimes it back to Sears

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, strays down leg, keeps going with the angle and gives Atkinson no chance of connecting with the glance

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, 133ks full delivery, Brook shimmies down and almost yorks himself, squeezes it down the pitch and crosses over

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 131ks back of a length delivery, Atkinson drops it dead near his feet

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 130ks fuller and close to off, Atkinson defends with a vertical back down the pitch

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, 130ks back of a length outside off, Atkinson looks to stand and deliver, mistimes to mid-off

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, 133ks strays down leg, Brook reaches and helps it along to fine leg

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no run, fuller and around off, Brook eases it to mid-off

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no run, 130ks full and close to off, Brook pushes with a straight bat to mid-on

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, on a length around middle and leg, clipped towards mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Atkinson, no run, short and wide outside off, Gus Atkinson punches it towards cover

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, short of a length delivery outside off, Harry Brook guides it through the off-side for a single

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no run, on a length around middle and leg, clipped towards mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Atkinson, 1 run, short and quick around off, some extra bounce, Gus Atkinson looks to defend, gets it off the splice towards point. He had no clue where the ball exactly was

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, back of a length delivery outside off, Harry Brook opens the bat face, steering it through backward point

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 2 runs, good length delivery on leg, Harry Brook works it through square leg for two runs

Ben Sears to Stokes, 1 run, drifting down the leg-side, clipped through square leg

Ben Sears to Stokes, no run, advances down the wicket to push-drive this towards mid-on

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, fired on leg, Harry Brook looks to flick it away, gets an inside edge onto the pads

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no ball, 2 runs, short and wide outside off, cut through backward point for two runs

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no run, good length delivery outside off, Harry Brook steered towards backward point

Ben Sears to Stokes, 1 run, pitched up by the bowler ouside offf, squeezed through cover

Ben Sears to Stokes, no run, 133ks good length ball around off, Stokes opens the bat face and guides it to gully

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, 131ks too straight - on off and middle, Brook clips it to deep square leg

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no run, 135ks full and angling in, Brook leans forward and turns it to mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no ball, 131ks on a length and close to off, Brook blocks it down near his feet and the ball rolls back. Sears has overstepped

Ben Sears to Stokes, 1 run, 131ks full pitcher outside off, Stokes drives wide of mid-off and the ball was racing. O'Rourke moves quickly to his right and tumbles over to make the stop. He saved a few there

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, 133ks full and angling into the pads, Brook helps it along with a clip to fine leg

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no run, that one jumps up. 131ks good length ball and it rears up sharply, Brook was pressing forward to defend and is surprised by the extra bounce, fends it off the gloves to the off-side

Ben Sears to Stokes, no run, 133ks back of a length delivery, Stokes walks down and works it with soft hands to mid-wicket

Ben Sears to Stokes, no run, uhhh! Slanting in and Stokes hangs back, closes the bat face early and the leading-edge rolls back to Sears

Ben Sears to Stokes, no run, 130ks fuller and around off, Stokes settles into the forward defensive

Ben Sears to Stokes, 2 runs, full and angling in from round the wicket, Stokes clips it in front of square past mid-wicket and collects couple more

Ben Sears to Stokes, 2 runs, another teaser for Conway at gully. And again Stokes gets away with it. This was not full enough to play the drive, Stokes does not even transfer his weight forward as he drives, the outside-edge goes to the right of gully and this time the ball bounced just in front of Conway. He gets a fingertip and takes the pace off

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, 1 run, short of length outside off, Brook rides the bounce and cuts to deep backward point

Ben Sears to Harry Brook, no ball, 131ks good length ball on off, Brook stays rooted to the crease and defends off the inner half to mid-wicket. Sears has overstepped

Ben Sears to Root, 1 run, now steers this one to point and retains the strike. 12 runs coming from this over

Ben Sears to Root, no ball, tries a yorker at 125kph. Outside from the off-stump and Root digs it out back into the pitch. Wait a second, the bowler has overstepped

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, full and outside off, Bethell drives it to mid-off to get to the other end

Ben Sears to Root, 1 run, width on offer and Root slaps it to the deep point area for one run

Ben Sears to Root, FOUR, easy pickings for Root, and it's 200 up for England. New Zealand are trying to bring the ball back into Root, but this one ends up being on the pads and the batter whips it to deep backward square leg

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, leg byes, 1 run, keeps coming back in with the angle and cramps the batter for room. Bethell tries to work it fine but ends up getting hit on the thigh pad

Ben Sears to Root, no ball, 1 run, the pacer has overstepped and it will be a no ball. Angling into the pads and Root works it to backward square leg for one

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, another good stop by the fielder at mid-off. This was hit perfectly towards mid-off but the fielder made a good diving stop

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, ends the over with another dot, and it's a maiden for Sears. On good length and Bethell rides the bounce to defend it with some confidence

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, coming in from round the wicket, the left-hander moves across and offers a straight bat

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, full and driven with some power to cover where Nicholls dives to his left and prevents a certain boundary

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, drags it short outside off, Bethell blocks it on the back foot to the off side

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, throws it outside off and Bethell steers it to the off side

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, Sears goes full and into the stumps, Bethell powers a flick straight to the fielder at short mid

Ben Sears to Root, no run, shorter and outside off, Root jumps across and plays it with soft hands to his right. Wanted a single but Bethell turns him down

Ben Sears to Root, no run, slightly fuller this time around at less than 130kph, Root defends it close to his pads

Ben Sears to Root, no run, back of a length delivery at 135kph, Root stands tall and defends it right under his eyes

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, full and outside off, Bethell takes a big stride forward and pushes it square of the wicket for a single

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, back of a length delivery angling into the body, Bethell jumps and knocks it to his right

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, blocks it to the off side on the front foot

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, 135kph on length with the ball coming in, Bethell offers a straight bat and knocks it down

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, way down the leg side, the ball kept coming in but the keeper does well to move to his right and gather it cleanly

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 2 runs, width on offer and Bethell quickly comes on the front foot and plays a crisp drive to deep extra cover for a brace

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, 131kph slanting into the stumps, Bethell goes across and pushes it to the left of the bowler

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, 1 run, back of a length ball from round the wicket, angling into the body. Duckett plays it late and works it to deep backward square leg for a single

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, no run, full and right under the bat of Duckett who comes forward and times a drive straight to the mid-off fielder

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, angling into off and middle, Bethell turns it to mid-wicket and crosses over

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, shot! Bethell is growing in confidence with each passing over. Not the first time he's driven Sears in this manner. Full and outside off, Bethell gets a stride in, head on top of the ball and creams the drive wide of mid-off. There's no need to run for those

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, 135ks full pitcher on off, Bethell presents the full face of the bat and drives to mid-on

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, 1 run, 128ks fullish delivery around off, Duckett plays it with soft hands and the ball rolls off the outer half to backward point

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, no run, 131ks very full and close to yorker length, Duckett digs it out to cover

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, no run, 135ks fuller and close to off, Duckett defends solidly to cover

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, 138ks very full and outside off, Bethell digs it out wide of cover and crosses over

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, Sears is struggling with his line. Not the first time he's sprayed it down leg. Bethell camps back in the crease and helps it along with neat leg-glance

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, 1 run, 128ks full and outside off, Duckett opens the bat face and eases it square of the wicket

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, leg byes, 138ks slanting down leg, Bethell misses the clip and the ball deflects off the pad

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 2 runs, 133ks too straight - angled into middle and leg, Bethell tucks it in front of square and the duo decide to go for a second. A direct hit at the non-striker's end might have had Duckett struggling, but the throw was well wide of the stumps

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, 1 run, 136ks fuller and Duckett is drawn into the drive, slices it a little towards sweeper cover

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, no run, 136ks full and angling in, Bethell blocks with a straight bat to mid-on

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, cracking shot! Bethell takes a step down the pitch, converts it into a half volley outside off and drives it in front of square. He struck that and gave Young no chance from sweeper cover to stop that

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, 1 run, 133ks strays onto the pads, Duckett helps it along with a flick to long leg

Ben Sears to Ben Duckett, no run, 135ks fuller and close to off, Duckett prods forward and defends it back

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, edged and safe. A genuine outside-edge and it does not carry to second slip. Good length ball on off, Bethell is squared up as he looks to defend from the crease, the edge dies down in front of Latham and he parries it wide of Blundell

Ben Sears to Jacob Bethell, 2 runs, starts with a gentle 131ks full delivery outside off, Bethell leans into the drive and eases it in front of square, easy couple of runs