Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
55 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | ENG: 110/10

  • Ian Bell54 (151b)
  • Jacob Oram4-2-2-1
  • Kyle Mills13-4-16-4

A very good victory for New Zealand who have outplayed England this Test and they thoroughly deserve their victory. Today was very positive, with a confident declaration from Vettori, which Mills rewarded with four wickets and Martin with three. England, however, played some negative cricket, though there were highlights in Sidebottom's feat.

"Amazing from the off.," says a jubilant Vettori. And on Taylor, who scored the first-innings hundred: "He came into the Test match knowing it was another chance. He's changed a little bit and can adapt to any situation - we've got a good one there.

"There were a few nervy times yesterday but there was a real positive belief that we would go out and win it. Chris and Kyle were outstanding with the ball and they set up the win. The wicket seemed benign but the way they stepped up was fantastic."

And on declaring, setting England 300: "It was a good feeling, it sent out a good message that we wanted to be out there."

And on going for a celebratory beer now: "I'll have a couple, thanks mate."

Here's a beaming Mills. "I've involved in five Test wins now and this would be the best of them. It was really important to get an early wicket today but it exceeded my expectations by getting those four early wickets."

The losing captain Vaughan says: "Full credit to the New Zealand team, they put us under immense pressure, bowled excellently as a group of bowlers, batted well in the first innings. We weren't quite up to scratch.

"190 for 5 was an opportunity to restrict New Zealand, we didn't take that. There was a small opportunity yesterday afternoon when Ryan took his hat-trick but full credit for the way they dug themselves out and the way they bowled today.

"We have three days to try and put it right and hopefully improve a bit on all the areas and get on top of New Zealand. They got on top of us early and stayed on top.

"We felt today, with the 300, if we got a good start and kept wickets in hand, we thought we could have a chance of looking for it in the afternoon.

"We've got to talk about this result but not dwell on it too much because we've got a Test which starts on Thursday." So do tune in then to see how England fare against a surging New Zealand.

Thanks very much for joining us over the last five days and do come back in four days' time when myself Jenny Thompson, and themselves Martin Williamson and Will Luke will be there to bring you all the action, ball by ball. Join us then.

54.6
W
Oram to Panesar, OUT, that's it! Oram has finished it off, Panesar prodding away defensively, gets the thin edge and McCullum takes the catch

MS Panesar c †McCullum b Oram 8 (45m 36b 2x4 0x6) SR: 22.22

54.5
1
Oram to Bell, 1 run, pushed forward
54.4
0
Oram to Bell, no run, strayed on to the legs, pushed out behind square
54.3
0
Oram to Bell, no run, on the front foot, pushed out to the leg-side
54.2
0
Oram to Bell, no run, defended back down the line in line with off
54.1
0
Oram to Bell, no run, played on the back foot

END OF OVER:
54 | 1 Run | ENG: 109/9

  • Monty Panesar8 (35b)
  • Ian Bell53 (146b)
  • Kyle Mills13-4-16-4
  • Jacob Oram3-2-1-0
53.6
0
Mills to Panesar, no run, swings it in from outside off to just outside off, Panesar defends on the front foot
53.5
0
Mills to Panesar, no run, outside off, left alone through the channel
53.4
0
Mills to Panesar, no run, curled in on off, defended into the leg-side
53.3
0
Mills to Panesar, no run, width outside off, full toss, driven out to the covers

Mills really deserves to take his fifth wicket

53.3
1nb
Mills to Panesar, 1 no ball, outside off, pushed to the covers, and it was a no-ball so an extra chance to end the game this over
53.2
0
Mills to Panesar, no run, outside off again, short and played back down into the covers off the back foot

England tour of New Zealand 2007-08 News

England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19MP VaughanAN Cook
2nd5MP VaughanAJ Strauss
3rd1AJ StraussKP Pietersen
4th5IR BellKP Pietersen
5th29PD CollingwoodIR Bell
6th1IR BellTR Ambrose
7th0RJ SidebottomIR Bell
8th7MJ HoggardIR Bell
9th10SJ HarmisonIR Bell
10th33IR BellMS Panesar