12/03Result

2nd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Mar 13-17 2008

England won by 126 runs

Player of the Match

Tim AmbroseEngland

Best performances - Batsmen

TR Ambrose

102(149) 16x4 - 2x6

Control %77%

Productive Shot
off side drive on front foot
35 runs
6x4 - 0x6

BB McCullum

85(116) 9x4 - 3x6

Control %77%

Productive Shot
off side drive on front foot
27 runs
2x4 - 1x6

Best performances - Bowlers

JM Anderson

O20

R73

Eco3.65

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

RJ Sidebottom

O31

M10

R105

Eco3.38

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

ENG - 1st
NZ - 1st
ENG - 2nd
NZ - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

MP Vaughan32 (80)

AN Cook43 (85)

AJ Strauss2 (9)

AN Cook1 (6)

AJ Strauss6 (24)

KP Pietersen6 (14)

IR Bell11 (38)

KP Pietersen20 (32)

PD Collingwood0 (11)

KP Pietersen5 (6)

164

PD Collingwood52 (117)

TR Ambrose102 (149)

PD Collingwood4 (11)

SCJ Broad1 (7)

PD Collingwood9 (10)

RJ Sidebottom13 (30)

RJ Sidebottom1 (7)

MS Panesar6 (9)

MS Panesar0 (1)

JM Anderson0 (0)

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

MD Bell0 (6)

JM How3 (5)

SP Fleming1 (11)

JM How4 (14)

SP Fleming13 (33)

MS Sinclair9 (25)

SP Fleming20 (49)

LRPL Taylor50 (83)

JDP Oram8 (22)

LRPL Taylor3 (9)

BB McCullum0 (1)

LRPL Taylor0 (2)

DL Vettori19 (14)

BB McCullum25 (20)

DL Vettori10 (6)

KD Mills1 (10)

DL Vettori4 (6)

MR Gillespie0 (5)

DL Vettori17 (16)

CS Martin1 (11)

England - 2nd - Innings

MP Vaughan13 (38)

AN Cook6 (30)

106

AJ Strauss42 (85)

AN Cook54 (107)

AJ Strauss2 (3)

KP Pietersen0 (1)

IR Bell12 (36)

KP Pietersen17 (37)

PD Collingwood29 (76)

IR Bell29 (47)

PD Collingwood6 (19)

TR Ambrose5 (16)

PD Collingwood12 (10)

SCJ Broad16 (39)

PD Collingwood1 (1)

RJ Sidebottom0 (4)

PD Collingwood11 (10)

MS Panesar6 (11)

MS Panesar4 (10)

JM Anderson12 (11)

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

MD Bell9 (15)

JM How8 (22)

SP Fleming31 (75)

MD Bell20 (81)

SP Fleming0 (1)

MS Sinclair1 (3)

MS Sinclair38 (48)

LRPL Taylor41 (56)

JDP Oram6 (16)

LRPL Taylor14 (22)

JDP Oram24 (81)

BB McCullum43 (65)

DL Vettori0 (7)

BB McCullum4 (6)

KD Mills13 (21)

BB McCullum8 (14)

BB McCullum30 (28)

MR Gillespie9 (39)

CS Martin0 (0)

BB McCullum0 (3)

England tour of New Zealand 2007-08 News

A few alarms but no surprises
New Zealand's showing in the ODIs against England was about par for the course for them
Gayle and his struggle against Vaas
For a batsman of his ability, the manner in which Gayle has been dominated by Vaas is amazing - seven dismissals for ten runs in all
IPL players will arrive late for England tour
Five New Zealand players signed with the Indian Premier League have been given permission to miss the opening two matches of the England tour
Hoggard and Harmison back to county scene
Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard will have the opportunity to fight for their England places from the start of the domestic season after being released to their counties for all the matches ahead of the first Test against New Zealand
Sidebottom makes the difference
Stats review of the three-Test series between New Zealand and England

New Zealand INNINGS		R	B
JM How	caught	8	22
MD Bell	caught wk	29	96
SP Fleming	bowled	31	76
MS Sinclair	caught	39	51
LRPL Taylor	lbw	55	78
JDP Oram	caught	30	97
BB McCullum	caught	85	116
DL Vettori	caught	0	7
KD Mills	lbw	13	21
MR Gillespie	caught wk	9	39
CS Martin	not out	0	0
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 10, w 1)
TOTAL	311 (all out; 100.3 ovs)

England BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	31.0	10	105	5	3.38
JM Anderson	15.0	2	57	2	3.80	(1w)
SCJ Broad	23.0	6	62	2	2.69
PD Collingwood	9.0	2	20	0	2.22
MS Panesar	21.3	1	53	1	2.46
KP Pietersen	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

New Zealand 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	MD Bell	JM How
2nd	51	SP Fleming	MD Bell
3rd	1	SP Fleming	MS Sinclair
4th	81	MS Sinclair	LRPL Taylor
5th	22	JDP Oram	LRPL Taylor
6th	69	JDP Oram	BB McCullum
7th	4	DL Vettori	BB McCullum
8th	24	KD Mills	BB McCullum
9th	41	BB McCullum	MR Gillespie
10th	0	CS Martin	BB McCullum

England - 1st - Innings

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

England - 2nd - Innings

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

A few alarms but no surprises

Gayle and his struggle against Vaas

IPL players will arrive late for England tour

Hoggard and Harmison back to county scene

Sidebottom makes the difference