Jacob Bethell will continue at No.3 after England announced an unchanged XI for the second Test against New Zealand at Basin Reserve. Victory in Christchurch by eight wickets was rounded out by a maiden half-century from Bethell.

RCB’s latest recruit, Jacob Bethell made his Test debut recently and put on quite a show despite getting out for just 10 in the first inning as he smashed an unbeaten 50 in the second essay and fuelled England's win.

Jacob Bethell drew parallels to Kevin Pietersen and Brian Lara in his maiden Test half-century against New Zealand

Jacob Bethell admitted his Test debut was “everything I’ve dreamed of” after scoring the winning run in England’s thumping victory over New Zealand at Christchurch. Bethell was catapulted into the side at short notice after Jordan Cox broke a thumb during the warm-up match in Queenstown,

England have the opportunity to win the first-ever Crowe-Thorpe Trophy as they aim to seal the series against New Zealand in Wellington in the second Test starting December 6. England registered a comfortable eight-wicket victory in the series opener in Christchurch.

England pulled a major surprise by picking Jacob Bethell to bat No 3 on his Test debut in Christchurch this week as they reshuffled their batting order following the injury to wicketkeeper Jordan Cox.

Bethell helped England complete the quickest 100-run-plus chase in Test history, with England’s highest run-scorer and batting great, Joe Root, accompanying him on the other end.