England bowled for just 58 runs

HAPLESS England collapsed to 58 all out against New Zealand as only a defiant lastwicket stand helped them scramble past the lowest total in their 141year Test history.

Trent Boult (6-32) and Tim Southee (4-25) proved unstoppable with the pink ball in the first day-night Test in New Zealand at Auckland’s Eden Park, until Craig Overton and James Anderson came up with belated and brief resistance.

The new-ball pair wreaked havoc as the tourists marginally managed to pass Test cricket’s all-time lowest total, 26 by New Zealand against England in Auckland in 1955, falling to 27-9, and then had to rue their collective failure while home captain Kane Williamson (91 not out) took the reply to 175-3 at stumps.

By the time Williamson began to near his 18th century, a national record, Stuart Broad had claimed Tom Latham as his 400th Test victim, second only behind Anderson, but such was England’s plight, his achievement rated only a footnote.

On a blameless pitch but against brilliant swing bowling, it seemed a long shot at one point that they could get anywhere near beating their own historical low of 45 all out against Australia in Sydney in 1887.

But No 9 Overton (33 not out), playing only because Ben Stokes’ stiff back meant he may not be able to bowl, had other ideas, scoring more than half England’s runs as they recorded their sixthlowest total.

The tourists were in big trouble almost immediately, after being put in on a sunny afternoon.

Boult’s new-ball swing had Alastair Cook edging some away movement to second slip in the fifth over, then Joe Root, fell for a duck.

Boult produced another beauty to have Dawid Malan caughtbehind and England never recovered.