England vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008
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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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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Tue 05, February 2008: 1st Twenty20 - England vs New Zealand at Auckland
- Thu 07, February 2008: 2nd Twenty20 - England vs New Zealand at Christchurch
- Sat 09, February 2008: 1st ODI - England vs New Zealand at Wellington
- Tue 12, February 2008: 2nd ODI - England vs New Zealand at Hamilton
- Fri 15, February 2008: 3rd ODI - England vs New Zealand at Auckland
- Wed 20, February 2008: 4th ODI - England vs New Zealand at Napier
- Sat 23, February 2008: 5th ODI - England vs New Zealand at Christchurch
- Wed 05 - Sun 09, March 2008: 1st Test - England vs New Zealand at Hamilton
- Thu 13 - Mon 17, March 2008: 2nd Test - England vs New Zealand at Wellington
- Sat 22 - Wed 26, March 2008: 3rd Test - England vs New Zealand at Napier
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
184 for 8 (20.0 overs)
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152 all out (19.2 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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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) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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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) |
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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.