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

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, out Caught by Daryl Mitchell!! Oh Mitchell takes a diving catch to dismiss Stokes. He walks off after having one last look. The New Zealand players congratulate Stokes as he walks off. Santner goes and gives him a hug as well. Family, former cricketers, the crowd, every single person is up on their feet to give a great ovation. This was a length delivery angling in and moving away outside off stump, Stokes wanted to slog-sweep it for another boundary but lost shape on the shot and lost the timing as well after playing on one knee. Mitchell got low to the right to take a fine catch and cries of "yeaaaahhh" from the New Zealand players marked the end of a great cricketing career. The Headingley heroics, those nerves of steel in the World Cup final, those long unrelenting, untiring and inspiring spells in red ball cricket, the transformation of the England Test team, the charismatic leadership, the switch between a dogged face under serious pressure to an aggressive avatar with the bat... Thank you for everything, Benjamin Andrew Stokes. The curtain has come down on the career of one of the greatest cricketers the game has ever seen. Stokes c Daryl Mitchell b Zakary Foulkes 30(20) [4s-2 6s-2]

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, FOUR, backs away and smacks it past cover! Full delivery angling in, Stokes makes room to free his arms and belts this drive through cover. Stokes hugs Ben Duckett as they have completed the team fifty

Nathan Smith to Stokes, 1 run, full delivery on the stumps, Stokes works it calmly to long-on

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, 1 runn, short of length delivery, Stokes pushes this ball through cover-point

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, no run, great take! Ball swung away from Stokes and beat Stokes on the unorthodox push to the off-side, ball was moving and bouncing extra as well. Tom Blundell takes it clean and even checks the bails off. Meanwhile Zakary Foulkes has a polite enquiry for caught behind

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, FOUR, in the airrr, just past the diving Mitchell at slip! Short of a length delivery, Ben Stokes wanted to slap it hard through cover. Got cramped on the shot, so he got a thick edge that evaded Mitchell to the left

Nathan Smith to Stokes, 1 run, good length delivery on the stumps, Stokes flicks it to deep mid-wicket

Nathan Smith to Stokes, no run, oh keeps low now and Stokes defends this length delivery that's heading towards the fence

Nathan Smith to Stokes, SIX, oh this is high and he's sent it all the way over backward square leg. Ever since he took over captaincy he wanted to transform England's Test cricket into an entertaining format and in his last game, he's promoted himself and ensuring he lives up to his words. He moved right across this short of length delivery and scoop-flicked it over backward square leg. The momentum of the shot made him go across the stumps and even leave the pitch

Nathan Smith to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Stokes defends off the back foot

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, 1 run, oh that kicked off and stunned Stokes. He is so lucky that the edge didn't go to hand at slip. Given runs, so this short of length delivery rose super tall, surprised the batter. Stokes got a feather on it. Keeper upto the stumps so it's impossible for him to catch and it escapes off his fingertips and clears the first fielder as well

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery angling in, Stokes defends

Nathan Smith to Stokes, 1 run, stands tall and nicely punches this short of length delivery through the off-side. Stokes is in the mood to put on a show in his last appearance in international cricket

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, 1 run, Foulkes targets the stumps, Stokes walks across and gets low to scoop it to fine leg off the inner edge

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, SIX, 127kph, Stokes steps out of his crease, makes room in the process and swings through the line to loft it over the bowler's head. You can't afford to miss this

Zakary Foulkes to Stokes, 1 run, 125kph, round the wicket, length ball angling in, Stokes turns it into the midwicket pocket and Foulkes runs towards the ball to keep the batters down to one

William ORourke to Stokes, 2 runs, 138kph, pitched up delivery, Stokes drives hard off the front foot. Doesn't bother to keep it down. O'Rourke sticks his right hand out. It's deflected off the bowler's finger and almost carries to mid-off. Santner leaps but the ball escapes him to go to the fence. As the great Bill Lawry would say, "It's all happening"

Nathan Smith to Stokes, 1 run, 133kph, conventional now. Length ball outside off and Stokes steers it to deep point by opening the bat-face. Gets off the mark and there's a big roar from the crowd

Nathan Smith to Stokes, no run, 140kph, now he attempts the reverse-sweep! It's a fullish delivery outside off. Plays an ambitious shot but fails to make contact

Nathan Smith to Stokes, no run, oh hello! Ben Stokes gives the charge first ball. Talk about intent. Steps out of the crease, moves leg-side and slaps this length ball to mid-off