Overview
- New Zealand beat England by 253 runs at The Oval on Sunday, with Matt Henry finishing the match with 11-109 to bowl England out inside 50 minutes and level the three-Test series 1-1.
- Henry took 5-80 and 6-29 across the two innings, dismissing Joe Root and Harry Brook in both innings and producing the best match figures by a New Zealand bowler against England.
- Henry’s ten-wicket match haul was the first at The Oval since Shane Warne in 2005 and the first pace bowler to do so there since Devon Malcolm in 1994.
- Joe Root reached 14,000 Test runs during the match, becoming the second batter to pass that mark, while England were later fined for a slow over-rate and handed a points penalty in the World Test Championship.
- England named a 15‑player squad for the decider on Thursday that includes Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson after both were withdrawn from county duties and given written warnings by the ECB.