Match Day

Report

1955dBrydon Coverdale

New Zealand cruise to easy win

England have been looking for positives despite winning only one game on their horror three-month tour of Australia. Their latest loss provided one clear positive: their trip will almost certainly end a week early after New Zealand's comprehensive 58-run

England INNINGS		R	B
EC Joyce	run out	66	82
MB Loye	caught	15	17
IR Bell	caught	31	42
AJ Strauss	stumped	12	20
PD Collingwood	caught	17	30
A Flintoff	bowled	13	22
JWM Dalrymple	caught	14	21
PA Nixon	caught	49	47
LE Plunkett	not out	25	25
CT Tremlett
MS Panesar
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 2, w 8, nb 7)
TOTAL	260 (8 wkts; 50 ovs)

New Zealand BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JEC Franklin	8.0	1	45	1	5.62	(4nb)
SE Bond	10.0	0	58	1	5.80	(1nb, 1w)
JDP Oram	5.0	0	23	0	4.60
JS Patel	10.0	0	53	1	5.30	(1nb, 1w)
DL Vettori	10.0	0	40	2	4.00	(1w)
CD McMillan	7.0	1	38	2	5.42

England 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	27	MB Loye	EC Joyce
2nd	72	EC Joyce	IR Bell
3rd	24	AJ Strauss	EC Joyce
4th	13	PD Collingwood	EC Joyce
5th	20	PD Collingwood	A Flintoff
6th	6	A Flintoff	JWM Dalrymple
7th	22	PA Nixon	JWM Dalrymple
8th	76	PA Nixon	LE Plunkett

Australian Tri Series (CB Series)

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	7	1	31	0.667
ENG	8	3	5	13	-0.608
NZ	8	2	6	9	-0.007