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 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

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, shortish outside off, chopped to sweeper cover and Mitchell takes the single with two balls remaining in the over

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, straying onto the pads, Mitchell misses the flick. The ball rolls to fine leg off the thigh pad. Turns down the single

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, bit of extra bounce, Mitchell manages to keep it out on the leg-side

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs, inswinging yorker, Mitchell brings his bat down hurriedly and manages to dig it out. Goes through midwicket and Mitchell comes back for the second

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR, 138kph, short delivery, Mitchell clears his front leg and makes decent contact to pull it over midwicket. Moves into the 90s with that boundary

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

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, 133kph, front leg out of the way, opened bat-face to send this fullish ball through point

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 140kph, back of a length, bounces extra, Mitchell awkwardly fends it into the leg-side and sends back Ben Sears who eyes a single. Archer gets to the ball quickly but fails to pick it up cleanly

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs, back of a length, turned in front of square on the leg-side and Mitchell calls for two straightaway

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, Mitchell cops another blow. Clears his front leg to heave across the line and misses. Gets hit on the body now and he asks for a different helmet. Another pause in play

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, now plays well off the front foot too. Jofra Archer went slightly fuller to test him, Foulkes showed him the full face of the bat

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, and again! Gets right behind the line and blocks. Nothing annoys a bowler better than a batter who is absolutely solid in his defence

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, fullish and tailing back in, Zakary Foulkes places an annoyingly solid back foot defence (for the bowler)

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, wants to take a stride forward but Jofra Archer digs it in short and forces Foulkes to ducks under it

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Foulkes covers the line and defends

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, short of length delivery, Foulkes lets it go

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no ball, almost pokes it to the keeper but Jofra Archer has overstepped! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Foulkes looks to defend, withdraws the bat late. In fact, no ball called because England had three men behind square on the on-side

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, solidly behind the line of this incoming short of length delivery and defending

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, short of length delivery, Zakary Foulkes waits and defends

Jofra Archer to Zakary Foulkes, no run, straightaway sits at the bumper, 140kph, Stokes applauds his bowler

Jofra Archer to Nathan Smith, out Caught by Jamie Smith!! Edged and taken. This time everyone heard the edge and Nathan Smith doesn't bother hanging around because it was so evident. England have taken 3 wickets for the last 2 runs. The wobble seam short of length delivery that not only nips away but has extra lift. Smith couldn't handle the defence on the back foot and poked it to the keeper, who took the catch and immediately threw the ball up in celebration. No feet from Nathan Smith as he wasn't sure about the length, clear lack of confidence visible. Nathan Smith c Jamie Smith b Jofra Archer 1(5)

Jofra Archer to Nathan Smith, no run, nip-backer from good length delivery, Smith defends off the back foot

Jofra Archer to Nathan Smith, no run, short of length delivery just around off stump, Nathan Smith defends off the back foot

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

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 138kph, pitched up, Mitchell gets forward and pushes it to cover

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, full on off, blocked stoutly off the front foot

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 138kph, rises from a good length outside off, Mitchell shoulders arms

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, indecision from Mitchell. Shortish ball outside off, Mitchell half-heartedly wafts at it and the ball scoots under his blade

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

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, beaten again! Almost an action replay of the previous ball. 135kph, short of a good length ball that holds its line around the 4th-5th stump channel. Mitchell fiddles his bat at it and is lucky not to nick off

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, fourth stump line, good bounce from a length. Mitchell is half-forward to have a feel for it and the ball whizzes past the outside nick

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, low bounce outside off, left alone

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, fullish ball, played back to the bowler

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 131kph, pitched up ball, Mitchell drives firmly off the front foot but straight to Stokes at mid-off

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, Mitchell presses forward to push this length ball and gets hit on the front pad. No appeal as it would have gone down leg. There may have been an inside edge as well

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 Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, 128kph, in-angling short of a good length ball, Mitchell shuffles a bit to turn it to deep square leg

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

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 138kph, full delivery, Rachin Ravindra clips nicely but midwicket makes a good stop to his left

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, 133kph, good length on off, Mitchell drops it in front of point for a sharp single

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, 131kph, shortened length outside off, Rachin Ravindra stands tall to ease it to deep backward point

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 136kph, length ball on the stumps, blocked back to the bowler

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 135kph fullish ball and Rachin Ravindra blocks it into off

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR, Jofra Archer goes full. Angling into the left-hander from round the wicket and Rachin Ravindra brings his wrists into play to flick it away through midwicket. Speeds away to the fence

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, another maiden over from Archer. Tries the slower ball (119kph) now but errs with the line as he spills this full delivery down leg

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, full on leg, flicked to midwicket

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 138kph, angling in towards middle-leg, Mitchell shuffles a bit to blunt it to short midwicket

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, shortened length marginally outside off, Mitchell drops his wrists and sways away from it

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 138kph, full on the stumps, stoutly defended off the front foot

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 131kph, in-angling length ball, Mitchell shoulders arms on seeing the line wide of off

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, short ball, Mitchell looks to pull it along the ground and finds the fielder at midwicket. Maiden over

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, full again, the line is closer to off and Mitchell solidly blocks it into the off-side

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, Archer goes for the yorker, turns out to be a low full toss and that's been clipped to short midwicket

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, fuller than a length, angling in towards middle-leg and Mitchell defends it to short midwicket

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, Archer attacks the stumps from a good length. Not a big forward press from Mitchell who pushes it to cover

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, full delivery angling in towards off-middle, Mitchell wrists it to mid-on

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, 133kph, back of a length, Rachin Ravindra allows the ball to come to him and nudges it to square leg

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 138kph, short of length, defended back to the bowler from the crease

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 133kph, banged in short by Jofra Archer. The batter crouches and evades by swaying away from the line of the delivery

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, 133kph, fuller ball but it bounces more than the batter expects. Mitchell gets forward to push and inside-edges into the leg-side. Emilio Gay runs quickly to his right from midwicket but fails to pick it up cleanly. Ravindra dives to make his ground

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 130kph, extra lift from a length, Mitchell shuffles to defend and gets hit on the glove. The bottom hand comes off the bat handle quickly

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 131kph, decent bounce from a good length marginally outside off, Mitchell shoulders arms

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, beaten! 135kph, short of length that holds its line around the fifth stump zone. Mitchell fiddles his bat at it and is lucky not to nick off

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, a big stride forward from Mitchell to block this length ball towards backward point

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, pitched up delivery, driven off the front foot. Hits the deck and bounces over the bowler. Mid-off makes a sliding stop

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, short of length, Mitchell taps it into the off-side

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, Daryl Mitchell has been adjudged lbw and he reviews. Seams back in from a short of length and the batter is stuck in his crease. Doesn't account for the inward movement, gets beaten on the inside edge and is rapped on the pads adjacent to the stumps as he looks to defend. UltraEdge confirms no bat. Over to ball-tracking and it's bouncing over the stumps. Mitchell probably thought he was out, he had a chat with Ravindra and the latter convinced him to review it. Successful review. Mitchell was standing outside the crease as well

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, 131kph, with two slips and a gully in place, Jofra Archer starts with a fullish ball around off. Rachin Ravindra pushes it wide of backward point for a single

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 136ks fuller and around off, Ravindra defends to short cover. England are rushing with the fielders quickly in their position and Bashir ready. But that will be stumps on day 3

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 136ks on a length and close to off, Ravindra softens the grip and defends to the off-side

Jofra Archer to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 138ks slanted in from round the wicket, Ravindra blocks it solidly to mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, angling into the right-hander, Mitchell leans forward and gets a thick inside-edge to fine leg

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, on a length and outside off, Mitchell shuffles and has a tentative poke, the ball beats the outside-edge and dies down in front of Smith

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, good length ball around off, Mitchell blocks it back with a straight bat

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133ks good length ball around off, Mitchell prods forward and defends to the on-side

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no ball, 130ks pounded into the pitch, Mitchell gets behind the line and defends it back

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135ks short of length delivery, Mitchell rides the bounce and drops it with soft hands to the off-side

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, back of a length delivery, bit of extra bounce and Mitchell goes on his toes to defend, gets hit on the glove and the ball rolls into the off-side

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 130ks fuller than good length, Mitchell plays around his front pad and turns it to mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 130ks good length ball around off, Mitchell defends to the off-side

Jofra Archer to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 128ks gentle loosener outside off, Mitchell ignores

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, Nicholls hops across his stumps and tucks it awkwardly to short mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, angling down the leg, Nicholls misses the tuck. Keeper moves to his right and collects it

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, short and wide outside off, Nicholls slashes to the left of gully. Bethell dives full length to his left and saves a certain boundary

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, good length delivery around off-pole, Henry Nicholls stands tall and blocks it to the off-side

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, 2 runs, on a back of a length and a hint of width for Nicholls to open the bat face. Runs it past backward point

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, angled into the pads, Nicholls hops across and misses the tuck. The ball rolls to the on-side

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, 1 run, angled into the pads, Nicholls clips it down to fine leg

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, absolute snorter from Archer. That one took off from back of a length and nearly brushed the glove of Nicholls as he tries to sway away from the line

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, extra bounce for Archer yet again. Hits Nicholls on the glove as he looks to defend. The ball drops to the on-side and Nicholls seems to be fine

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, back of a length delivery on middle, Nicholls is right behind the line of the ball in defence

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, full and attacking the stumps, Nicholls wrists it to short mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, keeps low as Henry Nicholls looks to defend on the back foot. The line was just outside off

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, out Caught by Root!! That's the end of a torrid little spell for Conway - back of a length and holding its line outside off, Devon Conway was caught on the back-foot as he poked very tentatively - played with a slightly open face, the ball caught the edge and it's a simple catch for Root at first slip. After having added 317 runs for the opening wicket in the first innings - New Zealand have lost both openers with just 12 on the board in the second. Devon Conway c Root b Jofra Archer 5(16)

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, 2 runs, fuller length delivery and slanting into the left-hander, clipped into the gap wide of mid-wicket and he's back for the second

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, no run, extra bounce once again, climbs onto the left-hander - Conway awkwardly hops across as he defended

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, no ball, short of a good length and holding its line outside off - Conway covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go. Archer has overstepped though

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, no run, vicious bounce and Conway cops a blow on his helmet, that shot off from a length and left Conway completely shell-shocked, he was in no position to play, took his eyes off the ball and turned away - came off the back and then ricocheted onto the back of his helmet. Fortunately, the back took the brunt of the blow, but the physio is out for the mandatory concussion test. A long delay, but Conway is ready and we'll resume

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, no run, fuller length delivery and slanting down leg, Conway was looking to flick and missed

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, 1 run, back of a length and angling into the left-hander, whipped behind square on the on-side for a single

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, short and well down leg, Nicholls was looking to help it on its way with the pull and missed

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, Archer shortens the length outside off - Nicholls gets right behind the line as he defended

Jofra Archer to Nicholls, no run, fuller length delivery and slanting down leg, past Nicholls's attempted flick

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, 1 run, tad fuller andjust outside off - Conway stays back and blocks it with a straight bat, through the vacant mid-off region for a single

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - driven crisply and straight to the fielder at cover

Jofra Archer to Devon Conway, no run, low full-toss as Archer went for the yorker, Conway toe-ends it to mid-on

Jofra Archer to Tom Latham, out Lbw!! A celebappeal, Archer didn't even bother to turn back and appeal. He kept running towards the slip cordon - finally turns back and sees Rod Tucker's finger going up. Lovely delivery from round the wicket - angled in and then seamed away a fraction - Latham is completely opened up by the angle as he shaped to work it onto the on-side, past the closed bat-face and crashed into the back-pad. The impact was in front of middle-stump and would've crashed into the stumps. Absolutely plumb - Devon Conway thought the same and sent his partner on his way. Tom Latham lbw b Jofra Archer 4(6) [4s-1]

Jofra Archer to Tom Latham, no run, short of a good length and angling into the left-hander- Latham hops across and turns it to the on-side

Jofra Archer to Tom Latham, no run, beaten, Latham is cut in half now, short of a good length and shaping back into the left-hander - Latham was pressing forward in defence, but the ball jags back off a length and bursts past the inside edge

Jofra Archer to Tom Latham, FOUR, edged and four, on a good length and in that channel just outside off - Latham is half-forward into the push, but he did so with soft hands. The ball catches a genuine edge and rolls wide of the diving Brook at second slip

Jofra Archer to Tom Latham, no run, beauty, on a good length and angling into the left-hander - draws Latham forward and then straightens enough to go past the outside edge, didn't miss the off-stump by much

Jofra Archer to Tom Latham, no run, short of a good length and well wide of off, doesn't bounce a lot and Latham lets it go