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Ben Stokes struck a record-breaking 182 as England stormed to a 181-run victory

Stokes bludgeoned 182 as England won the third ODI by 181 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series.

Analysis of housing data reveals foreigners would need to buy twice as many houses – and many at massively over-inflated prices – for National to pull in its promised $740m tax revenue, Jonathan Milne reports.

Ben Stokes’ record-breaking innings of 182 secured a 181-run victory at the Oval and a 2-1 lead in the four-game series

The four-match series is all square at 1-1 following England’s victory at the Ageas Bowl

The four-match one-day international series is level at 1-1 following England’s win in Southampton

The debate in New Zealand over whether to join “pillar two” of the AUKUS security partnership threatens to overshadow a more important foreign policy challenge: how the country’s allies in the Indo-Pacific region are responding to the war in Ukraine.

Visually, it was the opposite of your average political debate or community meeting in New Zealand. Nary a grey hair in sight. Teens, students and young workers showed their political colours by putting parliamentary hopefuls through their paces on the issues that matter to them.

Christopher Luxon is no slouch on the dance floor, it seems. As his wife Amanda told the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, the two prepared for their university ball with a ballroom dancing class.