New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008
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New Zealand will play 5 ODIs and one T20 followed by 3 Test matches during the England tour starting April 27, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- England v New Zealand 1st Test at Lord's: Thu 15 - Mon 19, May 2008
- England v New Zealand 2nd Test at Old Trafford: Fri 23 - Tue 27, May 2008
- England v New Zealand 3rd Test at Trent Bridge: Thu 5, May - Mon 9, Jun 2008
- England v New Zealand Twenty20 at Old Trafford: Fri 13, Jun 2008
- England v New Zealand 1st ODI at Riverside: Sun 15, Jun 2008
- England v New Zealand 2nd ODI at Edgbaston: Wed 18, Jun 2008
- England v New Zealand 3rd ODI at Bristol: Sat 21, Jun 2008
- England v New Zealand 4th ODI at Kennington Oval: Wed 25, Jun 2008
- England v New Zealand 5th ODI at Lord's: Sat 28, Jun 2008
New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008
England v New Zealand 4th ODI at Kennington Oval
ENG v NZ, Fourth ODI, Bristol: New Zealand win last ball thriller against England (1:2)
June 25, 2008
New Zealand won a dramatic last-ball victory to beat England by one wicket in the fourth one-day international at The Oval here Wednesday to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
With two needed off the final ball, last man Mark Gillespie hit Luke Wright to extra-cover. But Graeme Swann's fierce throw to the bowler's end wasn't backed up by several England fielders - had he lobbed it in, Gillespie might have been run out by a distance - and this allowed New Zealand the winning second on the over-throw as they reached their target of 246. Kyle Mills was 25 not out off just 27 balls.
The match threatened to be overshadowed by controversy when New Zealand, closing in on victory, saw Grant Elliott run out after what appeared an accidental shoulder charge by England quick bowler Ryan Sidebottom, who'd veered off a straight course in an attempt to regather the ball. With Elliott flat out, Ian Bell threw to Kevin Pietersen at the bowler's end and Elliott was dismissed with New Zealand 220 for eight in the 44th over.
Although England captain Paul Collingwood could have withdrawn the appeal and there is also provision within the laws for the umpires to call dead ball in the event of a serious injury, Elliott was ruled run out.
That England made as many as 245 owed much to Owais Shah's 63. Together with Ravi Bopara (58) he put on 75 for the fifth wicket.
ENG v NZ, Fourth ODI, Kennington Oval: New Zealand 246 for 9 (50.0 overs) beat England 245 all out (49.4 overs) by 1 wicket
New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008
England v New Zealand 4th ODI at Kennington Oval
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
245 all out (49.4 overs)
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246 for 9 (50.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Bell | c McCullum | b Southee | 46 |
56 | 5 | 1 |
Wright | c Taylor | b Mills | 18 |
29 | 2 | 0 |
Pietersen | c Southee | b Gillespie | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
Bopara | c Oram | b Gillespie | 58 |
78 | 7 | 0 |
Collingwood | b Southee | 14 |
13 | 3 | 0 | |
Shah | run out | 63 |
71 | 4 | 2 | |
Ambrose | c Flynn | b Oram | 6 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
Swann | c How | b Mills | 3 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
Broad | c How | b Southee | 5 |
11 | 0 | 0 |
Sidebottom | not out | 8 |
12 | 0 | 0 | |
Anderson | run out | 11 |
10 | 2 | 0 | |
Extras | 3nb 6w 4lb | 13 | ||||
Total | all out | 245 | (49.4 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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How | c and b | Swann | 37 |
61 | 4 | 0 |
McCullum | c Swann | b Sidebottom | 1 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
Taylor | c Broad | b Sidebottom | 6 |
15 | 1 | 0 |
Styris | run out | 69 |
87 | 8 | 0 | |
Flynn | c Bell | b Swann | 12 |
17 | 1 | 0 |
Oram | c sub | b Anderson | 38 |
30 | 5 | 0 |
Elliott | run out | 24 |
28 | 2 | 0 | |
Vettori | c Bopara | b Collingwood | 6 |
8 | 1 | 0 |
Mills | not out | 25 |
27 | 1 | 1 | |
Southee | run out | 6 |
9 | 0 | 0 | |
Gillespie | not out | 4 |
13 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 11w 4b 3lb | 18 | ||||
Total | for 9 | 246 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Umpires: M R Benson, S J Davis
England: Bell, Wright, Pietersen, Bopara, Collingwood, Shah, Ambrose, Swann, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson
New Zealand: How, McCullum, Taylor, Styris, Flynn, Elliott, Oram, Vettori, Mills, Southee, Gillespie
West Indies vs England Cricket Series 2008-09
Cricket series schedule
- Wed, 4 - Sun, 8 February 2009: West Indies v England 1st Test at Jamaica
- Fri, 13 - Tue, 17 February 2009: West Indies v England 2nd Test at Antigua
- Sun, 15 - Thu, 19 February 2009: West Indies v England 3rd Test at St John's
- Thu, 26 Feb - Mon, 2 March 2009: West Indies v England 4th Test at Barbados
- Fri, 6 - Tue, 10 March 2009: West Indies v England 5th Test at Trinidad
- Sun, 15 March 2009: West Indies v England Twenty20 at Trinidad
- Fri, 20 March 2009: West Indies v England 1st ODI at Guyana
- Sun, 22 March 2009: West Indies v England 2nd ODI at Guyana
- Fri, 27 March 2009: West Indies v England 3rd ODI at Barbados
- Sun, 29 March 2009: West Indies v England 4th ODI at Barbados
- Fri, 03 April 2009(D/N): West Indies v England 5th ODI at St Lucia