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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.

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New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008

England v New Zealand 2nd Test at Trafford

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

May 26, 2008

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

New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008

England v New Zealand 2nd Test at Old Trafford

Scorecard

England beat New Zealand by 6 wickets

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

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)

New Zealand 1st Innings - All out

			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

England 1st Innings - All out

			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

New Zealand 2nd Innings - All out

			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

England 2nd Innings - Close

			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

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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