England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to field first against New Zealand. Follow the scores and ball-by-ball commentary from the third NZ vs ENG Test
Welcome to our coverage of the opening day of the third and final Test between England and New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton on Saturday (December 14, 2024). Ben Stokes' men have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and the BlackCaps are looking to avoid an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash at home. (Live Streaming | More Cricket News)
Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to field first.
New Zealand: Tom Latham(c), Will Young, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), William ORourke, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope(w), Ben Stokes(c), Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Brydon Carse, Shoaib Bashir
Follow the live scores and ball-by-ball commentary of the third NZ vs ENG Test, right here.
New Zealand had a strong start with captain Tom Latham (63) combining with his opening partner Will Young (42) to put up a century stand. At number three, Kane Williamson too chipped in with a useful 44. But after that, the Kiwi middle order collapsed. Matthew Potts and Gus Atkinson both took three wickets each and England looked set to wrap up things on the first day before some rearguard action from Mitchell Santner (50 batting) and Tim Southee (23) took New Zealand to 315/9 at Stumps.
Earlier, Harry Brook notched up his second hundred of the series, Joe Root scored his 36th Test ton and Gus Atkinson claimed a hat-trick as the hosts defeated the Kiwis by a thumping 323-run margin in Wellington.