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England beat New Zealand to seal Test series win (2:1)

Monty Panesar spun England to a crushing 121-run victory as New Zealand went down despite a late flourish by teenager Tim Southee in the third and deciding cricket Test at Napier Wednesday.
The win, to give England the series 2-1 and their first away series win in three years, cemented a determined fightback after they were three wickets down for four runs early in their first innings before reaching 253. When they destroyed New Zealand's first innings for 168, taking the last nine wickets for 65 in 25 overs, and followed with centuries by Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell to set a 553-run target, the outcome was never in doubt.
After losing the first Test in Hamilton by 189 runs, England won by 126 runs in Wellington before wrapping up the series at McLean Park in Napier, although captain Michael Vaughan noted both victories came from poor starts. New Zealand resumed the final day at 222 for five in their second innings but with Panesar proving near unplayable they struggled through to lunch at nine for 360 in their second innings, still 193 runs short of victory.
With only 19-year-old Southee and one of the world's worst tailenders in Chris Martin at the wicket the match should not have lasted much after lunch.

Third Test, Napier, day five (close): England 253 & 467-7d bt New Zealand 168 & 431 by 121 runs

England vs New Zealand Third Test at Napier

Scores

England 1st Innings 253 all out (96.1 overs)	England 2nd Innings 467 for 7 (131.5 overs)
New Zealand 1st Innings 168 all out (48.4 overs)	New Zealand 2nd Innings 431 all out (118.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook		b Martin	2	21	0	0
Vaughan	lbw	b Southee	2	11	0	0
Strauss	c How	b Southee	0	6	0	0
Pietersen	c How	b Southee	129	208	12	1
Bell	c and b	Elliott	9	58	1	0
Collingwood	c Elliott	b Patel	30	82	6	0
Ambrose	c Taylor	b Patel	11	38	1	0
Broad	c McCullum	b Southee	42	103	5	1
Sidebottom	c Bell	b Southee	14	37	1	0
Panesar		b Martin	1	13	0	0
Anderson	not out		0	1	0	0
Extras		1nb 3w 9lb	13
Total		all out	253	(96.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Martin 26.0 6 74 2 Southee 23.1 8 55 5 Elliott 10.0 2 27 1 Vettori 19.0 6 51 0 Patel 18.0 3 37 2

Fall of wicket   4 Vaughan 4 Strauss 4 Cook 36 Bell 125 Collingwood 147 Ambrose 208 Pietersen 240 Broad 253 Panesar 253 Sidebottom

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
How	c Strauss	b Sidebottom	44	73	8	0
Bell	lbw	b Sidebottom	0	2	0	0
Fleming	c Collingwood	b Sidebottom	59	72	9	1
Sinclair	c Broad	b Sidebottom	7	31	1	0
Taylor	c Ambrose	b Broad	2	4	0	0
Elliott	c Ambrose	b Sidebottom	6	24	0	0
McCullum		b Sidebottom	9	8	2	0
Vettori	c Cook	b Sidebottom	14	32	1	0
Southee	c Pietersen	b Broad	5	20	1	0
Patel	c Panesar	b Broad	4	25	0	0
Martin	not out		4	1	1	0
Extras		1w 13lb	14
Total		all out	168	(48.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 21.4 6 47 7 Anderson 7.0 1 54 0 Broad 17.0 3 54 3 Panesar 1.0 1 0 0 Collingwood 2.0 2 0 0

Fall of wicket   1 Bell 103 Fleming 116 How 119 Taylor 119 Sinclair 137 McCullum 138 Elliott 152 Southee 164 Patel 168 Vettori

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c McCullum	b Patel	37	69	7	0
Vaughan	c McCullum	b Martin	4	4	1	0
Strauss	c Bell	b Patel	177	343	25	0
Pietersen	c Taylor	b Vettori	34	86	4	1
Bell	c Sinclair	b Vettori	110	167	17	2
Collingwood	c and b	Vettori	22	19	2	1
Ambrose	c and b	Vettori	31	62	4	0
Broad	not out		31	26	3	1
Sidebottom	not out		12	20	0	0
Extras		5nb 1w 3lb	9
Total		for 7	467	(131.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Martin 18.0 2 60 1 Southee 24.0 5 84 0 Elliott 14.0 1 58 0 Patel 30.5 4 104 2 Vettori 45.0 6 158 4

Fall of wicket   5 Vaughan 77 Cook 140 Pietersen 327 Bell 361 Collingwood 424 Strauss 425 Ambrose

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
How	lbw	b Panesar	11	57	0	0
Bell	c Broad	b Panesar	69	156	12	0
Fleming	c Ambrose	b Panesar	66	103	9	0
Sinclair	c Ambrose	b Broad	6	36	1	0
Taylor	c Collingwood	b Panesar	74	117	14	0
Elliott	c Bell	b Broad	4	28	0	0
McCullum		b Panesar	42	55	7	0
Vettori	c Ambrose	b Anderson	43	56	7	0
Patel	c Broad	b Panesar	18	45	3	0
Southee	not out		77	40	4	9
Martin		b Sidebottom	5	21	1	0
Extras		1nb 4w 6b 5lb	16
Total		all out	431	(118.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 19.5 3 83 1 Anderson 17.0 2 99 1 Broad 32.0 10 78 2 Panesar 46.0 17 126 6 Collingwood 2.0 0 20 0 Pietersen 2.0 0 14 0

Fall of wicket   48 How 147 Bell 156 Fleming 160 Sinclair 172 Elliott 276 Taylor 281 McCullum 329 Patel 347 Vettori 431 Martin

Umpires: D J Harper, R E Koertzen
New Zealand: How, Bell, Fleming, Sinclair, Taylor, Elliott, McCullum, Vettori, Southee, Patel, Martin
England: Cook, Vaughan, Strauss, Pietersen, Bell, Collingwood, Ambrose, Broad, Sidebottom, Panesar, Anderson

England vs New Zealand Third Test at Napier

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McLean Park is a cricket ground in Napier, New Zealand. It is one of the 10 proper Cricket Grounds of New Zealand. McLean Park is an outstanding sportsground of international standards which includes an indoor stadium and Centennial Hall. The home team for this ground is Central Districts Cricket Association. Also the names of two ends of this stadium are Centennial Stand End and Embankment End.
The ground is used for hosting both ODIs and Test Matches. Apart from this, the McLean Park Complex also hosts rugby matches, including one match at the 1987 Rugby World Cup. It has hosted a total of 5 Tests and 26 ODIs. The ODI played here was between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Rothman's Cup of 1982/83. In this match New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets.

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