NZ vs ENG

Over-by-over report: Needing just two runs to win, England fell short when Jimmy Anderson was caught behind to end an epic Test match.

He takes a single off the third ball to bring Leach on strike to Wagner. 64th over: England 217-8 (Foakes 4, Leach 0) Foakes takes a single off the fourth ball to leave Leach with two balls to survive. Wagner clobbers Leach on the elbow and the ball flies in the air past the close in fielders. 68th over: England 234-8 (Foakes 20, Leach 0) A couple off the over, a no-ball for too many fielders behind on the leg side (wake up dozy!) and a single to Foakes. 65th over: England 222-8 (Foakes 9, Leach 0) Foakes throws the kitchen sink, fridge, kettle and toaster at a Wagner short ball… Foakes gets a single with a swivel-pull and leaves Leach with two balls to survive. A short ball from Wagner is baseball batted straight back down the ground for a blistering four! Next ball is fuller and Leach leaves it but the ball darts back dangerously close to off stum! Anderson gets a tickle on a short ball and is caught by Blundell behind the stumps. For us as a team, we’ve been fighting away in the Test format for a while so it’s nice to get across the line on this one. It doesn’t quite feel right to be standing here, after a game of cricket like that and the contributions we’ve seen from both teams throughout. It was a real pleasure as always and all the better for all the correspondence spooling into my inbox from around the globe - all of us hooked and united by this brilliant mad thing at the same time.

NZ vs ENG: England joined Australia as the second team to lose a Test after enforcing follow-on during a one-run defeat to New Zealand in Wellington on ...

England joined Australia as the only other team to lose a Test after enforcing follow-on. The visitor charged early on Day 5 with an attacking 95 from Root before left-arm seamer Neil Wagner picked up three middle-order wickets to force the game down to the wire. England captain Ben Stokes then enforced the follow-on with a 226-run first-innings lead during the first session on Day 3.

Neil Wagner took the decisive wicket of James Anderson as New Zealand wicketkeeper Tom Blundell pulled off a diving catch to make history. WHAT A GAME OF ...

It was the first time England have lost a Test after forcing their opponents to follow on. It was only the fourth occasion a team has won a Test after being asked to follow on, and the first time for New Zealand. New Zealand beat England by just one run in a second-Test thriller on Tuesday to draw the series despite having been forced to follow on in Wellington.

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NZ vs ENG: New Zealand created history by beating England in the second Test by just one run. However, in the second innings, the hosts showed a lot of character to set things up nicely. The Ben Stokes-led were asked to chase 257, but in the end, fell short by just one run.

New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test Day 5 Highlights: Neil Wagner bagged a four-wicket haul, including the decisive wicket of James Anderson, to power New ...

New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test Day 5 Highlights:Neil Wagner bagged a four-wicket haul, including the decisive wicket of James Anderson, to power New Zealand to a series-levelling win over England in the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. [Kane Williamson](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/1058-kane-williamson-playerprofile) stroked a superb century Monday to steer New Zealand to 483 all out in their second innings and set England a target of 258 runs to win the second Test in Wellington. Like us on [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robo.ndtv.cricket&hl=en)or [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/ndtv-cricket/id418320331?mt=8). [2nd Test, England in New Zealand, 2 Test Series, 2023, Feb 24, 2023Day 5 Chasing a target of 258, England resumed play on Day 5 at 48/1, following Zak Crawley's wicket on Monday. New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test Day 5 Highlights: Neil Wagner bagged a four-wicket haul, including the decisive wicket of James Anderson, to power New Zealand to a series-levelling win over England in the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington

New Zealand and England resumed the fifth and last day of the second and final Test, in Wellington, with the Tim Southee-led hosts needing nine more wickets ...

In what was a humdinger of a final day, the Black Caps emerged on top by the barest of margins, winning by a run to level the series 1-1. Great for Test cricket for all the guys that are here. The openers held it together in the second innings. The character showed by the guys has been very special. They were all-out for 256 in 74.2 overs. required 210 more runs, ending Day 4 at 48 for 1, in pursuit of 258 to inflict a series whitewash.

New Zealand completed a dramatic fightback on the last day to beat England by one run and become only the fourth team in history to win a cricket Test after ...

It was also just the second Test match ever to be decided by one run. Last man James Anderson clubbed a four down the ground that left England two runs from victory and the crowd holding its breath, with Jack Leach at the other end. Australia were the losers in all three previous instances. The two-match series between England and New Zealand ended in a 1-1 draw, with England having won the first Test in Mount Maunganui by 267 runs. New Zealand completed a dramatic fightback on the last day to beat England by one run on Tuesday and become only the fourth team in history to win a cricket Test after being forced to follow on. On a day of constant twists and turns, Joe Root scored 95 in a partnership of 121 with Ben Stokes (33) that appeared to have batted England to victory and a 2-0 win in the two-Test series.

It was only the fourth team after England (in 1894 and 1981) and India (in 2001) to win a test match after being forced to follow-on and only the second ...

Foakes' diligent innings ensured a thrilling finish as the upper hand in the match passed moment by moment from one team to the other. England came into the final day at 48-1, still needing 210 runs but with the odds on its side and 103 overs in the day. Root and Stokes seemed to have repaired the England innings but Wagner's double blow to dismiss them both in consecutive overs was yet another turning point. New Zealand also was part of one of the most tense final days of a test match when at various times both teams had victory in their grasp and even a rare tie seemed possible. Then in the last, dramatic moment, Anderson was caught down the leg side by a diving Tom Blundell from the bowling of Wagner. England then bowled out New Zealand for only 209 to take a 226-run first innings lead.

NZ vs ENG: England, who had pulled off their highest successful run chase of 378 in Tests to beat India at Edgbaston last year, fell one run short chasing ...

A few months off and get back to what we love doing," he said. "The character they've shown in the last few days. "Right up there, only a handful of sides have come back from the follow-on to win. "The emotions we were going through and the Kiwi boys as well. "This England team is playing incredible cricket at the moment and we're up against it, coming into this game. They have slipped to eighth in the WTC standings, with Bangladesh the only side below them.