{"id":521595,"date":"2026-06-27T18:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/521595\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:37:08","slug":"england-vs-new-zealand-home-side-in-danger-in-decider-at-trent-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/521595\/","title":{"rendered":"England vs New Zealand: Home side in danger in decider at Trent Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day three of five)<\/p>\n

New Zealand 438 (Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70) & 120-3: Ravindra 60*<\/p>\n

England 354: Duckett 113, Bethell 74; Smith 4-91<\/p>\n

New Zealand are 204 runs ahead<\/p>\n

Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\n

England’s deciding Test against New Zealand – and perhaps the future of the hosts’ management – hangs in the balance after a dramatic and fluctuating third day at Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n

As a previously flat pitch began to break up and play tricks, England first surrendered the initiative with the bat, then tried gamely with the ball to hang in the contest.<\/p>\n

At the end of it all, New Zealand moved to 120-3, a lead of 204 looking sizeable given the unevenness in the surface that became apparent on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Black Caps had been 12-2 and 51-3, but Rachin Ravindra’s unbeaten 60, alongside 26 not out by Daryl Mitchell ensured the tourists remain in the driving seat.<\/p>\n

England began the day with an opportunity to get close to New Zealand’s first-innings 438, only to lose three crucial wickets for 10 runs inside the first six overs.<\/p>\n

Joe Root was out for 21 and Jacob Bethell 74 – neither man adding to his overnight score – before Jamie Smith managed only one.<\/p>\n

Harry Brook made a calm 58, but when England lost their last three wickets for four runs, the home side were left 354 all out and 84 behind on first innings.<\/p>\n

New Zealand seamer Zak Foulkes, who only came into the game on Friday as a concussion sub for Blair Tickner, took three of the wickets to fall on Saturday, including Brook and England captain Ben Stokes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day three of five) New Zealand 438 (Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-521595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}