New Zealand's Matt Henry celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England's Jordan Cox to win the second Test. | Photo Credit: Reuters

New Zealand pace bowler Matt ​Henry ran through England’s tail ‌to give his side a ​233-run victory in ⁠the second Test at The Oval to level the series at 1-1 ‌on Sunday.

Starting the fifth day on 182-5, chasing ‌a notional 463 for ‌an ⁠unlikely victory, England folded ⁠quickly and was all-out for 209 after less than an hour ​of play.

Henry took ‌all five wickets in the morning, removing Joe Root lbw for 77 with the ‌first ball of his second ​over of the day - Root adding only two ⁠runs to his overnight score.

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Two balls later he bowled Jofra ‌Archer for a duck and in his next over he had Matthew Fisher playing on to his stumps without scoring. Then with the next ‌ball he had Josh Tongue ​edging to Daryl Mitchell.

Henry then finished it off by ⁠bowling Jordan Cox with an in-swinging ⁠yorker to take his match haul to 11 ‌wickets.

England has now lost six of its last eight ​tests.

Published on Jun 21, 2026