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 Test at Hamilton
NZ vs ENG, 1st Test: New Zealand thrash England in first Test
New Zealand scored an emphatic 189-run win over England in the first Test, with fast bowler Kyle Mills taking four wickets to help dismiss the tourists for just 110 in their second innings on the final day in Hamilton.The hosts declared their second innings at 177 for 9 early in the opening session, setting England an attainable 300 runs for victory from a minimum 81 overs.
However Mills took his four wickets before the lunch break, destroying the England top order and any chance of victory for the tourists, with Chris Martin taking two wickets in one over after lunch to send New Zealand well on their way to a memorable win. It was New Zealand's biggest victory margin in terms of runs against England, surpassing the 83-run win at the Oval in 1999, and was just their eighth Test win in 89 matches against England since they began playing each other in 1930.
The only shining light for England was the performance of paceman Ryan Sidebottom whose four wickets in the first innings and six in the second, including a hat-trick, gave him his first Test match 10-wicket haul.
The second Test of the three-match series begins on March 13 in Wellington, with the final Test in Napier starting on March 22.
NZ vs ENG, 1st Test, Hamilton: New Zealand 470 & 177-9d beat England 348 & 110 by 189 runs
England vs New Zealand First Test at Hamilton
Scores
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
470 all out (138.3 overs)
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177 for 9 (55.0 overs)
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348 all out (173.1 overs)
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110 all out (55.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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How | c Collingwood | b Panesar | 92 |
180 | 12 | 0 |
Bell | c Cook | b S Harmison | 19 |
37 | 4 | 0 |
Fleming | c Cook | b Sidebottom | 41 |
73 | 8 | 0 |
Sinclair | c and b | Collingwood | 8 |
37 | 1 | 0 |
Taylor | c and b | Pietersen | 120 |
235 | 18 | 0 |
Oram | c Cook | b Hoggard | 10 |
29 | 0 | 0 |
McCullum | c Ambrose | b Sidebottom | 51 |
55 | 5 | 2 |
Vettori | c Strauss | b Collingwood | 88 |
134 | 11 | 1 |
Mills | not out | 25 |
44 | 5 | 0 | |
Patel | c Strauss | b Sidebottom | 5 |
9 | 1 | 0 |
Martin | b Sidebottom | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 3nb 1w 1b 6lb | 11 | ||||
Total | all out | 470 | (138.3 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Cook | c sub | b Martin | 38 |
118 | 4 | 0 |
Vaughan | c McCullum | b Patel | 63 |
177 | 8 | 0 |
Hoggard | c Fleming | b Martin | 2 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
Strauss | b Vettori | 43 |
118 | 5 | 0 | |
Pietersen | c and b | Vettori | 42 |
131 | 2 | 1 |
Bell | b Mills | 25 |
88 | 4 | 0 | |
Collingwood | lbw | b Oram | 66 |
182 | 9 | 1 |
Ambrose | c Fleming | b Patel | 55 |
164 | 5 | 0 |
Sidebottom | not out | 3 |
43 | 0 | 0 | |
S Harmison | c Fleming | b Patel | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Panesar | lbw | b Mills | 0 |
16 | 0 | 0 |
Extras | 6nb 4b 1lb | 11 | ||||
Total | all out | 348 | (173.1 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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How | c Hoggard | b Sidebottom | 39 |
85 | 6 | 0 |
Bell | c Ambrose | b Sidebottom | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
Fleming | c Cook | b Sidebottom | 66 |
88 | 7 | 1 |
Sinclair | c Cook | b Sidebottom | 2 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
McCullum | c Strauss | b Panesar | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
Taylor | c and b | Panesar | 6 |
32 | 1 | 0 |
Oram | lbw | b Sidebottom | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Vettori | c Cook | b Sidebottom | 35 |
68 | 6 | 0 |
Mills | lbw | b Panesar | 11 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
Patel | not out | 13 |
26 | 1 | 0 | |
Martin | not out | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 5lb | 5 | ||||
Total | for 9 | 177 | (55.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Cook | c McCullum | b Mills | 13 |
14 | 3 | 0 |
Vaughan | lbw | b Mills | 9 |
19 | 1 | 0 |
Strauss | c McCullum | b Mills | 2 |
16 | 0 | 0 |
Pietersen | lbw | b Mills | 6 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
Bell | not out | 54 |
151 | 5 | 2 | |
Collingwood | b Vettori | 2 |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
Ambrose | b Martin | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
Sidebottom | c McCullum | b Martin | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
Hoggard | c McCullum | b Martin | 4 |
22 | 1 | 0 |
S Harmison | c Fleming | b Patel | 1 |
8 | 0 | 0 |
Panesar | c McCullum | b Oram | 8 |
36 | 2 | 0 |
Extras | 7nb 4b | 11 | ||||
Total | all out | 110 | (55.0 ovs) |
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Umpires: S J Davis, D J Harper
New Zealand: Bell, How, Fleming, Taylor, Sinclair, Oram, McCullum, Vettori, Mills, Patel, Martin
England: Cook, Vaughan, Strauss, Pietersen, Bell, Collingwood, Ambrose, Sidebottom, S Harmison, Hoggard, Panesar