Player of the Match Harry Brook, aged 23, made impressive scores of 89 from 81 balls and then 54 from 41 during England’s authoritative 267-run win in the pink-ball Test at Bay Oval and now has six fifty-plus scores to his credit in eight Test innings, including three centuries in as many games in Pakistan in December.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 306 & 126 (Daryl Mitchell 57*; James Anderson 4-18, Stuart Broad 4-49) lost to England 325/9 decl. & 374 (Joe Root 57, Harry Brook 54, Ben Foakes 51, Ollie Pope 49; Blair Tickner 3-55) lead by 267 runs