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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 ODI at Wellington

New Zealand thrash England by six wickets

Feb 09, 2008

New Zealand thrashed England by six wickets to claim the opening contest of their five-match ODI series on Saturday, the hosts controlling proceedings from start to finish to win with 20 overs to spare.
New Zealand looked a different side from the one that was outclassed in the two Twenty20 internationals that preceded this series and handed England a first loss on the tour after skittling out the tourists for a feeble 130 in 49.4 overs.
The hosts welcomed back regular captain Daniel Vettori and all-rounder Jacob Oram from injury and never allowed England to settle into their innings after skipper Paul Collingwood had won the toss and opted to bat on a blustery day in the capital.
In front of a crowd of 16,000, the sluggish pitch was not to England's liking and they limped to 69-4 by the halfway mark, pressured into making some poor shots off New Zealand's accurate bowling and sharp fielding. Wickets continued to fall in the second half of the innings, leaving the lower order with no alternative other than to accumulate runs steadily in a bid to see out the 50 overs.

First one-day international, Wellington: New Zealand 131-4 beat England 130 by six wickets

England vs New Zealand First ODI at Wellington

Scores

England won the toss and decided to bat

England Innings

130 all out (49.4 overs)

New Zealand Innings

131 for 4 (30.0 overs)

England Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook		b Martin	11	26	0	0
Mustard		b Styris	31	60	2	0
Bell		b Martin	5	16	1	0
Pietersen		b Oram	6	20	0	0
Collingwood	run out		12	18	1	0
Shah	run out		20	36	1	0
Bopara	c Fulton	b Styris	3	21	0	0
Swann	run out		7	16	1	0
Broad	not out		18	39	1	0
Sidebottom	c and b	Patel	4	28	0	0
Anderson		b Patel	3	18	0	0
Extras		6w 4lb	10
Total		all out	130	(49.4 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Mills	9.0	0	27	0
Martin	8.0	1	22	2
Oram	8.0	0	20	1
Styris	10.0	1	22	2
Vettori	8.0	1	21	0
Patel	6.4	0	14	2

Fall of wicket
34	Cook
42	Bell
55	Pietersen
67	Mustard
80	Collingwood
91	Bopara
103	Swann
104	Shah
120	Sidebottom
130	Anderson

New Zealand Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Ryder	c sub	b Broad	31	50	4	1
McCullum	c Mustard	b Broad	42	42	5	1
How	c Mustard	b Sidebottom	28	41	4	0
Taylor	not out		24	39	2	1
Styris	c Sidebottom	b Broad	0	5	0	0
Fulton	not out		1	3	0	0
Extras		1w 2b 2lb	5
Total		for 4	131	(30.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Sidebottom	9.0	1	34	1
Anderson	5.0	0	35	0
Broad	9.0	2	26	3
Swann	3.0	0	17	0
Collingwood	4.0	0	15	0

Fall of wicket
61	Ryder
83	McCullum
122	How
127	Styris

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Umpires: Asad Rauf, G A Baxter
New Zealand: Ryder, McCullum, How, Taylor, Styris, Fulton, Oram, Vettori, Mills, Patel, Martin
England: Cook, Mustard, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Shah, Bopara, Swann, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson

England vs New Zealand First ODI at Wellington

Venue

Westpac Stadium, previously known as WestpacTrust Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin in other parts of New Zealand, although the locals refer to it by either its proper name or simply as The Stadium. Fans of football team Wellington Phoenix refer to the stadium as The Ring of Fire. The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and is situated close to major transport facilities one kilometre north of the CBD. It was built on reclaimed railway land, which was surplus to requirements.
The stadium has a capacity of nearly 36,000 including the corporate boxes; 40,000 with temporary seating. It was built to replace Athletic Park, the city’s old rugby stadium, which had fallen into disrepair and was poorly situated for the demands of modern sport. It has since been redeveloped for residential use. The new stadium is one of the best in New Zealand.