2 New Zealand's series win against England is only the second instance of them winning a men's Test series after losing the first match. Their only previous such series win was also against England in England in 1999, when they won the four-match series 2-1.
55-6 England's win-loss record in men's Test series at home after winning the first match of the series. Of the 67 series in which they won the first match, six also ended in a draw. The previous Test series England lost at home after winning the opening game was against New Zealand in 1999.
2 Number of three-match series that England lost after winning the first match. Their latest series against New Zealand is only the second such defeat; the first was against Pakistan in Pakistan in 2024.
18 Test series of three or more matches at home without a defeat for England before losing to New Zealand. Their previous defeat in a home Test series of three or more matches was against South Africa in 2012.
England had lost only two of 26 home series between 2013 and 2025 - against Sri Lanka in 2014 and New Zealand in 2021. Both were two-match series, and both ended with a scoreline of 1-0 in favour of the visitors.
7 Number of defeats for England across their last nine men's Test matches. The only other instance of England suffering seven defeats across nine Tests in the last 30 years was between 2013 and 2014.
8 New Zealand players with a hundred or a five-wicket haul in this series, the most for them in a Test series. The previous highest was seven players against England in 1984 and Bangladesh in 2019, both at home.
As many as five New Zealand batters scored hundreds across The Oval and Trent Bridge, the joint-most such players for them in a Test series.
7 Test wins as captain in away Tests for Tom Latham, the second-most for New Zealand, behind Stephen Fleming's ten wins as captain. Three of Latham's seven away wins have come in England, the most for a New Zealand captain, going past Fleming.
Since the start of 2002, only Graeme Smith (6) has more Test wins as a visiting captain in England than Latham.
2021 The previous instance of Joe Root being run out in a Test innings was against Sri Lanka in Galle. Root had four run-out dismissals across ten innings between 2020 and 2021, but none in 123 innings before Monday. Overall, his nine run-out dismissals in Tests are the most for an England batter.
7 Instances of three New Zealand batters scoring hundreds in an away Test, with Devon Conway, Latham and Daryl Mitchell at Trent Bridge being the latest. Their three most recent such instances have been against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.
Only once before did three New Zealand batters score hundreds in a Test match in England - at Lord's back in 1973.