Australia Cricket Bangladesh Cricket England Cricket New Zealand Cricket Sri Lanka Cricket South Africa Cricket West Indies Cricket Zimbabwe Cricket

New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008

New Zealand will play 5 ODIs and one T20 followed by 3 Test matches during the England tour starting April 27, 2008.

Get the latest news of New Zealand's 2008 England Tour

Schedule

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Although England captain Paul Collingwood could have withdrawn the appeal and there is also provision within the laws for the umpires to call dead ball in the event of a serious injury, Elliott was ruled run out.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

England Innings

245 all out (49.4 overs)

New Zealand Innings

246 for 9 (50.0 overs)

England Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Mills	10.0	1	44	2
Gillespie	9.4	2	58	2
Southee	10.0	1	47	3
Oram	10.0	0	46	1
Vettori	8.0	1	34	0
Elliott	2.0	0	12	0

Fall of wicket
41	Wright
44	Pietersen
81	Bell
101	Collingwood
176	Bopara
203	Ambrose
219	Swann
221	Shah
228	Broad
245	Anderson

New Zealand Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Sidebottom	10.0	0	55	2
Anderson	10.0	0	39	1
Broad	10.0	0	39	0
Wright	2.0	0	8	0
Swann	10.0	1	49	2
Collingwood	7.0	0	40	1
Bopara	1.0	0	9	0

Fall of wicket
7	McCullum
24	Taylor
83	How
106	Flynn
173	Oram
178	Styris
189	Vettori
220	Elliott
233	Southee

Back to top

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