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

Jofra Archer to Blundell, out Caught by Emilio Gay!! Top edgeee, not in control and gone. He was hardly able to control the pull against Archer as it was coming quickly at him. This time Jofra Archer gets the bumper spot on, ensuring it finishes just outside off stump. Blundell didn't resist the shot by swaying inside line or ducking. Instead wants to takes it on, but he was in no control with the pull shot. Top edge flew high towards long leg, Gay judged it nicely into his hands after moving slightly to the right. Gay takes the catch, roars and celebrates with the crowd. Blundell c Emilio Gay b Jofra Archer 18(24) [4s-3]

Jofra Archer to Blundell, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Blundell covers the stumps and shoulders arms again

Jofra Archer to Blundell, FOUR, pulled away fine and fine leg is beaten to the right. Not a controlled shot though. Kind of rushed on the pull. Or maybe he was. Rolled his wrists on the shot and hit it fine to the left of the keeper

Jofra Archer to Blundell, no run, fullish and asking him to push away from the body again. The line is pretty close to the off stump but he covers the sticks and lets it pass

Jofra Archer to Blundell, no run, now a pacy short delivery on the leg stump, Blundell late on the pull and the ball threatens the top edge this time

Jofra Archer to Blundell, FOUR, edgeddd and past the outstretched arm at second slip! Blundell poked at this away-moving short of length delivery as he got sucked into the shot by the away movement. Thick edge was in the air for a fair bit, Bethell threw himself full length to the right but the ball escaped

Stokes to Blundell, 1 run, hops and wrists this behind square as Ben Stokes gets extra bounce from short of length. Blundell handled that pretty well on the back foot and played with soft hands

Stokes to Blundell, no run, short of length now, Blundell on the back foot to defend to the off-side

Stokes to Blundell, no run, fullish and angling in with some inward movement, Blundell waits for it to come to him and defends. Ben Stokes is bowling from a widish angle

Jofra Archer to Blundell, 1 run, 131kph, straighter line from Archer and Blundell tucks it off his hips to backward square leg

Jofra Archer to Blundell, FOUR, 135kph, short of length wide of off, Blundell hops a bit and opens the bat-face to push it nicely into the gap behind square on the off-side

Stokes to Blundell, 1 run, 131kph, a bit of extra bounce as the line is straighter and Blundell turns it to backward square leg

Stokes to Blundell, no run, 131kph, good length, Blundell defends from the crease and the ball moves away to go past the outside edge. Even the keeper can't gather it cleanly

Stokes to Blundell, no run, 130kph, Stokes attacks the stumps and Blundell watchfully defends it into off from the crease

Stokes to Blundell, no run, 133kph, good length on off, defended into the off-side

Stokes to Blundell, no run, pitched up outside off, Blundell drives and finds point

Stokes to Blundell, byes, FOUR, 133kph, low bounce and fortunately for the batter, the line is wide of off. Tom Blundell looks to defend and the ball almost crawls. No bounce there. Unplayable for any batter, no chance for the keeper as well. New Zealand get four runs via byes

Jofra Archer to Blundell, no run, 130kph, short of length ball on off, Blundell hops and defends it into the on-side

Jofra Archer to Blundell, no run, 131kph, fuller than a good length, the line is around the fifth stump zone and Blundell shoulders arms

Jofra Archer to Blundell, 3 runs, 128kph, Blundell gets half-forward and slightly opens the bat-face to steer this length ball wide of second slip off the outer edge. Brook gives the chase and acrobatically flicks it back into play to save a run

Jofra Archer to Blundell, no run, 125kph, length ball angling in, Blundell defends

Jofra Archer to Blundell, no run, 125kph, over the wicket, back of a length, Blundell hops and defends

Bashir to Blundell, no run, 93kph, flatter ball and that's been clipped away. The fielder at midwicket makes a sharp stop

Bashir to Blundell, no run, offbreak with a slip and short leg in place, Blundell stays back to blunt it into the leg-side