England vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008
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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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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 Fifth ODI at Christchurch
NZ vs ENG, 5th ODI, Christchurch: New Zealand seal series win(3:1)
Feb 23, 2008
New Zealand clinched a 3-1 series victory with a 34-run win over England in the fifth and final ODI in Christchurch.
The five-match series was delicately poised at 2-1 to the home side after a thrilling tie in Napier in game four, but the Black Caps made sure that England failed to come back from 2-0 down. Having been asked to bat first, England made 242-7 from their 50 overs, although no batsman passed fifty, with Luke Wright's quickfire 47 the highest contribution.
Alastair Cook (42) and Kevin Pietersen (39) also played useful knocks, while Dimitri Mascarenhas smashed 22 off the final over of the innings to boost England's total. Seamer Kyle Mills impressed in taking 4-36, while Daniel Vettori was typically frugal in conceding just 28 runs from his ten overs, taking two wickets in the process.
The Black Caps' reply got off to a flying start as Brendon McCullum dismantled the England attack, hitting five fours and six sixes in blasting 77 from a mere 43 balls faced. Ryan Sidebottom slowed the charge by taking three wickets, but rain then intervened to leave New Zealand to be declared winners by 34 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method, having reached 213-6 from just 37 overs.
NZ vs ENG, 5th ODI, Christchurch: New Zealand 213-6 (37 ovs) bt England 242-7 (50 ovs) by four wickets (D/L)
England vs New Zealand Fifth ODI at Christchurch
Scores
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
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242 for 7 (50.0 overs)
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213 for 6 (37.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Cook | lbw | b Vettori | 42 |
70 | 4 | 0 |
| Mustard | c How | b Mills | 2 |
8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bell | c Flynn | b Mills | 24 |
34 | 4 | 0 |
| Pietersen | c Ryder | b Patel | 39 |
55 | 3 | 0 |
| Collingwood | st McCullum | b Vettori | 14 |
27 | 0 | 0 |
| Shah | c McCullum | b Mills | 29 |
48 | 2 | 0 |
| Wright | c Taylor | b Mills | 47 |
40 | 2 | 4 |
| Mascarenhas | not out | 29 |
12 | 1 | 2 | |
| Broad | not out | 11 |
8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 2nb 3lb | 5 | ||||
| Total | for 7 | 242 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Ryder | run out | 24 |
32 | 3 | 0 | |
| McCullum | b Collingwood | 77 |
43 | 5 | 6 | |
| How | c Mustard | b Sidebottom | 24 |
43 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor | not out | 41 |
52 | 7 | 0 | |
| Styris | c Broad | b Anderson | 25 |
35 | 4 | 0 |
| Flynn | lbw | b Sidebottom | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oram | b Sidebottom | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vettori | not out | 6 |
13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 9w 7lb | 16 | ||||
| Total | for 6 | 213 | (37.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: Asad Rauf, B F Bowden
New Zealand: Ryder, McCullum, How, Taylor, Styris, Flynn, Oram, Vettori, Mills, Patel, Martin
England: Cook, Mustard, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Shah, Wright, Mascarenhas, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson
England vs New Zealand Fifth ODI at Christchurch
Venue
AMI Stadium, formerly Jade Stadium and Lancaster Park, is a sports stadium situated in Christchurch, New Zealand. It has hosted various sports, including rugby union, rugby league, cricket, soccer, athletics, trotting, and non-sporting events such as concerts by U2 in 1989 and Billy Joel in 1987.It is, however, primarily a rugby and cricket ground. Its current capacity is 36,500 and is the home of the Crusaders rugby union team, who compete in the Super 14. In 1998 Jade Stadium became the new name of Lancaster Park after naming rights were sold to Jade Software Corporation Limited. In 2007 AMI Stadium became the new name after naming rights were sold to AMI Insurance Limited.
Cricket has long been played at AMI Stadium. Day/night cricket was made possible after the lighting towers were added in 1996 - the first in a major New Zealand stadium. These were put to use in 1997 when New Zealand played England in front of a crowd of 25,000.