- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.1 the sucker punch ... short, Ryder pulls and it goes straight down the throat of the man out in the deep five yards behind square. Mascarenhas hardly has to move and he turns and shows the ball to spectators who have been giving him some verbals 40/31.5 massive breakthrough and that's good aggression from Anderson. Another short ball, angling in and cramping McCullum as he attempted to cut his way out of trouble. Alastair Cook at slip claims a simple looped chance. England are up and running 7/110.4 How looks to drive through extra cover, the ball squirts off a thick edge and scoots to the left of Collingwood at backward point who takes a good, low catch ... it wasn't going hard but it was dying on him 40/229.3 oh dear ... salt in the wound. First the six is discounted and three balls later Taylor misses a straight one and is given lbw. He was a long way forward but it wasn't high. In normal circumstances that would be okay, but given what has already happened this over, it's bound to be a discussion point ... 95/614.5 short, he pulls from outside off and Mascarenhas at shortish midwicket takes a really good catch above his head. It was slightly too short for the pull and that's why he couldn't get on top of it and ended up playing more of a tennis swat 53/421.6 straight through a large gap between bat and pad - his footwork has been minimal throughout - and the off stump is sent flying 64/518.1 good start, on a length and on the stumps, solidly defended 84/241.3 as he now does every ball, Vettori steps to the leg and gives himself room, but this time he pulls the ball straight to Shah at deep midwicket 169/745.5 short, Mills takes the bait and hooks, gets a big top edge and Cook comes in from the deep-midwicket boundary and has to make a late adjustment and dive forward to hold the ball inches above the turf. In this breeze that must have been swirling around and he did well 199/8Extras8 (lb 4, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL234/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.68)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Brendon McCullum, 1.5 ov), 2-40 (Jamie How, 10.4 ov), 3-40 (Jesse Ryder, 11.1 ov), 4-53 (Scott Styris, 14.5 ov), 5-64 (Peter Fulton, 21.6 ov), 6-95 (Ross Taylor, 29.3 ov), 7-169 (Daniel Vettori, 41.3 ov), 8-199 (Kyle Mills, 45.5 ov), 9-223 (Jacob Oram, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RJ Sidebottom 10 0 37 1 3.70 39 4 0 1 1 JM Anderson 10 1 41 2 4.10 41 3 2 0 0 SCJ Broad 10 1 32 3 3.20 39 0 2 0 0 PD Collingwood 9 0 43 3 4.77 26 4 0 0 0 AD Mascarenhas 7 0 55 0 7.85 12 0 4 1 1 LJ Wright 4 0 22 0 5.50 10 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 that was pure pressure - nothing more, nothing less. A length ball, smeared in front of square on the leg side, and straight to the solitary fielder at mid-on. England are wobbling 31/22.6 tapped into the covers, and Vettori pings down the stumps with Mustard nowhere near the frame! That's England's seventh run-out in this series. Their fielders didn't hit the stumps once, now New Zealand have made direct hits twice in two attempts ... 18/130.1 faster, flatter arm ball traps Bell back in the crease ...it was hitting, no doubts there, but was there a sniff of an edge? It matters not a jot because he's on his way ... but he's muttering all the way back to the hutch ... 138/332.6 he misses an intended flick to leg, and Rauf gives another lbw ... he was a long way forward but despite that it looked a sound decision. Not that Pietersen would agree, and he stares long and hard at the hapless official as he heads off 149/4Extras3 (nb 1, w 2)TOTAL229/4 (44 Overs, RR: 5.2)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Phil Mustard, 2.6 ov), 2-31 (Alastair Cook, 7.2 ov), 3-138 (Ian Bell, 30.1 ov), 4-149 (Kevin Pietersen, 32.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 10 1 54 0 5.40 36 6 1 1 0 CS Martin 7 0 45 0 6.42 18 5 1 0 0 JDP Oram 9 1 45 1 5.00 31 5 1 0 0 PA Hitchcock 7 0 56 0 8.00 19 7 1 1 1 DL Vettori 10 1 23 2 2.30 38 0 0 0 0 SB Styris 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30 Interval 17.30-18.15, Second Session 18.15-21.45
Match days
15 February 2008 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 3
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 30.5 overs (186 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: New Zealand - 101/6 in 31.0 overs (JDP Oram 18, DL Vettori 5)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (JDP Oram 24, DL Vettori 26, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 39.2 overs (237 balls), Extras 3
- JDP Oram: 50 off 65 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 45.6 overs (279 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 234/9 in 50.0 overs (PA Hitchcock 11, CS Martin 2)
- Rain: England - 28/1 in 4.1 overs (AN Cook 6, IR Bell 6)
- 3 overs lost
- Revised target is 229 from 47 overs
- Power Play 2: Overs 9.1 - 14.0
- England: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls), Extras 1
- Power Play 3: Overs 14.1 - 18.0
- Drinks: England - 77/2 in 17.0 overs (IR Bell 39, KP Pietersen 13)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (IR Bell 37, KP Pietersen 14, Ex 0)
- IR Bell: 50 off 52 balls (9 x 4)
- England: 100 runs in 23.4 overs (144 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 133 balls (IR Bell 64, KP Pietersen 35, Ex 1)
- England: 150 runs in 33.1 overs (201 balls), Extras 2
- England: 200 runs in 41.3 overs (251 balls), Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (PD Collingwood 37, OA Shah 15, Ex 0)
- PD Collingwood: 50 off 42 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
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