On 07-Feb-2008 10:58
New Zealand Squad, Brendon McCullum (c) (w), Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor,
Scott Styris, Jamie How, Peter Fulton, Daniel Flynn, Paul Hitchcock, Tim Southee,
Kyle Mills, Chris Martin, Jeetan Patel (sub)
England squad, Luke Wright, Phil Mustard (w), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen,
Paul Collingwood (c), Owais Shah, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Graeme Swann, Stuart
Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett (sub), Ravinder Bopara
(sub), Alastair Cook (sub), Tim Ambrose (sub), James Tredwell (sub)
18.6 Anderson to Southee, 1 run, thumped to extra cover, Collingwood shies, a
direct hit would have caught him miles short
18.5 Anderson to Southee, FOUR!!, finally connects one as he swings, whistles
away to the square leg fence
18.4 Anderson to Southee, no run, speared in full down the leg side, Southee
misses but Mustard does brilliantly to dive and collect that
18.3 Anderson to Southee, FOUR!!, banged in short, Southee leans back and pummels
that through wide mid wicket
Back over the wicket..
18.2 Anderson to Mills, 1 run, same again, only this time the inside edge deflect
to cover off his pad
18.1 Anderson to Mills, FOUR!!, backs away to hoick it over the leg side, inside
edges it to fine leg
Coming round the wicket..
James Anderson is back into the attack
19.6 Sidebottom to Mills, 2 runs, low full toss, flat batted wide of long off,
That''s that! Another emphatic win for England!
19.5 Sidebottom to Southee, 1 run, yorker on leg stump, dug out towards extra
cover
19.4 Sidebottom to Mills, 1 run, low full toss outside leg, driven inside out
to extra cover on the edge of the circle
19.3 Sidebottom to Southee, 1 run, full outside off, squeezed out to third
man
19.2 Sidebottom to Mills, 1 run, full outside off, backs away and whacks that
to deep cover
19.1 Sidebottom to Southee, 1 run, continues to swing, an inside edge runs
away to short fine leg
Paul Collingwood is the Man of the Match for his splendid 54 off 28 balls.
New Zealand completely outplayed again. A fantastic bowling performance from
England''s bowlers as they picked up wickets at regular intervals. England win
this game by 50 runs and the T20 series 2-0. Hopefully, the Kiwis will put up
a better fight in the first ODI when Oram and Vettori return. Do join us for
that on Saturday. Until then, it''s goodbye.
By:Virendra