Cricket-Brilliant Henry wraps up victory for New Zealand as England collapse


Cricket - England v New Zealand - Second Test - Kia Oval, London, Britain - June 21, 2026 New Zealand's Matt Henry celebrates after taking the wicket of England's Josh Tongue Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON, ⁠June 21 (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 were 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.

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 have now lost ​six of their last eight tests.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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