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Henry bowls New Zealand to dominant win over England in second Test of series

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Matt Henry took four wickets for no runs in just 12 balls as New Zealand thrashed England by 253 runs in the second Test at the Oval on Sunday for a series-levelling win.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/G6PWlrQB/"]New Zealand[/a] only needed 48 minutes on the fifth day [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/new-zealand-G6PWlrQB/?mid=bcBQ09rn"]to complete a crushing victory[/a] as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a], set a mammoth 463 to win, were bowled out for 209, with Henry's six-wicket haul in total in the second innings giving him superb match figures of 11-109.[/p][p][b]New Zealand dominated England in all aspects at the Oval, with both Glenn Phillips and Henry Nicholls, replacing retired great Kane Williamson, hitting hundreds as they bounced back from a 115-run defeat at Lord's to level this three-match contest at 1-1.[/b][/p][embed guid="423db007-cf0d-4103-9993-3e13b96460b3" url="https://x.com/englandcricket/status/2068649582414716969" social-type="twitter" /][p]England made five changes to their side - including three debutants - with captain Ben Stokes and paceman Gus Atkinson both omitted for breaking a team curfew while celebrating victory at Lord's.[/p][p]The duo could return for next week's series decider at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.[/p]

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