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Stokes' England career ends with NZ series defeat

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Ben Stokes’ storied England career ends in a series defeat by New Zealand, who wrap up the third and deciding Test on the final day in Nottingham.

Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day 5 of five)

New Zealand 438 (Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70) & 288-9 dec: (Mitchell 100*, Ravindra 94; Archer 4-53)

England 354 (Duckett 113, Bethell 74; Smith 4-91) & 212 (Smith 60; Foulkes 3-42)

New Zealand won by 160 runs, won bid 2-1

Scorecard

Ben Stokes' storied England vocation ended successful a bid decision by New Zealand, who wrapped up the 3rd and deciding Test connected the last time successful Nottingham.

The time aft skipper Stokes announced this Test would beryllium his last, England's 160-run nonaccomplishment astatine Trent Bridge - and a 2-1 bid reverse - highlighted the messiness they present find themselves in.

In the aftermath of the Stokes quality connected Sunday, England slumped to a self-inflicted 103-4 by the adjacent of time four, leaving an inevitability astir their chances of chasing 373 connected Monday.

And immoderate consciousness of a prolonged combat was extinguished successful the 4th implicit of the day, erstwhile Emilio Gay departed and, crucially, Joe Root was tally retired by an bonzer nonstop deed from Henry Nicholls.

Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson astatine slightest staved disconnected humiliation with a battling basal of 75, ended erstwhile Atkinson was retired conscionable earlier lunch.

Smith completed lone his 2nd half-century successful 11 months, but Josh Tongue was the unfortunate of different sublime New Zealand nonstop hit, this clip by Mitchell Santner, earlier Smith was caught astatine long-off to permission England 212 each out.

It means New Zealand, heavy depleted by injuries, person earned a celebrated bid win, lone their 4th successful this country.

The Black Caps were the past visiting squad to triumph a bid here, successful 2021, and present they are the archetypal tourists to triumph a bid of 3 oregon much Tests successful this state successful 14 years.

For Stokes, a four-year captaincy reign ends with his archetypal location defeat, and a 15-year planetary vocation ends with England successful chaos.

This was their seventh decision successful 9 Tests, and extends a tally without a bid triumph stretching backmost to 2024.

In a congested calendar, England statesman a white-ball bid against India connected Wednesday, but a swift instrumentality to enactment volition not halt questions implicit whether further alteration to the absorption is required.

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