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

Atkinson to Ben Sears, no run, in-slanter, Sears's bottom hand comes off the bat handle as he defends from the crease

Atkinson to Ben Sears, no run, 135kph, length ball down leg, Sears flicks and misses

Jofra Archer to Ben Sears, no run, overpitched delivery outside off, Sears squeeze-drives towards mid-off

Jofra Archer to Ben Sears, no ball, 135kph, full again, the line is wider and Sears leaves it alone. No-ball as there were three fielders behind square on the leg-side. Second time that's happened today

Jofra Archer to Ben Sears, no run, Archer bowls full outside off and Sears shoulders arms

Atkinson to Ben Sears, no run, shorter ball that nips back in, Sears hops to defend it into the leg-side. Not too far away from his right hand where he got hit

Atkinson to Ben Sears, no run, fuller ball and Sears pushes it to point

Atkinson to Ben Sears, no run, length ball, fenced into the off-side

Jofra Archer to Ben Sears, 1 run, 133kph, seams back in from a length, Sears stays back to turn it into the leg-side and gets hit on the glove. He's in pain

Atkinson to Ben Sears, no run, 133kph, angles in, lands on a length around off and decks away with sharp bounce. Sears fiddles at it and gets beaten. That's unplayable

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 135kph, full again, Sears drives again but Stokes makes a diving stop to his right at mid-off on this occasion

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, 2 runs, 133kph, pitched up by Tongue and Sears drives it straight of mid-off. Stokes gives the chase and hunts it down to keep the batters down to two

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 135kph, good length delivery wide of off, Sears lets it go by playing inside the line

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 131kph,short of length delivery, seams back in and hurries onto the batter. A hopping Sears manages to blunt it into the leg-side with a closed bat-face

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, Tongue gets it to shape in and ends up spilling it down leg. Sears flicks and misses, Jamie Smith dives to pouch it

Bashir to Ben Sears, no run, full ball, defensively pushed to mid-off

Bashir to Ben Sears, 1 run, flighted outside off, full in length and that's been driven through cover

Bashir to Ben Sears, no run, spins in from a length, Sears defends off the back foot

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, 1 run, 136kph, good length outside off, driven on the rise to the left of extra cover

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, full ball, driven to mid-off

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, FOUR, 136kph, short and wide of off, Sears stands tall and flashes his blade at it. Gets a top-edge that flies over the cordon. Another four to third man

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 136kph, in-seaming short of a good length ball, keeps a shade low but Sears is well-equipped to keep it out

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 138kph banged in short down leg, Sears half-ducks

Bashir to Ben Sears, 1 run, 93kph, fraction short and Sears goes back to force it to deep backward point

Bashir to Ben Sears, no run, fuller ball, played back to the bowler

Bashir to Ben Sears, FOUR, 93kph, edge ... it goes between the keeper and the 1st slip fielder. Hint of inward spin, Sears presses forward to block. Gets an audible outside edge that beats the keeper to his right. Brook dives to his left at slip but it's out of his reach

Bashir to Ben Sears, no run, 83kph, more air and he gets it to drift away a bit. Sears punches from the crease and outside-edges towards short third man

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 138kph, pitched up delivery, driven to mid-on

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 131kph, bouncer and Sears ducks under it

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 131kph, seams back in a bit from a short of length, patted to cover

Josh Tongue to Ben Sears, no run, 133kph back of a length, punched to point

Bashir to Ben Sears, 1 run, 90kph, full again and Sears drives through cover

Bashir to Ben Sears, no run, tossed up delivery, full in length, blocked off the front foot

Atkinson to Ben Sears, 3 runs, oh what should have been a single is now three, thanks to the overthrow. Short of a length delivery, knocked to square leg and they get two extra because of the throw

Atkinson to Ben Sears, no run, short of length delivery nipping back in and hitting Sears on the thigh pad, ball rolls to the on-side

Stokes to Ben Sears, 1 run, short of length delivery, Sears pushes it to point

Stokes to Ben Sears, no run, covers the line and defends, off the inner half of the bat

Stokes to Ben Sears, no run, oh inside edge bounces past the stumps as he looks to defend this short of length delivery

Stokes to Ben Sears, no run, length delivery outside off stump, Ben Sears lets it pass

Stokes to Ben Sears, no run, short of length delivery, Sears defends off the back foot