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England men · ODI · International series

England
v New Zealand⁠

Result

New Zealand won by 1 wickets

England
245
New Zealand
246/9
Date
Wednesday 25 June 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v New Zealand ODI scorecard

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 245 all out (49.4 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ian Bell c BB McCullum b TG Southee 46 56 5 1 82.1
Luke Wright c LRPL Taylor b KD Mills 18 29 2 0 62.1
Kevin Pietersen c TG Southee b MR Gillespie 0 2 0 0 0.0
Ravi Bopara c JDP Oram b MR Gillespie 58 78 7 0 74.4
Paul Collingwood b TG Southee 14 13 3 0 107.7
Owais Shah run out (MR Gillespie) 63 71 4 2 88.7
TR Ambrose c DR Flynn b JDP Oram 6 12 0 0 50.0
Graeme Swann c JM How b KD Mills 3 7 0 0 42.9
Stuart Broad c JM How b TG Southee 5 11 0 0 45.5
Ryan Sidebottom not out 8* 12 0 0 66.7
James Anderson run out (LRPL Taylor/MR Gillespie) 11 10 2 0 110.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 6, nb 3) 13
Total 49.4 overs 245

Fall of wickets: 1-41 (LJ Wright, 8.5 ov), 2-44 (KP Pietersen, 9.3 ov), 3-81 (IR Bell, 17.5 ov), 4-101 (PD Collingwood, 21.6 ov), 5-176 (RS Bopara, 37.2 ov), 6-203 (TR Ambrose, 41.4 ov), 7-219 (GP Swann, 44.1 ov), 8-221 (OA Shah, 45.1 ov), 9-228 (SCJ Broad, 46.6 ov), 10-245 (JM Anderson, 49.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KD Mills 10 1 44 2 4.40 1 1
MR Gillespie 9.4 2 58 2 6.00 2 2
TG Southee 10 1 47 3 4.70 1 0
JDP Oram 10 0 46 1 4.60 0 0
DL Vettori 8 1 34 0 4.25 1 0
GD Elliott 2 0 12 0 6.00 1 0

New Zealand · Innings 246/9 (50 overs)

New Zealand · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JM How c & b GP Swann 37 61 4 0 60.7
BB McCullum c GP Swann b RJ Sidebottom 1 5 0 0 20.0
LRPL Taylor c SCJ Broad b RJ Sidebottom 6 15 1 0 40.0
SB Styris run out (GP Swann/PD Collingwood) 69 87 8 0 79.3
DR Flynn c IR Bell b GP Swann 12 17 1 0 70.6
JDP Oram c sub (AN Cook) b JM Anderson 38 30 5 0 126.7
GD Elliott run out (IR Bell/KP Pietersen) 24 28 2 0 85.7
DL Vettori c RS Bopara b PD Collingwood 6 8 1 0 75.0
KD Mills not out 25* 27 1 1 92.6
TG Southee run out (IR Bell) 6 9 0 0 66.7
MR Gillespie not out 4* 13 0 0 30.8
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 11, nb 0) 18
Total 50 overs 246/9

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (BB McCullum, 2.2 ov), 2-24 (LRPL Taylor, 6.6 ov), 3-83 (JM How, 19.6 ov), 4-106 (DR Flynn, 25.6 ov), 5-173 (JDP Oram, 34.6 ov), 6-178 (SB Styris, 36.5 ov), 7-189 (DL Vettori, 38.4 ov), 8-220 (GD Elliott, 43.4 ov), 9-233 (TG Southee, 46.4 ov)

New Zealand · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 10 0 55 2 5.50 1 0
James Anderson 10 0 39 1 3.90 2 0
Stuart Broad 10 0 39 0 3.90 2 0
Luke Wright 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
Graeme Swann 10 1 49 2 4.90 1 0
Paul Collingwood 7 0 40 1 5.71 1 0
Ravi Bopara 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0

Player of the match: SB Styris · Umpires: MR Benson, SJ Davis · TV umpire: RA Kettleborough · Match referee: J Srinath. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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The 5 meetings before this one

2008 – 2008

ODIs since 1973

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Meetings99In our results database
England wins45England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
New Zealand wins48New Zealand victories

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