England crashed to a humiliating defeat on the Oval after Matt Henry bagged 10 wickets in a Check for the primary time in his profession.
For the second yr in a row they’ve misplaced right here within the absence of their captain Ben Stokes, however in distinction to 2025 once they got here inside six runs of India in a dramatic finale during which Chris Woakes batted along with his arm in a sling, this was a landslide margin of defeat.
Henry took simply seven deliveries to start the ugly demise as he nipped one again to pin interim England captain Joe Root on the pad.
Umpire Adrian Holdstock raised his finger and though Root reviewed for the second time in his innings of 77, there was no inside edge this time and the know-how confirmed the ball would have struck leg stump flush.
Two balls later, one saved low and snuck previous the defensive jab of Jofra Archer and inside a flash England – 182 for 5 in a single day – had been 188 for seven.
This was not the primary time a bowler with the wicketkeeper standing as much as the stumps has embarrassed this England crew following the work of Scott Boland and Michael Neser in final winter’s Ashes.
England collapsed in a heap on the ultimate day to lose to New Zealand by 253 runs on the Oval
Matt Henry bowled sensationally as he took his second five-wicket haul of the match
Jofra Archer (above), Matt Fisher and Josh Tongue all fell for geese on Sunday morning
It was a thumping victory for New Zealand to depart the sequence stage at 1-1 forward of the ultimate Check
However even they didn’t hurry via England’s decrease order as shortly because the 34-year-old Henry, who discovered himself on a hat-trick in his subsequent over, the fifth of the morning.
First, Matthew Fisher adopted his first-innings 50 by chopping into his stumps for nought.
Then, with wicketkeeper Tom Blundell opting to face again for the primary time, an edge from Josh Tongue flew to first slip.
Debutant Jordan Cox negotiated the hat-trick ball firstly of the seventh, however Henry’s second five-wicket haul of the match meant it was only a matter of time earlier than the end result was confirmed.
In bowling Cox, spherical his legs sweeping, Henry wrapped up the 253-run thrashing and completed with private figures of 11 for 109 – the perfect ever figures by a New Zealander towards England, taking a report held by Dion Nash for the previous 32 years.
England are actually anticipated to welcome Stokes and seamer Gus Atkinson again off the naughty step – following their post-midnight actions after victory at Lord’s – for Thursday’s sequence decider in Nottingham, having withdrawn each gamers from ongoing County Championship fixtures.
