New Zealand secured a 160-run victory over England at Trent Bridge on Monday, June 29, 2026, to win the Test cricket series 2-1.
The win spoiled the final international match of English captain Ben Stokes.
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Decisive Day Five
The Black Caps completed the series win on day five of the third and deciding Test.
England collapsed to 212 all out during a difficult run chase on a deteriorating wicket affected by baking heat.
England slumped to 103-4 by the close of day four before any sense of a prolonged fight was extinguished early on Monday.
Emilio Gay departed and Joe Root was run out by Henry Nicholls.
Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson staved off immediate humiliation with a battling stand of 75, which ended when Atkinson was out just before lunch.
Smith completed his second half-century in 11 months, scoring 60 runs, before being caught at long-off.
Historic Series Win
The result marks only the fourth series win for New Zealand in England.
The Black Caps are now the first tourists to win a series of three or more Tests in England in 14 years.
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They achieved this despite playing without Kane Williamson after the first Test.
The defeat ends the four-year captaincy reign of Ben Stokes with his first home series loss.
It concludes a 15-year international career amid seven defeats in England's last nine Tests.
"It was a hard fought game. A pretty tough one to be involved in.
The game going down to the fifth day they are mentally and physically tiring.
I think the way both teams stuck at it, kept coming in pretty testing conditions, I think we testament to the hard w..."
said Ben Stokes, England captain.
England will begin a white-ball series against India on Wednesday.
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The team requires a new captain for their next Test against Pakistan in August.
