New Zealand won the Hamilton Test by 423 runs: Biggest win over England by run margin

New Zealand defeated England by 423 runs in the Hamilton Test. This is the Kiwis' biggest win over England by run margin. Chasing a target of 658 runs in the third Test, the English team could only score 234 runs. However, England won the 3-match Test series 2-1. The team had won the first match by 8 wickets and the second match by 323 runs.

On Tuesday, the fourth day of the match at Seddon Park, England started playing with a score of 18/2. Jacob Bethell scored 76 and Joe Root scored 54 runs, while Gus Atkinson contributed 43 runs.

New Zealand's Mitchell Santner scored 76 runs and took 3 wickets in the first innings. He scored 49 runs and took 4 wickets in the second innings. He received the Player of the Match award for this performance. England all-rounder Harry Brook was named Player of the Series.

On Saturday, England won the toss and elected to bowl first. In the first innings, New Zealand scored 347 and England scored 143 runs. New Zealand scored 453 runs in the second innings and gave England a target of 658 runs.

New Zealand's joint biggest win

New Zealand defeated England by 423 runs. This was the team's joint biggest win by run margin. Earlier, the team had also defeated Sri Lanka by 423 runs in Christchurch in 2018. This is the team's biggest win against England.

Tim Southee's last Test match

This was the last Test match of New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee. He had announced his retirement from Test cricket even before the series started. Announcing his retirement, 35-year-old Southee had said - If our team qualifies for the WTC final, I will be available.

New Zealand all out for 453 in the second innings on the third day

The New Zealand team was all out for 453 runs in the second innings. New Zealand's star batsman Kane Williamson scored a century. He scored 156 runs in 204 balls. Apart from him, Will Young and Daryl Mitchell scored 60-60 runs. Mitchell Santner scored 49 and Rachin Ravindra scored 44 runs. Tom Blundell remained unbeaten after scoring 44 runs. Jacob Bethell took the maximum of 3 wickets for England. Ben Stokes and Shoaib Bashir took 2-2 wickets each. Thuy Potts, Gus Atkinson and Joe Root got 1-1 wickets.