Ben Stokes will return as England captain for next week's third and deciding Test against New Zealand in Nottingham, England head coach Brendon McCullum announced Sunday.

Matt Henry's sensational spell of four wickets for no runs in 12 balls saw England, 182-5 overnight, collapse to 192-9.

England were 182-5 at stumps on Saturday's fourth day of the second Test, needing a further 281 runs to reach a mammoth target of 463.

Joe Root needed just two runs to join Sachin Tendulkar in the exclusive club of batters to have scored 14,000 in Tests.

Henry Nicholls's superb unbeaten century saw New Zealand into an utterly dominant position against England in the second Test at the Oval on Friday.

England captain Ben Stokes could return to Test duty as soon as next week's series finale against New Zealand, several British media outlets reported Thursday.

England was pegged back to 222-6 in reply to New Zealand's bonus 391 on day two of The Oval Test on Thursday.

Glenn Phillips slammed his first Test century for New Zealand against England on Day 2 of the 2nd Test at The Oval on Thursday

Ben Stokes' absence will cast a long shadow over England's bid to clinch a series victory against New Zealand when they face the Black Caps without their controversial captain this week.

The hosts have made four changes to the side that secured an 115-run victory at Lord's and helped them move up a place in the World Test Championship standings to number seven.

England on Saturday called up uncapped seam bowler Henry Crocombe ahead of next week's second Test against New Zealand at the Oval.

Will Young will arrive in London on Sunday and join the squad ahead of the second Test at the Oval from Wednesday.

Star India batter Virat Kohli on Friday shared a heartfelt retirement message for former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who called time on his international career earlier in the day.

Having already called it quits from T20I cricket in November last year, Kane Williamson stated that the time had come to end his international journey completely.

Kane Williamson finishes as New Zealand's all-time leading international run-scorer with 19,346 runs, including 48 centuries and six double-centuries.

New Zealand expects opening batter Devon Conway will be available for the second Test against England at The Oval next week, despite the opener making a 23,000-mile round trip to Wellington between matches to be present for the birth of his second child.

England captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were on Wednesday dropped from the 15-member squad for the second Test against New Zealand due the ongoing investigation into their alleged involvement in a nightclub incident

Sunil Gavaskar pointed out the bias over the little noise about Lord's getting an ICC demerit point from an unsatisfactory pitch.