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ENG v NZ, 2nd Test, Old Trafford: Strauss century helps England beat New Zealand (1:0)

Andrew Strauss struck a century to guide England to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand on the fourth day of the first cricket Test at Old Trafford Monday. England comfortably chased down 294, the highest fourth-innings run-chase at the ground, to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
It was an impressive performance by England batsmen, who were knocked over for 202 in their first innings. Strauss’ (106) 12th Test century and solid contributions from captain Michael Vaughan (48) and Kevin Pietersen (42) ensured that England reach the target without any hiccups. New Zealand were certainly in the driver’s seat after their first innings 381 that gave them a lead of 179-runs, but their second innings collapse for a paltry 114 proved costly.
The visitors were relying on their skipper Daniel Vettori to spin magic with his left-arm spin after Monty Panesar (6-37) got enough purchase from the track Sunday and brought England back into the match. But Vettori, who was tackled well by Strauss, proved harmless and his 35 overs cost 111 runs and returned only one wicket.
New Zealand could have put England in more trouble had not Iain O’Brien not dropped two catches. The visitors’ fielding was also not up to mark.

ENG v NZ, 2nd Test, Old Trafford: England 202 & 294-4 beat New Zealand 381-9 & 114-9 by 6 wickets

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Scorecard

New Zealand 1st Innings 381 for 9 (90.3 overs)	New Zealand 2nd Innings 114 for 9 (41.2 overs)
England 1st Innings 202 all out (83.3 overs)	England 2nd Innings 294 for 4 (88.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
How	c Ambrose	b Anderson	64	110	7	0
Redmond		b Sidebottom	28	64	4	0
Marshall	lbw	b Sidebottom	0	6	0	0
Taylor	not out		154	176	17	5
McCullum	c Collingwood	b Panesar	11	10	1	1
Flynn	retd hurt		4	13	1	0
Oram	run out		38	76	5	0
Vettori	run out		1	2	0	0
Mills		b Anderson	57	78	7	1
O'Brien	c Bell	b Anderson	5	6	0	0
Martin		b Anderson	0	3	0	0
Extras		1nb 3w 4b 11lb	19
Total		for 9	381	(90.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 27.0 6 86 2 Anderson 20.3 0 118 4 Panesar 22.0 1 101 1 Broad 20.0 3 60 0 Collingwood 1.0 0 1 0

Fall of wicket   80 Redmond 86 Marshall 102 How 123 McCullum 249 Oram 250 Vettori 339 Mills 368 O'Brien 381 Martin

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c McCullum	b O'Brien	60	140	6	0
Cook	lbw	b O'Brien	19	26	3	0
Vaughan	lbw	b Vettori	30	133	3	0
Pietersen	c Taylor	b Vettori	26	80	2	0
Sidebottom	c How	b Vettori	4	7	1	0
Bell	c Taylor	b O'Brien	8	29	0	0
Collingwood	lbw	b Vettori	2	10	0	0
Ambrose	c Taylor	b Vettori	3	18	0	0
Broad	c sub	b Mills	30	50	4	0
Panesar	c McCullum	b Mills	1	3	0	0
Anderson	not out		3	12	0	0
Extras		7nb 2b 7lb	16
Total		all out	202	(83.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Martin 10.0 3 31 0 Mills 9.3 1 38 2 O'Brien 23.0 9 49 3 Vettori 31.0 5 66 5 Oram 8.0 3 5 0 Redmond 2.0 1 4 0

Fall of wicket   33 Cook 111 Strauss 141 Vaughan 145 Sidebottom 160 Pietersen 164 Bell 164 Collingwood 179 Ambrose 180 Panesar 202 Broad

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
How	lbw	b Panesar	29	39	5	0
Redmond	c Collingwood	b Anderson	6	25	1	0
Marshall	lbw	b Panesar	28	48	4	0
Taylor	lbw	b Panesar	15	48	1	0
McCullum	lbw	b Panesar	0	3	0	0
Vettori	c Broad	b Panesar	4	14	0	0
Mills	c Ambrose	b Panesar	8	30	1	0
Oram	c Ambrose	b Sidebottom	7	17	0	0
O'Brien	c Anderson	b Sidebottom	6	22	0	0
Martin	not out		0	2	0	0
Flynn	did not bat		0	0	0	0
Extras		11lb	11
Total		for 9	114	(41.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 12.2 5 26 2 Anderson 8.0 1 21 1 Panesar 17.0 5 37 6 Broad 4.0 0 19 0

Fall of wicket   28 Redmond 50 How 85 Marshall 85 McCullum 91 Vettori 91 Taylor 106 Oram 114 Mills 114 O'Brien

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Taylor	b O'Brien	106	186	12	0
Cook	c Marshall	b Vettori	28	69	2	0
Vaughan	c McCullum	b Martin	48	103	5	0
Pietersen	run out		42	78	5	1
Bell	not out		21	42	4	0
Collingwood	not out		24	56	2	0
Extras		6nb 9b 10lb	25
Total		for 4	294	(88.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Martin 13.0 1 45 1 Mills 6.0 0 17 0 Vettori 35.0 7 111 1 O'Brien 20.0 2 62 1 How 1.0 0 4 0 Oram 13.0 1 36 0

Fall of wicket   60 Cook 150 Vaughan 235 Strauss 248 Pietersen

Umpires: S J A Taufel, D B Hair
England: Cook, Strauss, Vaughan, Pietersen, Bell, Collingwood, Ambrose, Broad, Sidebottom, Panesar, Anderson
New Zealand: How, Redmond, Marshall, Taylor, McCullum, Flynn, Oram, Vettori, Mills, O'Brien, Martin

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