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

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, gritty, fighting hundred from Daryl Mitchell! He copped a lot of blows throughout the innings - arm, glove, helmet, body. Not his most fluent knock, he battled hard to get to the landmark. This means a lot to him and his reaction says it all. Races to the other end and lets out a roar in delight before removing the helmet and raising his bat. Coming to the ball, it was an in-seamer and Mitchell hopped to blunt it towards square leg off the inner edge

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, length ball down leg, Mitchell flicks and misses

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, drops this length ball into the off-side with soft hands. Can't steal the single

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR, nicely played! Leg-lined back of a length delivery, Mitchell adjusts well to jab it through backward square leg. The timing is sweet and the ball speeds away to the fence

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

Atkinson to William ORourke, out Lbw!! Beautiful delivery from Atkinson. Nice shape away from the right-hander as lands it on a good length. O'Rourke shuffles to defend and gets beaten on the outside edge. Gets rapped on the back pad and the ball brushes the off-stump. The bails don't fall but he's been adjudged lbw. He even reviews but ball-tracking returns with three reds. Nine down and Sears decides to come back and bat. William ORourke lbw b Atkinson 0(3)

Atkinson to William ORourke, no run, 131kph, outswinger, O'Rourke doesn't go chasing it with hard hands and gets beaten

Atkinson to William ORourke, no run, 133kph, length ball sprayed down leg

Atkinson to William ORourke, wide, bouncer and O'Rourke ducks under it. Wided for height

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

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, 136kph, Mitchell doesn't get forward against a fairly full delivery. Probably expecting another short one. He plays with an angled blade and inside-edges to fine leg

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, ouch! Mitchell gets hit on the helmet grille now. The physio runs in but it's good to see Mitchell sporting a smile. Shortish ball angling in and Mitchell - standing outside his crease - walks forward and gets into a tangle. Tries to duck but he has no pace to hide and bang .. it hits the grille. He was quick to get up though

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, lovely ball. Outswinger that further seams away as well. Mitchell fiddles at it and sees the ball whistle past his outside edge

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR, full delivery, Mitchell clears his front leg and bludgeons it over mid-on. Good swing of the willow for a one-bounce four

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 131kph, full delivery, knocked to mid-on

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, blocked

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, good length delivery swinging back in, Mitchell covers the line and defends. Hint of reverse swing

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, byes, FOUR, oopsy! Short and down the leg-side, Mitchell lets it pass and no chance for Jamie Smith to collect that to the left

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs, short of length delivery outside off stump, Mitchell taps it to the off-side and scampers back for two

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

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, good length delivery nipping back in, Mitchell defends from the crease

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, short of length delivery, Mitchell defends

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, 1 run, tapped to mid-off

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, outside off stump, Foulkes lets it go

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Mitchell taps with an open bat face past backward point

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Mitchell defends off the front foot

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, again ball nips away with extra bounce to beat Foulkes on the outside edge while defending

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, good length delivery, Foulkes defends

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, beaten! Short of a length delivery moving away with some extra bounce. Foulkes pokes at it and misses. Great take by Jamie Smith because of the height

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Foulkes defends off the back foot

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, shortish delivery on the stumps, Mitchell looks to pull, mistimes to the on-side through backward square leg

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, full delivery, defended to cover off the front foot

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Mitchell guides it to point

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs, short of length delivery on the stumps, clipped behind square and gets back for two

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, short of length delivery nipping back in, Mitchell beaten on the flick, ball hits the thigh pad

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Foulkes taps it to cover-point. By the way, the lead has swollen to 300

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Foulkes defends with an angled bat to point

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, short of length delivery nipping back in, Foulkes was keen on trying to access behind point, ball nipped back in to catch the inner half of the bat and roll to point

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, wants to drive but the bat turns in his hands and the ball rolls to mid-wicket instead

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, firm drive but picks out the man at short cover. Duckett dives to the right, Bashir and Root run all the way to Duckett and pat him for that effort

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Foulkes defends off the back foot

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, full delivery on the stumps, Foulkes knocks it to mid-on

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, nips back and catches the pad but too high. Short of a length delivery nipping back in, Foulkes looks to defend, beaten by the inward seam movement

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Foulkes defends off the back foot

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, tries to guide it off the back foot, times it well but Bashir dives to the right and cuts it off nicely

Atkinson to Zakary Foulkes, no run, blocked from the crease

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, good length delivery on the off stump, Mitchell looks to defend, ball takes the inside edge and rolls to fine leg

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, good length delivery around off stump, Mitchell defends

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, loud cry for no as Mitchell defends this short of length delivery off the back foot to cover

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, fullish delivery just outside off stump, Mitchell covers the line and defends

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 131kph,short of length, Mitchell solidly defends from the crease

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, length ball angling in, kept out into the leg-side with a closed bat-face

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, fullish on middle-leg, defensively pushed to mid-on

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, length ball angling in, Mitchell presses forward to defend and the ball rolls to square leg off his inner edge

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 131kph, short ball, Mitchell rides the bounce and defends it towards gully

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, length ball on off, defended

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, shortened length, Mitchell shapes to pull and mishits to square leg

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, good length around off, blocked into off

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 131kph, short of length ball, Mitchell defends it to square leg by closing the bat-face

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, leg byes, FOUR, 138kph, no one's stopping that. Atkinson slips one down leg, Mitchell flicks and misses. The ball brushes the thigh pad and runs away fine to the fine leg fence

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, length ball on off, defended

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, pitched up delivery, Mitchell presses forward to drive it back to the bowler

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, leg-lined, tucked to square leg

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, 136kph, shortened length wide of off, Rachin Ravindra rides the bounce to force it to deep backward point

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, length ball on off and Rachin Ravindra blocks it off the front foot

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 133kph, a short cover in place now. Low bounce around the fourth-stump zone, Rachin Ravindra defends from the crease and gets a faint bottom-edge. Not too far away from the off-stump and it goes towards the keeper

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 136kph, pitched up, driven back to the bowler who collects it and mocks a throw

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 135kph, bit of extra bounce from a length, Rachin Ravindra misses the tuck/flick to get hit on the body

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, leg-lined short of length ball with a leg slip in place now. Beats the defensive inside edge of Mitchell and raps him on the front pad. There's an optimistic appeal for lbw but that's going dowin leg with the angle

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, touch fuller, clipped to midwicket

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, length ball on off, blocked into the leg-side

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, angling in towards middle, Mitchell blocks it to midwicket

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, 133kph, back of a length outside off, punched through point

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 135kph, round the wicket, short of length outside off, angled bat from Rachin Ravindra to pat it to backward point

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 136kph, close to off, Mitchell shuffles a bit to tap it into off

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, angling in towards middle and Mitchell blunts it towards midwicket

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 135kph, good length delivery wide of off, left alone

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 138kph, pitched up around off, pushed firmly to mid-off off the front foot

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 130kph, on a length and wide of off, another leave

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 133kph, Atkinson starts with a full delivery wide of off, left alone

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, fuller and outside off, Ravindra leans forward and eases it to cover

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, 135ks overpitched outside off, Ravindra drives and picks out cover

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, 136ks on a length and close to off, Mitchell plays it with soft hands towards cover-point and calls for a quick single

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, 130ks back of a length delivery, Mitchell stands tall and defends to the off-side

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, 135ks good length ball angled in, Ravindra guides it behind square and beats a diving Bethell from gully

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, uhhh! That stayed low. Good length ball, heading towards off-stump and Mitchell just manages to bring his bat down, stabs it off the inner half past short leg

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, end of a very good over from Atkinson. Nearly got another edge. Ravindra plays inside the line of the ball and gets pinged on the back thigh. Rolls to slip cordon. Another maiden for Gus Atkinson

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, good length delivery on off, blocked to the off-side

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, hat-trick of beaten for Ravindra. This time it keeps low as Ravindra fails to move his feet to play the cut

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, another one that was close to the outside edge. Ravindra looks to cut and the ball nips away from the left-hander. Beats the outside edge through to the keeper

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, back of a length delivery well outside off, Rachin Ravindra looks to defend and gets beaten on the outside edge

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, good length delivery outside off, defended off the back foot to cover

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, slip cordon and the keeper go up for a caught behind. Atkinson is not interested as he knows there was no bat involved. Mitchell tries to get out of the line to a short delivery. He gets hit on the chest and the ball flies to leg slip

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, good length delivery on middle, defended back to Atkinson

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR, first runs for Mitchell. Streaky but he will take it. Gets a thick outside edge on the defence as he opens up in his stance. The ball runs past gully for four

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, back of a length delivery on off, Mitchell blocks it off the back foot and shouts 'NO'

Atkinson to Daryl Mitchell, no run, Mitchell takes one on the shoulder. This one doesn't bounce as much as Mitchell expected. Kept a bit low as he tries to duck under. Hits him on the shoulder and he shakes it off to face the next delivery

Atkinson to Nicholls, out Caught by Harry Brook!! England will be relieved. Brook has a big smile on his face. Very similar to what happened in the previous over. Angled in from round the wicket and held it's line to take the outside edge. Nicholls pushes away from his body and the outside edge flies to the right of Brook, who dives to his right and takes a sharp catch. Nicholls c Harry Brook b Atkinson 16(41) [4s-1]

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, length delivery outside off, Rachin Ravindra lets it go to the keeper. Maiden over from Atkinson

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, punched off the back foot. The fielder on the off-side dives to his right and saves runs. Was a well timed shot from Ravindra, but couldn't hit it in the gap

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, good length delivery outside off, Ravindra dead-bats it to the off-side

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, angling in from round the wicket. Ravindra blocks it to the off-side

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Rachin Ravindra covers his stumps and shoulders arms

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, too straight from Atkinson. Ravindra clips to square leg

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, beauty from Atkinson. Nips away and kicks off the surface to beat the outside edge through to the keeper

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, good length delivery around off, Ravindra gets well forward and blocks it

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR, Ravindra is looking good. Another top shot. Gets the full delivery and drills it past diving mid-off. Presents the full face of the bat as he meets the ball

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, good length delivery outside off, Rachin Ravindra shoulders arms

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, full and straight from Atkinson. Ravindra drives it hard, but straight to Atkinson, who stops in his followthrough

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, half-volley on off, Ravindra whips it with his bottom hand straight to mid-on

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, good fielding from Bashir at square leg. Dives to his right and saves a brace. Ravindra tucks it to the on-side

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, 2 runs, Gus Atkinson drags the length back. Ravindra hops across and knocks it wide of cover-point for a brace

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR, good shot! 100 run lead comes up for the Kiwis. Ravindra picks the fuller length delivery and drills it past mid-off. The fielder gives chase yet again, but can't stop it as the timing on the ball was superb

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, 2 runs, full and angling into the left-hander, Ravindra gets a thick inside edge on the flick to deep backward square leg

Atkinson to Rachin Ravindra, no run, solid front foot defence from Ravindra. Gets a big stride forward and dead-bats it in front of cover to a good length delivery on off

Atkinson to Nicholls, 3 runs, fine shot from Henry Nicholls. Leans onto the front foot and creams the half-volley down to long-off. Mid-off was wider and he gives chase. Pulls the ball just inside the ropes to save a run for his team

Atkinson to Devon Conway, no run, short of a good length and on off, Conway hops across defensively

Atkinson to Nicholls, 1 run, back of a length and just outside off - Nicholls stands tall and punches it into the gap wide of cover, off the mark with a single

Atkinson to Nicholls, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Nicholls prods across and defends it to the on-side

Atkinson to Nicholls, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Nicholls leans across and defends it to the on-side

Atkinson to Nicholls, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - clipped off the back-foot to mid-on

Atkinson to Devon Conway, 1 run, short of a good length and angling into the left-hander, tucked behind square on the on-side for a single

Atkinson to Nicholls, no run, on a good length and just outside off - a mini-shuffle as Nicholls turned it onto the on-side

Atkinson to Devon Conway, 1 run, short of a good length and angling into the left-hander - Conway looks to tuck and gets an inside edge onto his thigh-pad, rolls behind square on the on-side for a single

Atkinson to Devon Conway, no run, appeal for LBW, but Conway was struck high on the thigh-pad. Nipped back with the angle and pinned Conway in the crease

Atkinson to Devon Conway, no run, beauty, short of a good length and in that chanel just outside off - seams in and then nips away, past Conway's defensive poke

Atkinson to Devon Conway, no run, short of a good length and angling into the left-hander - Conway hops across and drops it down at his feet

Atkinson to Devon Conway, no run, short of a length and angling down leg, Conway drops his left glove and sways away from the line