23/06Result
3rd Test, New Zealand tour of England at Leeds, Jun 23-27 2022
England won by 7 wkts
Player of the Match
Jack Leach
Jack LeachEngland
23/06Result
3rd Test, New Zealand tour of England at Leeds, Jun 23-27 2022
England won by 7 wkts
Player of the Match
Jack Leach
Jack LeachEngland

3.35pm: Applause for Tom Blundell as he walks off unbeaten on 88, followed by appreciation for the Headingley hero, Jack Leach. What a record he has at this ground. He finishes with 10 for 166 - the first England spinner with two five-fors in a home Test since Derek Underwood in 1974 - as the New Zealand innings again fell away quickly after Blundell and Daryl Mitchell had been wrenched apart. England claimed the last five wickets for 52, and that means for the third Test in a row they have been set a chase in the region of 275-299. The teams are taking tea now, with plenty more action to come this evening. Don't go away

105.2
W
Leach to Boult, OUT, bowled 'im! Leach has ten! Fired in straight with Boult trying to come down again, rattles the stumps. Leach is engulfed by his team-mates, his first ten-wicket haul in Tests. NZ have been wrapped up, and the target will be 296. Tantalising!

TA Boult b Leach 4 (17m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

105.1
4
Leach to Boult, FOUR, charges out and honks four through midwicket! That's why he's the highest-scoring Test No.11 of all time. Good solid connection

Leach vs Boult, round two. In pursuit of the ten-for

END OF OVER:
105 | 8 Runs | NZ: 322/9

  • Tom Blundell88 (161b)
  • Trent Boult0 (6b)
  • Matthew Potts25-5-66-3
  • Jack Leach32-12-62-4
104.6
4
Potts to Blundell, FOUR, ramped over the keeper! Potts goes short outside off and Blundell is a long away across, pancake flipping the ball up and away for an impudent boundary

"Root drops the 10-fer. Who was the last England spinner to take 10 at home?" That, I suspect, Dhananjay, was Moeen Ali at Lord's in 2017

104.5
0
Potts to Blundell, no run, shortish down the leg side, Blundell again misses with a flick off his hip
104.4
4
Potts to Blundell, FOUR, back of a length, rammed through backward point! Comes down again and opens the face to fire four behind square
104.3
0
Potts to Blundell, no run, length ball on the stumps, jabbed away towards square leg

"Blunders deserves a 100 in this series," reckons Hemil, "hopefully Boult hangs on for him"

104.2
0
Potts to Blundell, no run, on the short side, 81mph/131kph and sliding down leg as he jumps across
104.1
0
Potts to Blundell, no run, back of a length and defended around off stump

END OF OVER:
104 | (maiden) | NZ: 314/9

  • Trent Boult0 (6b)
  • Tom Blundell80 (155b)
  • Jack Leach32-12-62-4
  • Matthew Potts24-5-58-3
103.6
0
Leach to Boult, no run, tucked away to the leg side, to another confident call of "Not now!" Yes, probably not now, Trent
103.5
0
Leach to Boult, no run, nearly sneaks through, there's also an appeal for lbw! Going on with the arm, Boult is late bringing his bat down, but just gets some wood on it. Eramus declines Leach's extended polite enquiry
103.4
0
Leach to Boult, no run, dropped at slip again! A squirty low edge, Root threw himself low to his right, got the fingertips under it... but couldn't cling on! Fourth one down there today?
103.3
0
Leach to Boult, no run, skips down and swipes across the line, thick-edged to backward square leg
103.2
0
Leach to Boult, no run, flighted, nearly gets in a tangle trying to keep this out

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WktRunsPlayers
1st17AZ LeesZ Crawley
2nd34Z CrawleyOJ Pope
3rd134JE RootOJ Pope
4th111JM BairstowJE Root