On 12-Feb-2008 02:28
New Zealand squad : Brendon McCullum (w), Jesse Ryder, Jamie How, Ross
Taylor, Scott Styris, Peter Fulton, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (c), Kyle Mills,
Michael Mason, Chris Martin, Jeetan Patel (sub), Paul Hitchcock (sub)
England squad : Alastair Cook, Phil Mustard (w), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen,
Paul Collingwood (c), Owais Shah, Ravinder Bopara, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad,
Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett (sub), Dimitri Mascarenhas (sub),
Luke Wright (sub), Tim Ambrose (sub), James Tredwell (sub)
8.6 Anderson to Ryder, no run, goes for another swing across the line, mistimes
it into the ground and back to the bowler
9.6 Broad to McCullum, no run, back of a length on the off stump, some sharp
bounce there, defended to point off the backfoot
9.5 Broad to McCullum, no run, sees him coming down and bangs it in short,
McCullum squats
9.4 Broad to McCullum, FOUR!!, That''s just rubbing it in, it wasn''t all that
short or wide, McCullum goes for the cut, takes the edge and flies over the
leaping keeper!
9.3 Broad to McCullum, SIX!!, That is Massive! Walks across and uses his wrists
to launch that over square leg. Fab shot!
9.2 Broad to McCullum, no run, tidy line and length, neatly defended to cover
off the frontfoot
9.1 Broad to McCullum, no run, short of length on middle and off, turned towards
mid wicket
8.5 Anderson to Ryder, no run, good length on off, strongly pushed to mid off
10.6 Anderson to Ryder, FOUR!!, and the carnage continues! Anderson gifts him
with a full toss, Ryder swings and gets it into the gap behing square leg, 100
up!
10.5 Anderson to Ryder, no run, fullish outside off, sweetly driven but picks
out cover
10.4 Anderson to Ryder, no run, low full toss outside off, tries to smear it
through the covers, mistimed back to Anderson
"This is a butchering", thinks Ian Smith. Indeed it is.
10.3 Anderson to Ryder, FOUR!!, too short and wide this time and it''s met with
a powerful cut behind square, bullets away to the fence.
10.2 Anderson to Ryder, SIX!!, That''s the biggest of them all! Right in the
slot and Ryder opnes his shoulders, launching that through the line and umpteen
rows back to bring up his first ODI FIFTY!!
10.1 Anderson to Ryder, FOUR!!, low full toss outside off and Ryder finds the
gap with pin point precision, pinging that through extra cover
Graeme Swann will try his luck now
11.6 Swann to McCullum, FOUR!!, And some more! Dropped in short, pulled away
with utter disdain through long leg
11.5 Swann to McCullum, FOUR!!, Oh dear! That''s horrid fielding! McCullum reverse
sweeps and it goes right under the fielder at short third man, brings up his
FIFTY!!
11.4 Swann to McCullum, FOUR!!, lobbed up full and wide, McCullum makes room
and lofts it over extra cover, shot!
11.3 Swann to McCullum, no run, leans well forward and blocks it
11.2 Swann to Ryder, 1 run, tossed up on a fuller length, clipped to deep mid
wicket
Coming round the wicket to the left hander..
11.1 Swann to McCullum, leg byes, 1 run, looks to turn it around the corner,
deflects into the leg side
Graeme Swann will try his luck now
By:Pragya
On 12-Feb-2008 03:17
12.6 Collingwood to McCullum, 1 run, good length on middle stump, nudged to mid
wicket''''s right for a scampered single
12.5 Collingwood to Ryder, 1 run, much fuller, outside off, Ryder tries to
loft over cover, a thick outside edge flies to square third man
12.4 Collingwood to Ryder, 2 runs, slaps that over extra cover with minimal
footwork and timing, lucky to get away
12.3 Collingwood to Ryder, no run, a touch short, driven powerfully but finds
the fielder at extra cover
12.2 Collingwood to Ryder, no run, pretty tight line, Ryder checks his shot
at the last moment and ends up pushing it back to the bowler
12.1 Collingwood to Ryder, 2 runs, fullish and straight, gently pushed wide
of long on, they run hard and pick up two
Paul Collingwood brings himself on
New Zealand have pretty much sealed this
13.6 Swann to McCullum, SIX!!, This one''''s even bigger! Swann continues to toss
it up and McCullum can hardly resist, slog sweeping this almost out of the park!
13.5 Swann to Ryder, 1 run, Ryder goes for the slog sweep now, not connecting
as well, a single to deep mid wicket
Round the wicket now..
13.4 Swann to McCullum, 1 run, full and wide, swatted away to long off
13.3 Swann to McCullum, no run, leans forward and nudges to square leg
13.2 Swann to McCullum, SIX!!, Clobbered! Flighted delivery, right in the slot,
down on knee as he slog sweeps that over wide mid wicket
13.1 Swann to McCullum, no run, tossed up on middle and leg, McCullum tries
to turn it to leg, gets an inside edge onto the pads and into the leg side
14.6 Collingwood to McCullum, 1 run, another slower ball, on the pads, turned
through square leg, good over!
14.5 Collingwood to McCullum, no run, and a fourth as McCullum presses forward
to defend that
3 dot balls in a row! Can''''t remember the last time that happened in this innings.
15.6 Sidebottom to Ryder, no run, follows him as he tries to back away, beaten
on the pull
15.5 Sidebottom to Ryder, 2 runs, full and wide, Ryder goes through the off
side, lofting this over the covers and just short of Cook at sweeper cover
15.4 Sidebottom to McCullum, 1 run, back of a length on leg stump, pulled powerfully
to deep square leg, all along the turf
15.3 Sidebottom to Ryder, 1 run, good length on off, Ryder swings and mistimes,
chips it over the fielder at mid wicket
15.2 Sidebottom to Ryder, no run, dropped!, slower ball, Ryder wanted to slap
but had to check his shot, that was a sitter for Sidebottom! It pretty much
sums up England''''s day!
15.1 Sidebottom to McCullum, leg byes, 1 run, shuffles and tries to work it
away, off the pad towards short leg
Ryan Sidebottom is back into the attack
16.6 Collingwood to McCullum, 2 runs, McCullum cuts straight to point where
a misfield allows them to pick up a couple and bring up the record opening stand
for NZ against England
16.5 Collingwood to Ryder, 1 run, gently driven to long off
16.4 Collingwood to Ryder, no run, aggression from Collingwood! bangs it in
and Ryder sways out of the way, good take from Mustard who''''s standing up by
the way
16.3 Collingwood to Ryder, no run, slower ball, fullish and outside off, Ryder
goes for the slog sweep, doesn''''t connect
16.2 Collingwood to McCullum, 1 run, shorter, cut away uppishly to deep cover
16.1 Collingwood to McCullum, no run, slower ball, full and outside off, tries
to slam it through the covers, mistimed into the ground towards cover
17.6 Sidebottom to McCullum, 1 run, full and wide, squeezed out to third man
17.5 Sidebottom to Ryder, 1 run, pulled to mid wicket, Bell lunges forward
to hold on, deflects it to mid on and a single is pinched
17.4 Sidebottom to McCullum, 1 run, shortish delivery, steps back and taps
it behind square, Ryder had given up and if the throw from Collingwood was a
good one he''''d be gone!
17.4 Sidebottom to McCullum, wide, McCullum is far down the track even before
the ball is bowled, Sidebottom overcompensates by banging it in outside leg
stump
17.3 Sidebottom to Ryder, 1 run, just uses the pace to guide it down to third
man
17.2 Sidebottom to McCullum, 1 run, walks across to thump it through extra
cover, gets an outside edge instead which zips away to third man
17.1 Sidebottom to Ryder, 1 run, shortish outside off, driven off the backfoot
to deep point
18.1 Collingwood to McCullum, FOUR!!, Yes he can! Slightly short, McCullum
rocks back and slaps that through extra cover to bring up the most emphatic
of victories!
Can he finish this off with one hit now?
It was New Zealand all the way since the rain interruption. They bowled and
fielded superbly, removing England''''s last 8 wickets for 73 runs. Out came McCullum
and Ryder, who chased down 165 in extra quick time, helped by some dropped catches
and some sloppy fielding and at a whopping run rate of 9.08. McCullum''''s knock
was reminiscent of his 80 against Bangladesh and Ryder has shown but what he''''s
capable of. New Zealand win by 10 wickets and go 2-0 up in the 5 match series.
Do join us for the third match on Friday. Until then it''''s goodbye.
By:jOhhny