ENG vs NZ: The New Zealand team has defeated England 2-1 in the 3-Test series at their home. In the third and last Test match played at Trent Bridge, New Zealand won the series by defeating England by 160 runs. With this victory, New Zealand has also gained in the points table of the World Test Championship. This was the last international match of Ben Stokes. Stokes had announced his retirement from international cricket during the third test match itself.

Tom Latham and Devon Conway scored centuries for New Zealand

In the third and last Test match, the New Zealand team had scored 438 runs in its first innings. Captain Tom Latham and Devon Conway scored centuries for New Zealand. In reply, the England team was all out for 354 runs in the first innings. Opener Ben Duckett had scored a century for England. New Zealand had got a lead of 84 runs on the basis of first innings.

In the second innings, the New Zealand team scored 288 runs and set a target of 373 runs for England to win. Daryl Mitchell scored a century for New Zealand. In reply, England was all out for 212 runs and thus New Zealand won the match by 160 runs and won the series 2-1.

Daryl Mitchell received the Player of the Series award

New Zealand’s star batsman Daryl Mitchell was given the Player of the Series award for his historic performance in this series. Mitchell was the highest run scorer in this 3-match test series. He scored a total of 538 runs in 6 innings at an excellent average of 107.60. He achieved the feat of scoring centuries in all three test matches. With this, Mitchell became the first New Zealand batsman to score consecutive centuries in the first three matches of a Test series on English soil.

New Zealand got advantage in WTC, England suffered loss

After the Test series win against England, the New Zealand team got the advantage in the World Test Championship. Not his ranking but his PCT has increased. At the same time, there has been a decline in England’s PTC. Before this match, New Zealand’s PCT was 66.67, which has now increased to 72.22. Whereas England’s PCT before this match was 26.39, which has now reduced to 24.36. With this defeat, the England team has slipped to 7th position in the points table. The New Zealand team is currently at third position in the points table of WTC. Whereas South African team is at second place. Whereas Australia’s team is present at the top.