Resurgent England reach finals
England's three-month tour of Australia will be extended by another seven days after Paul Collingwood's 106 set up an unpredictable triumph
06/02Result
12th Match (D/N), Commonwealth Bank Series at Brisbane, Feb 6 2007
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![England]( "England")
270/7 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
256/8 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
06/02Result
12th Match (D/N), Commonwealth Bank Series at Brisbane, Feb 6 2007
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![England]( "England")
270/7 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
256/8 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SP Fleming
106(149) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %71%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 35 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SE Bond
- O10
- M2
- R46
- W4
- Eco4.60
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
LE Plunkett
- O10
- M0
- R60
- W3
- Eco6.00
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.15 start, First Session 13.15-16.45 Interval 16.45-17.30, Second Session 17.30-21.00
Match days
6 February 2007 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England 4, New Zealand 0
Scorecard Summary
ENGLAND 270/7 (50 OVERS)
- Paul Collingwood106 (121)
- Andrew Strauss55 (63)
- Shane Bond4/46 (10)
- James Franklin1/45 (8)
NEW ZEALAND 256/8 (50 OVERS)
- Stephen Fleming106 (149)
- Lou Vincent31 (32)
- Paul Collingwood2/46 (10)
- Liam Plunkett3/60 (10)
END OF OVER:50 | 5 Runs | NZ: 256/8 (15 runs required, RR: 5.12)
- James Franklin22 (12b)
- Shane Bond8 (10b)
- Sajid Mahmood10-0-62-0
- Andrew Flintoff10-3-37-1
Well, written off a week ago, England have come up on the rails to take second place thanks to a super allround performance from Paul Collingwood. And so we all head to the MCG on Friday as this series nears a close. Bob Dylan has been on his Never-Ending Tour since 1994. It seems as if the CB Series kicked off around the same time.
Join us at 2.15pm (0315GMT) on Friday for more fun frolics and positively no Mexican waves.
49.6
0
Mahmood to Franklin, no run, beaten outside off stump, a loud appeal from Mahmood and Nixon but it's immaterial, the game is over and England will meet Australia in the best-of-three final
49.5
1
Mahmood to Bond, 1 run, full toss, swatted into space
49.4
0
Mahmood to Bond, no run, again Bond heads towards square leg and his attempted drive is missed and the ball passes between bat and leg stump
49.3
2
Mahmood to Bond, 2 runs, clubbed through the covers for another two
Vaughan flexing his left leg ... it's the thought of two more matches against Australia
49.2
1
Mahmood to Franklin, 1 run, straight ball, a big swing edged into his body and another one
49.1
1b
Mahmood to Bond, 1 bye, Bond moves a yard to leg, Mahmood follows him ("No, it was just a rubbish ball," claims Miller) and they run a bye as Nixon makes a tumbling stop
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