Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    42
    70
    106
    4
    0
    60.00
    25.1 quicker one, pitches on leg, straightens and Cook is caught in his crease. It looked banged to rights and the umpire has no doubts either 105/3
    2.2 oh dear, well, he was never going to hang around. A monstrous heave off a good length, a spiralling leading edge, and Jamie How judges the ball well at cover, as it holds up in the wind and plops from floodlight-height into his safe hands 5/1
    14.1 half volley, he looks to hit over long-off but underclubs and Flynn, a yard or so in from the boundary, takes a good catch in front of his face 57/2
    30.2 the sucker punch! One sighter, then the monstrous heave over midwicket. But Patel held that one up a touch, and Jesse Ryder circled in the deep to take a comfortable chance. That's a major blow to England's ambitions 119/4
    33.6 a stunning delivery, rips past Collingwood's floundering edge, drags him out of the crease, and McCullum whips off the bails in an instant! Superb delivery, and as the strains of Coronation Street play out across the stadium, the skipper has to depart 128/5
    46.5 wide and slightly short, Shah slashes, gets a thin edge and McCullum takes a really good catch and doesn't he know it ... he sets off on a whooping celebration and well he might. A catch like that standing up is always hard ... 201/7
    46.2 a wide full toss which he doesn't get hold of, Taylor ten yards in at long-off waits and takes a routine catch 197/6
    not out
    29
    12
    20
    1
    2
    241.66
    not out
    11
    8
    17
    1
    0
    137.50
    Extras
    5 (lb 3, nb 2)
    TOTAL
    242/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.84)
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Phil Mustard, 2.2 ov), 2-57 (Ian Bell, 14.1 ov), 3-105 (Alastair Cook, 25.1 ov), 4-119 (Kevin Pietersen, 30.2 ov), 5-128 (Paul Collingwood, 33.6 ov), 6-197 (Luke Wright, 46.2 ov), 7-201 (Owais Shah, 46.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    KD Mills1023643.60383100
    CS Martin402305.75164001
    JDP Oram613205.33194000
    SB Styris703705.28192100
    DL Vettori1012822.80361000
    JS Patel803314.12231100
    JD Ryder5050010.0082301
  • BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    11.2 McCullum calls Ryder for a sharp single, he's slow to respond and as he struggles to make his ground his bat jams into the pitch and is torn out of his hand ... he'd have been on his way anyway as Pietersen at cover picked up and threw down the off stump 103/1
    15.6 the briefest of reprieves for McCullum, he aims to heave the ball over midwicket, misses, and the off stump is pegged back 118/2
    21.4 short and outside off, How steps to leg and aims a wild slash, gets a thin top edge and Mustard holds on 147/3
    not out
    41
    52
    100
    7
    0
    78.84
    32.4 another indifferent delivery, and an even more indifferent shot - wide outside off and wellied to Broad at wide mid-off. A breakthrough. 196/4
    33.3 that's utterly plumb, and suddenly there's a bit of excitement about this game. Pitches on off, nips back, and Flynn's front foot is planted. A sad end to his debut innings, but there's a finish in prospect now ... 197/5
    33.4 my goodness me, that is an incredible delivery! Perfect line and length, nips back through the gate and detonates the off stump! Sidebottom is going mental, and England are officially back in this now ...! 197/6
    not out
    7
    13
    15
    0
    0
    53.84
    Extras
    15 (lb 6, w 9)
    TOTAL
    213/6 (37 Overs, RR: 5.75)
    Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Jesse Ryder, 11.2 ov), 2-118 (Brendon McCullum, 15.6 ov), 3-147 (Jamie How, 21.4 ov), 4-196 (Scott Styris, 32.4 ov), 5-197 (Daniel Flynn, 33.3 ov), 6-197 (Jacob Oram, 33.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JM Anderson806518.12286430
    RJ Sidebottom1005135.10385210
    SCJ Broad604106.83176000
    PD Collingwood812613.25342010
    AD Mascarenhas512404.80163000

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

New Zealand won the 5-match series 3-1

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

23 February 2008 - day/night match (50-over match)

ODI debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

  • England shown up as poor value

    England were the only side not to be represented at the multi-million dollar IPL auction in Mumbai. Having witnessed some of the performances in New Zealand the franchise owners are probably thinking they haven't missed out on much

  • McCullum steers New Zealand home

    Brendon McCullum's superlative 77 from 43 balls ensured that New Zealand finished their five-match one-day series against England as they had begun it; with a thumpingly impressive victory

  • England chase share of spoils

    Paul Collingwood, England's captain, has said that drawing the one-day series against New Zealand would be one of the high-points of his young captaincy career

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st103BB McCullumJD Ryder
2nd15JM HowBB McCullum
3rd29JM HowLRPL Taylor
4th49SB StyrisLRPL Taylor
5th1LRPL TaylorDR Flynn
6th0JDP OramLRPL Taylor
7th16DL VettoriLRPL Taylor