Impressive England charge to victory
England raced to a nine-wicket victory in the Twenty20 against New Zealand at Old Trafford, led by impressive performances from Stuart Broad and Ian Bell
13/06Result
Only T20I, New Zealand tour of England and Scotland at Manchester, Jun 13 2008
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![England]( "England")
127/1 (17.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
13/06Result
Only T20I, New Zealand tour of England and Scotland at Manchester, Jun 13 2008
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![England]( "England")
127/1 (17.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
IR Bell
60(46) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %93%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 19 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England won the one-off match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
17.30 start, First Session 17.30-18.50, Interval 18.50-19.10, Second Session 19.10-20.30
Match days
13 June 2008 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 123/9 (20 OVERS)
- Brendon McCullum24 (23)
- Ross Taylor25 (18)
- Stuart Broad2/17 (4)
- Graeme Swann2/21 (4)
ENGLAND 127/1 (17.3 OVERS)
- Ian Bell*60 (46)
- Kevin Pietersen*42 (41)
- Michael Mason1/18 (3)
- Kyle Mills0/30 (3)
That's seven losses in seven in Twenty20 for New Zealand and a thoroughly professional performance in every department for England. New Zealand, however, looked rusty and well off the pace. Losing by nine wickets with 15 balls to spare is a heavy defeat in this format. "You couldn't ask for anything better," says Pietersen, who finished on 42 not out. "There's a pretty important game going on in Antigua so you want to make sure you get a red inker to cement your place in the team," he grins.
New Zealand will take solace from the winter where they lost the Twenty20 and bounced back well in the ODI series. They have 38 hours to gather themselves as the first ODI at the Riverside is on Sunday. Join us then for all the fun, frolics and dull middle overs of the 50-over game. From Jenny Roesler and Martin Williamson, goodnight.
17.3
4
Styris to Bell, FOUR, short, pulled over midwicket and the crowd erupts even before the ball is halfway to the rope. The players shake hands but it's been a one-sided affair.
17.2
1
Styris to Pietersen, 1 run, a swing but not timed, a bottomish edge, midwicket fields
17.1
0
Styris to Pietersen, no run, very solid defensive shot. He wants to end in style and not with a pokey single
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | ENG: 122/1 (2 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.17, RRR: 0.66)
- Ian Bell56 (45b)
- Kevin Pietersen41 (39b)
- Daniel Flynn1-0-7-0
- Mark Gillespie4-1-25-0
16.6
4
Flynn to Bell, FOUR, finally he gets what they have both been trying to do all over, a fine cut evades backward point and it races away
16.5
0
Flynn to Bell, no run, cut to point
The news is that Oram is a doubt for Sunday with a hamstring twang.
16.4
1
Flynn to Pietersen, 1 run, steered behind on the off side
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Impressive England charge to victory
England raced to a nine-wicket victory in the Twenty20 against New Zealand at Old Trafford, led by impressive performances from Stuart Broad and Ian Bell