England start their 2021 summer season with two Test matches versus New Zealand, beginning with the Lord’s Test in London. This stadium last staged a match between the sides in May 2015 in which England won by 124 runs to draw the series 1-1.
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England vs New Zealand head-to-head results of the latest five matches indicate the Kiwis have won three games and two Tests have been drawn. In the latest Test between the sides held from November 29 to December 3, 2019, in Hamilton, New Zealand, England won the toss and opted to field.
New Zealand piled 375 in their first innings helped by Tom Latham with 105 off 172 balls with 16 fours, Daryl Mitchell with 73 off 159 balls with 8 fours and 1 sixer and wicket-keeper BJ Watling with 55 balls off 192 balls with 7 fours.
For England, the top bowlers were Stuart Broad with 4/73 in 28 overs, Chris Woakes with 3/83 in 31 overs and Sam Curran with 2/63 in 23.1 overs.
England replied with 476 with skipper Joe Root leading the way, scoring 226 off 441 balls with 22 fours and 1 sixer, Rory Burns cracking 101 off 209 balls with 15 fours and ‘keeper Ollie Pope stroking 75 off 202 balls with 6 fours.
The key bowlers for New Zealand were Neil Wagner with 5/124 in 35.5 overs and Tim Southee with 2/90 in 37 overs.
In the second essay, the Kiwis scored 241/2 in 75 overs and the game ended in a draw. The top scorers were Ross Taylor who clobbered 105 runs in 186 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixers and captain Kane Williamson with 104 runs in 234 balls with 11 fours. Joe Root was named the Player of the Match for his brilliant double hundred.
New Zealand won the 2-Test series 1-0 and the team’s Neil Wagner was named the Player of the Series. New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell and England’s Zak Crawley made their debut in the match.
The match umpires were Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Wilson, Bruce Oxenford was the TV umpire, Wayne Knights was the reserve umpire and Javagal Srinath was the match referee.
