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England vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008

England will play 3 ODIs and 2 T20s followed by 3 Test matches during the New Zealand tour starting January 28, 2008.

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England vs New Zealand First Twenty20 at Auckland

England beat New Zealand by 32 runs

Feb 05, 2008

England continued their perfect start to their tour of New Zealand by beating the Kiwis by 32 runs in their first Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Tuesday.
England, who opened their two-month tour with back-to-back wins over Canterbury last weekend, compiled an impressive total of 184 for eight from their 20 overs. New Zealand could only manage 152 in reply despite a gallant 61 from their big all-rounder Jacon Oram.
Kevin Pietersen top-scored for England with 43 off 23 balls while Dimitri Mascarenhas thumped four successive sixes off spinner Jeetan Patel in a brisk 31. The captain Paul Collingwood (26), opener Phil Mustard (20) and Owais Shah (23) also chipped in with valuable runs for the tourists. Chris Martin and fellow seamer Kyle Mills captured two wickets each for New Zealand. Oram dominated the Kiwis' innings, striking seven boundaries and two sixes in his spectacular 40-ball knock. Only two other players made double figures and Ryan Sidebottom led the way for England, collecting three wickets.
The teams will play a second Twenty20 match at Christchurch on Thursday before squaring off in five limited-overs ODIs and then three Tests.

First Twenty20 international, Auckland: England (184-8) beat New Zealand (152 all out) by 32 runs

England vs New Zealand Second Twenty20 at Auckland

Scores

New Zealand won the toss and decided to field

England Innings

184 for 8 (20.0 overs)

New Zealand Innings

152 all out (19.2 overs)

England Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Mustard	c Ryder	b Martin	20	13	2	1
Wright	c McCullum	b Martin	1	3	0	0
Pietersen	c Taylor	b Patel	43	23	6	1
Bell		b Oram	12	10	2	0
Collingwood	c Styris	b Southee	26	22	3	0
Shah	lbw	b Ryder	23	17	2	1
Mascarenhas	c Patel	b Mills	31	14	1	4
Swann	not out		15	10	2	0
Broad	c Styris	b Mills	6	4	1	0
Sidebottom	not out		5	4	1	0
Extras		1w 1lb	2
Total		for 8	184	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Mills	4.0	0	43	2
Martin	4.0	0	34	2
Oram	4.0	0	24	1
Patel	3.0	0	42	1
Southee	4.0	0	38	1
Ryder	1.0	0	2	1

Fall of wicket
12	Wright
31	Mustard
65	Bell
87	Pietersen
117	Shah
157	Mascarenhas
160	Collingwood
172	Broad

New Zealand Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Ryder	run out		22	21	4	0
McCullum	c Shah	b Sidebottom	9	7	0	1
Taylor	lbw	b Sidebottom	0	2	0	0
How	c Pietersen	b Mascarenhas	6	8	1	0
Styris		b Mascarenhas	1	8	0	0
Fulton		b Broad	8	9	1	0
Oram	c Bell	b Sidebottom	61	40	7	2
Mills	c Anderson	b Swann	11	8	0	1
Southee	c Mascarenhas	b Collingwood	1	2	0	0
Patel		b Anderson	5	5	0	0
Martin	not out		5	6	0	0
Extras		6w 17lb	23
Total		all out	152	(19.2 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Sidebottom	3.2	0	16	3
Anderson	4.0	0	31	1
Broad	4.0	0	25	1
Mascarenhas	4.0	0	19	2
Swann	2.0	0	16	1
Collingwood	1.0	0	15	1
Wright	1.0	0	13	0

Fall of wicket
18	McCullum
19	Taylor
47	How
49	Ryder
64	Styris
70	Fulton
90	Mills
102	Southee
135	Patel
152	Oram

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Umpires: G A Baxter, B F Bowden
New Zealand: McCullum, Ryder, Taylor, Styris, How, Fulton, Oram, Mills, Southee, Patel, Martin
England: Wright, Mustard, Pietersen, Bell, Collingwood, Shah, Mascarenhas, Swann, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson

England vs New Zealand Second Twenty20 at Auckland

Venue

Eden Park is the main sports ground in Auckland, New Zealand for both rugby union during winter, and cricket in summer. To accommodate both sports, the cricket pitch is removable. The ground is located three kilometres southwest of Auckland's CBD, straddling the boundary between the Kingsland and Mt. Eden suburbs.
Eden Park has a crowd capacity of 42,000 for cricket, and 45,472 for rugby. This is the largest of any New Zealand sports arena. There are no standing areas. Temporary seating in front of the ASB Stand and the West Stand is required for the capacity of 45,472 to be reached. Due to sight-screens and the larger area required for cricket matches, cricket capacity is less.