England registered a historic win against New Zealand on the night of 14 June 2022. England beat New Zealand by 5 wickets on the back of a century by Jonny Bairstow. Many new records were set in this match. For the first time in Test cricket, 1000 runs came from boundaries (fours, sixes). A total of 1675 runs were scored in the test. Before this, so many runs had not been scored in any Test match played on England grounds. Not only this, the record for most boundaries in a Test match was also made in this match. A total of 249 boundaries (225 fours and 24 sixes) were hit in the match played between England and New Zealand.
For New Zealand, 80 fours and 4 sixes were hit in the first innings, while 36 fours and 2 sixes were hit in the second innings. England hit 73 fours and 6 sixes in the first innings, while 36 fours and 12 sixes were hit in the second innings. Earlier, in the 2004 Test match between Australia and India in Sydney, 242 boundaries were hit. However, the record for most fours in a Test match still holds the name of the Sydney Test. In this case, the Trent Bridge Test came second. There were 225 fours in the Trent Bridge Test, while the number of fours in the 2004 Sydney Test was 238.
In the Nottingham Test played between England and New Zealand, more than 1000 runs came from the boundary. This is the first time in Test cricket, when more than 1000 runs have come from boundaries only in a match. Prior to this, in the Sydney Test between Australia and India in 2004, the highest boundary runs (976 runs) came.
The record for the highest number of 1723 runs scored in a single match in Test cricket is in the name of the match between England and Australia in 1948. In this case, the Nottingham Test has now reached number two. Earlier, the Test match played between England and India in 1990 was at number two. 1614 runs were scored in that test match.
Jonny Bairstow played 77 balls for the century. This is the second fastest century in the fourth innings in Test cricket. Gilbert Jessop scored a 76-ball century in the fourth innings against Australia at The Oval in 1902. Jonny Bairstow’s century is also the second fastest century in terms of balls for England in Tests. He surpassed compatriot Ben Stokes’ record. Stokes had scored a century in 85 balls against New Zealand itself in 2015.
Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes shared 179 runs at the rate of 8.87 runs. This is the third fastest century partnership in Tests in terms of run rate. England scored at a run rate of 10.00 in the last session on the fifth day. They needed 160 runs in 38 overs, but they achieved the target in 16 overs.
His scoring rate of 10 is the highest for a team in a season of a Test match since 2016 (where a team has batted 15 or more overs). In 2016, New Zealand scored 8.29 runs during the post-lunch session on the first day of the Christchurch Test against Australia. Then New Zealand scored 199 runs in 24 overs for the loss of 3 wickets.
While chasing the target of 299 runs, England’s run rate was 5.98. This is the fourth highest run rate for any team in Tests where more than 250 runs have been scored. South Africa is on top in this matter. He scored 340 for 3 in 50 overs at a run rate of 6.80 against Zimbabwe in the 2005 Cape Town Test.
In this match played at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge Stadium, England won the toss and elected to bowl. New Zealand scored 553 for 10 in 145.3 overs in the first innings. Daryl Mitchell and wicketkeeper Tom Blundell scored centuries for him. England’s first innings was all out for 539 runs in 128.2 overs. In this way New Zealand got a marginal lead of 14 runs. In the second innings, his batsmen could not repeat their performance and the entire team returned to the pavilion for 284 runs in 84.4 overs.
England got a target of 299 runs to win. He won the match by scoring 299 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. England also won the first Test of the series by 5 wickets. England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-Test series. The third Test match of the series is to be played from 23 June at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.