ENG VS NZ 2022 : ENGLAND SWEEP THE TEST SERIES 3 - 0 VS NEW ZEALAND

 3RD TEST ENG VS NZ DAY 5:  ENGLAND WON BY 7 WICKETS  AND WON THE TEST SERIES BY 3 - 0 AGAINST WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS.

ENGLAND NEW TEST ERA BRILLIANT START  WON THE THREE-MATCH HOME SERIES  BY THE  3  - 0  AGAINST WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS NEW ZEALAND TEAM.

GREAT FINISH OF THE SERIES  ENGLAND NEW TEST CAPTAIN BEN STOKES AND NEW COACH BRENDON MCCULLUM

3RD TEST ON DAY 5 AT HEADINGLEY ENGLAND NEEDS 113 RUNS TO WIN  OLLIE POPE BRILLIANT INNINGS COME TO AN END WITH 82 RUNS OFF 108 BALLS WITH 12 FOURS ( TIM SOUTHEE GETS A CRUCIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM.

BUT JOE ROOT AND JONNY BAIRSTOW BATTED NICELY AND COMFORTABLE CHASED DOWN THE TARGET GETTING HIS TEAM 7 WICKETS WIN AGAINST NEW ZEALAND.

JOE ROOT REMAINS UNBEATEN 86 RUNS OFF 125 BALLS WITH 11 FOURS AND ONE SIX.

JONNY BAIRSTOW PLAYED A SMASHING UNBEATEN KNOCK OF 71 RUNS OFF 44 BALLS INCLUDING 9 FOURS AND 3 SIXES 

JONNY BAIRSTOW HITS A WINNING RUN WITH A SIX FINISHES OFF HIS STYLE AND COMPLETES THE SERIES  BY 3 - 0 AGAINST THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS NEW ZEALAND TEAM.

ENGLAND BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO SUCCESSFULLY CHASE 250 PLUS RUNS THREE TIMES IN A TEST SERIES 

277 RUNS CHASED AT LORDS 

299 RUNS CHASED AT TRENT BRIDGE

296 RUNS CHASED AT HEADINGLEY.

PLAYER OF THE SERIES -  DARYL MITCHELL AND JOE ROOT.

 DARYL MITCHELL NEW ZEALAND BATSMAN IS CHOSEN BY BRENDON MCCULLUM AS THE NEW ZEALAND PLAYER OF THE SERIES.

DARYL MITCHELL HAS SCORED 538 RUNS AT THE BATTING AVERAGE OF 107.60  IN A THREE-MATCH TEST SERIES INCLUDING THREE BRILLIANT HUNDRED  AND BECOME THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND PLAYER TO SCORE FIVE CONSECUTIVE 50-PLUS RUNS SCORES IN TEST CRICKET.

JOE ROOT ENGLAND BATSMEN IS CHOSEN BY NEW ZEALAND COACH GARY STEAD AS ENGLAND PLAYER OF THE SERIES.

JOE ROOT HAS SCORED 396 RUNS AT AN AVERAGE OF 99. 0 AND  INCLUDING TWO SENSATIONAL MATCH-WINNING HUNDREDS AND REMAINS UNBEATEN 86 RUNS IN THE FINAL TEST AGAINST NEW ZEALAND.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH  -  ENGLAND SPINNER JACK LEACH  FOR HIS SENSATIONAL BOWLING PERFORMANCE IN THE 3RD TEST MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND 

JACK LEACH IN 1ST INNINGS PICKED UP FIVE WICKETS AND WAS JUST GIVEN 100 RUNS AND IN THE SECOND  INNINGS TAKE YET ANOTHER FIVE  WICKETS.

JACK LEACH  SUPERB TEN WICKETS  AGAINST NEW ZEALAND IN 3RD TEST 

 5/100   ( 38.3 OVERS )  ( 1ST INNINGS )  AND  2ND INNINGS  5/66  ( 32.2 ) OVERS.

ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND TEST 2022  FULL THREE-MATCH RESULTS : 

FIRST TEST: ENGLAND WON BY 5 WICKETS 

NEW ZEALAND 1ST INNINGS  - 132/10  ( 40 OVERS ) 

ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS  -  141/10   ( 42.5 OVERS ) 

NEW  ZEALAND 2ND INNINGS  -  285/10  ( 91.3 OVERS ) 

ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS  -  279/5   ( 78.5 OVERS ) 

SECOND TEST:   ENGLAND WON BY 5 WICKETS 

NEW ZEALAND 1ST INNS  -  553/10  ( 145.3 OVERS ) 

ENGLAND 1ST INNS  -  539/10  ( 128.2 OVERS ) 

NEW ZEALAND 2ND INNS  - 284/10  ( 84.4 OVERS ) 

ENGLAND 2ND INNS  -   299/5  ( 50 OVERS ) 

THIRD TEST:  ENGLAND WON BY 7 WICKETS 

NEW ZEALAND 1ST INNS  -  329/10  (  117.3 OVERS ) 

ENGLAND 1ST INNS  -   360/10  ( 67 OVERS ) 

NEW ZEALAND 2ND INNS  -   326/10  ( 105.2 OVERS ) 

ENGLAND 2ND INNS  -   296/3  ( 54.2 OVERS ) 

3RD TEST ENG VS NZ  2022 PLAYING 11 : 

ENGLAND XI:  ALEX LEES, ZAK CRAWLEY, OLLI POPE, JOE ROOT, JONNY BAIRSTOW, BEN STOKES ( C ), SAM  BILLINGS ( WK), JAMIE OVERTON, MATTY POTTS, STUART BROAD, JACK  LEACH.

NEW ZEALAND XI: TOM LATHAM, WILL YOUNG, DEVON CONWAY, KANE WILLIAMSON ( C ), HENRY NICHOLLS, DARYL MITCHELL, TOM BLUNDELL (WK), MICHAEL BRACEWELL, TIM SOUTHEE, TRENT BOULT, NIEL WAGNER.