Summary

  • Second Test, day five, The Oval

  • New Zealand seal emphatic 253-run win to level three-match series at 1-1

  • Magnificent Henry takes all five wickets required by tourists on final day to wrap up victory

  • Eng 209: Root 77, Brook 58; Henry 6-29

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  1. Day five in pictures...published at 12:33 BST

    Joe Root, wearing a white shirt and blue helmet, walks off with his head bowedImage source, Getty Images
    Matt Henry, wearing whites, clenches his fists and throws his head back, roaringImage source, Getty Images
    Jordan Cox, down on one knee, looks back at his stumps after being bowled, with Tom Blundell behind the stumpsImage source, Getty Images
    Matt Henry, wearing a white shirt and black cap, leads the New Zealand team off, holding a red ball aloft in his right handImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 12:29 BST

    More from New Zealand captain Tom Latham, on his side's standout players: "For Glenn Phillips, we know the talent he's got and the kind of innings he's played for us in that role. What he did on the first evening, Jofra bowling a hostile spell, showed the ticker and method he has. To get through that and capitalise the next morning.

    "Henry is someone in a different role but he's got the second-most Test matches in our group. He's got a lot of experience, absorbed pressure at the start of the third innings, and put the team in the position we were in. A fantastic job.

    "That was our method [with the ball] and what we thought was best on the surface. We hit the top of off on repeat. Matt Henry is good at putting it on the mark. First innings and second, he built pressure through dot balls and getting crucial wickets. He's been a spare head for us for a long period, nice for him to get the results."

  3. 'A fantastic week'published at 12:26 BST

    New Zealand captain Tom Latham speaking at the presentation: "It's been a fantastic week. I guess it was a week of moments and throughout the game, we got our noses in front in some crucial moments. I spoke last week about trying to be better for a little bit longer and we did that fantastically this week.

    "After day one, we built a few partnerships, guys got a lot of starts. The partnership between Phillips and Jamieson. The bowling innings, certain phases with back-to-back wickets. Another partnership in the third innings with Henry [Nicholls] and Rachin [Ravindra], to stop the momentum on England's side and put the pressure on.

    "It wasn't going to easy on that surface and the pace going out of it but the way the bowlers were able to operate, hitting the top of off, bit of old school cricket, and we got the results."

  4. Postpublished at 12:23 BST

    More from Joe Root on Test Match Special: "You have to give credit for New Zealand. I think the way that Glenn Phillips played in particular, the night of day one - that spell from Jofra [Archer], we wanted to take that wicket that night. Jofra was on a roll, full of confidence, bowling a great pace. You break the game open there and it's a very different concept. You come back the next morning the the tail to bowl at.

    "Credit to Phillips, I thought he played brilliantly, same with Nicholls in the second innings. Our batters have got to learn, I think it's an opportunity for our batting group to learn from that.

    "It's reading those situations, the way that they played those different moments and recognising that the tempo of Test cricket can change. I think that's where our evolution has got to come further down the line. Can we recognise those moments? Can we play within ourselves or just manage the situation really well and reap the rewards of it later down the line.

    "I really enjoyed this week, I know the result's not been great and not what we set out to do but I've thoroughly enjoyed working with Baz [Brendon McCullum] and stepping back into that space.

    "Getting an opportunity to work with some young players, some new players and being a part of what's been a special week for a couple of debutantes. It's been disappointing to be on the end of the result we have but it's been a lot of fun and there's still very much a lot to play for in this series and a lot can happen in the next few days."

  5. 'Disappointed we found ourselves on wrong side of result'published at 12:20 BST

    England captain Joe Root speaking to Test Match Special: "I'm disappointed that we found ourselves on wrong side of result but that's how it sits.

    "Without sounding too sort of cliche, there have been a lot good things in between some pretty ordinary stuff. When you miss 8 to 10 chances in the field against a good team on a reasonably good wicket, you're going to be playing catch up for a long part of it.

    "When you've got four forced changes coming into the game, it's going to be slightly unsettling in some areas but that being said, the guys that came in did some good stuff, we've got to make sure we're able to do that for longer periods of time. We've got to make sure we're really engaged in the field and really to take those opportunities, we want to make things happen.

    "In terms of having depth and giving them that exposure, normally when guys come in, it's one at a time and they're helped through by seniority and guys around them. This week's been quite different with the circumstances which things have unfolded and happened. Off the back of that, the guys have given a good case for themselves, that's all you can really ask of players to come in and give everything and they definitely did that."

  6. Postpublished at 12:16 BST

    Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    We harp on in England about quick bowlers but we've been bowled out by a guy here who's been so disciplined in and around around off stump bowling 82-83mph. It's old school and it works

  7. Postpublished at 12:13 BST

    New Zealand bowler and player of the match Matt Henry: "I probably didn't expect it to unfold like that today but probably saved a hot day in the field."

    On recovering from his back injury at Lord's: "Trying to regain some confidence in the body. It wasn't ideal and it feels bad when you let the guys down on day one. It was great to come here and get my quota out."

    On the team performance: "From all the batters, little moments in the first innings set the platform for the ball to get soft and Glenn to do his thing. Top order did a job for us. The way the guys applied themselves with the ball, we talked about being relentless and different from each end. We stuck at it and got the rewards."

    On Tom Blundell standing up to the stumps: "Having a world-class operator like Tom is huge. He's always up for it. You can't do it unless you've got someone good behind the stumps. We know England like to create a flow of runs."

    On leading the bowling attack: "It's pretty easy when you've got a strong bowling group. Kyle and Will coming back from injuries, their character to come back the way they have. Nathan Smith going from strength to strength. All the guys - you're only as good as the strength of the group."

  8. Postpublished at 12:09 BST

    Alison Mitchell
    Test Match Special commentator

    New Zealand have got a lot of 30+ year old players and you can't help feeling that the experience came through in this match.

  9. Postpublished at 12:03 BST

    Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Matt Henry capitalised on the hard work New Zealand did earlier in the Test match. Today was clearly a bit of a foregone conclusion given the game situation.

    He's mopped it up as you deserve to do as a bowler if you put the hard yards in early.

  10. Postpublished at 12:00 BST

    Just tuning in and surprised to have missed all of day five?

    Well, this probably gives you a flavour of how things went for England.

    Matt Henry struck twice in the third over, followed it with another double-wicket maiden, and wrapped up the win with just his 31st delivery of the day.

    Media caption,

    Henry removes Root and Archer in the same over early on day five

  11. Postpublished at 11:55 BST

    Matt Henry finishes with match figures of 11-109, including dismissing Joe Root, Harry Brook, and Jordan Cox in both innings.

    Matt Henry, wearing whites, points his right finger in the airImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 11:52 BST

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Matt Henry has bowled absolutely stupendously here at the Oval, a real masterclass of how to put pressure on batters and test their techniques. He has not missed a line and a length all Test match.

  13. New Zealand win by 253 runspublished at 11:49 BST
    Breaking

    New Zealand level the series!

    All done and dusted inside 50 minutes on day five. Matt Henry has absolutely rattled through England.

    To Trent Bridge we go!

  14. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 58.1 overs

    Cox b Henry 25 (Eng 209-10)

    Erm, no Joe, no it isn't.

    Jordan Cox gets down on one knee to try and do something funky and has his stumps rearranged by Matt Henry.

    His fifth wicket of the morning to finish with second-innings figures of 6-29. England all out for 209.

  15. Get Involvedpublished at 11:48 BST

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    On the train to the Oval. Is it worth it?

    Joe, Goodwood

  16. Eng 209-9published at 58 overs

    Target 463

    Well, that was a bit of fun from Jordan Cox. A couple of hefty tonks and an unconventional reaching sweep for a single to keep the strike.

  17. Postpublished at 11:47 BST

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Jordan Cox just looks like a natural player.

  18. 6 runs

    Eng 208-9published at 57.3 overs

    Jordan Cox sizes up Kyle Jamieson and whips his arms through the second ball of the over, skying it into the deep. Somewhat underwhelmingly, it plugs in the turf and he has to settle for two.

    No bother off the next ball, however, which is dispatched into the second row of the stand behind long-on for six.

  19. Get Involvedpublished at 11:43 BST

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    There has been a lot of discussion this week on the disruption that the Stokes incident has caused and England’s inexperience. Perhaps a bit more credit needs to be given to NZ. They are an underrated team (again)

    Charlie, London

  20. Eng 200-9published at 57 overs

    Targe 463

    New Zealand start the over with three slips and a gully. Halfway through they trade a slip for a short leg.

    Sonny Baker plays three solid forward defences, navigates a short one, and leaves the final two alone.