New Delhi. On the first day of the third cricket test against England on Saturday (14 December), New Zealand (England vs New Zealand) scored 315 runs for nine wickets. Mitchell Santner completed his fourth test half-century by hitting a six on the last ball and is playing after scoring 50 runs while Will O'Rourke has not opened his account.

New Zealand's tail-enders scored 76 runs in the last eight overs. Earlier, Tom Latham and Will Young added 105 runs in the first wicket partnership. For the first time, the host team got off to a good start against England, which has already taken a 2-0 lead in the series. England won the first Test by eight wickets within four days and the second by 323 runs within three days.

England won the toss and decided to bowl and by lunch New Zealand's score was 93 runs without any loss. Latham and Young added 105 runs for the first wicket. Young completed 1000 runs in Test cricket as soon as he scored 42 runs and became the second New Zealand batsman after Stephen Fleming to reach this figure without scoring a century.

Rachin Ravindra got caught by Ben Duckett in the gully off Brydon Carse after scoring 18 runs. Kane Williamson scored 44 runs. New Zealand lost the wickets of Daryl Mitchell (14), Glenn Phillips (5) and Tom Blundell (21) early. Santner and Matt Henry added 41 runs for the eighth wicket. Tim Southee came out to play his 107th and last Test after Henry was out. Southee is going to retire from the game after this match. England's fielders gave him a guard of honour when he came out. He scored 23 runs in ten balls.