New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008
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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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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 Twenty20 at Old Trafford
ENG v NZ, Twenty20, Old Trafford: England beats New Zealand by nine wickets
June 13, 2008
Ian Bell put a US$1 million Antigua payday in his sights Friday as he struck a half century to steer England to a nine-wicket victory Friday night in a one-off Twenty20 cricket international.
The England opener hit 60 not out off 46 balls in the lucrative format to consign the Kiwis to their seventh straight defeat and lowest total (123) in the shortened form of the game. England, which won its Test series 2-0 last week, lost only one wicket and had 15 balls to spare before a capacity crowd of 17,000 at Old Trafford.
England's players were keen to impress, looking to earn spots on a team which will play an all-star West Indies team in a $20 million match, which was announced Wednesday. There is just one more opportunity - against South Africa in August - before the Nov. 1 encounter funded by Texan billionaire Allen Stanford. England won both Twenty20 cricket internationals at New Zealand earlier in the year and the attack trio of Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Graeme Swann claimed two wickets apiece to deny the tourists retribution.
England won the toss and the decision to bowl produced a wicket after just one run. Pace bowler Anderson used his first delivery to remove Jamie How, who edged into Owais Shah's hands at slip. In the third over, wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose - making his limited-overs international debut - caught James Marshall for 13. Ross Taylor scored an innings-high of 25 from 18 deliveries, including two fours and a six in four balls. But his partnership with Brendon McCullum was ended by England captain Paul Collingwood.
McMullum made another decisive breakthrough, bowling Luke Wright for 24 before spinner Swann's offstump delivery removed the bails of Peter Fulton for a second-ball duck. Fulton had replaced allrounder Jacob Oram, who injured his left hamstring in the warm-up and is likely to miss Sunday's one-day meeting between the sides. The tourists were reduced to 68 for five and the wickets continued to tumble.
Broad clipped Scott Styris's wicket, Daniel Flynn was stumped by Ambrose for 23, Kyle Mills (12) was caught by Ian Bell at mid-off and Michael Mason was run out for two off the last ball of the innings. The Black Caps needed to chip away at England's wickets early on, but Bell began with a crowd-pleasing boundary and joined Wright for an opening stand of 48. Pace bowler Michael Mason made the breakthrough in the fifth over, when Mark Gillespie caught Wright at long arm.
Kevin Pietersen went into bat with England requiring 76 from 87 balls and survived an immediate scare when he was dropped by Daniel Vettori. But Pietersen and Bell cruised to victory with an unbroken 79-run stand.
ENG v NZ, Twenty20, Old Trafford: England 127 for 1 (17.3 overs) beat New Zealand 123 for 9 (20.0 overs) by 9 wickets
New Zealand vs England Cricket Series 2008
England v New Zealand Twenty20 at Old Trafford
Scorecard
England won the toss and decided to field
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123 for 9 (20.0 overs)
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127 for 1 (17.3 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Bell | not out | 60 |
46 | 9 | 1 | |
| Wright | c Gillespie | b Mason | 24 |
18 | 5 | 0 |
| Pietersen | not out | 42 |
41 | 5 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1w | 1 | ||||
| Total | for 1 | 127 | (17.3 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| How | c Shah | b Anderson | 1 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| McCullum | b Wright | 24 |
23 | 1 | 1 | |
| Marshall | c Ambrose | b Broad | 13 |
11 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor | b Collingwood | 25 |
18 | 3 | 2 | |
| Styris | b Broad | 10 |
22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fulton | b Swann | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flynn | st Ambrose | b Swann | 23 |
19 | 1 | 1 |
| Vettori | not out | 11 |
11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mills | c Bell | b Anderson | 12 |
7 | 2 | 0 |
| Mason | run out | 2 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1w 1lb | 2 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 123 | (20.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: I J Gould, P J Hartley
England: Wright, Bell, Pietersen, Bopara, Collingwood, Shah, Mascarenhas, Ambrose, Swann, Broad, Anderson
New Zealand: McCullum, How, Marshall, Taylor, Styris, Flynn, Fulton, Vettori, Mills, Gillespie, Mason
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