New Zealand became just the second team to win a Test by one run, and the fourth to win after following on
Sampath Bandarupalli28-Feb-20231 Margin of New Zealand’s win by runs in Wellington, the joint-narrowest win recorded in Test cricket. West Indies also won by one run against Australia in the 1993 Adelaide Test while defending a target of 186.ESPNcricinfo Ltd4 Instances of a team winning after following on in a Test match, including New Zealand’s win against England in Wellington. All the previous instances came against Australia – twice by England (Sydney 1894 and Leeds 1981) and India in Kolkata in 2001.ESPNcricinfo Ltd0 Number of times England lost a Test match out of the 177 instances where they took a 200-plus runs first-innings lead before their defeat at the Basin Reserve. The previous highest first-innings lead resulting in a loss for England was 177 runs against Australia in 1961 at Old Trafford.226 First-innings lead conceded by New Zealand in this Test match, the highest they overcame to win a Test match. The previous biggest first-innings deficit overcame by New Zealand to win a Test match was 144 runs against Pakistan in 1994 in Christchurch.