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Result
New Zealand won by 189 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar | 92 | 180 | 11 | 0 | 51.1 |
| MD Bell | c AN Cook b SJ Harmison | 19 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 51.4 |
| SP Fleming | c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom | 41 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 56.2 |
| MS Sinclair | c & b PD Collingwood | 8 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 21.6 |
| LRPL Taylor | c & b KP Pietersen | 120 | 235 | 18 | 0 | 51.1 |
| JDP Oram | c AN Cook b MJ Hoggard | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 34.5 |
| BB McCullum | c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom | 51 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 92.7 |
| DL Vettori | c AJ Strauss b PD Collingwood | 88 | 134 | 11 | 1 | 65.7 |
| KD Mills | not out | 25* | 44 | 5 | 0 | 56.8 |
| JS Patel | c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
| CS Martin | b RJ Sidebottom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 3) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 138.3 overs | 470 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (MD Bell, 13.4 ov), 2-108 (SP Fleming, 37.3 ov), 3-129 (MS Sinclair, 46.5 ov), 4-176 (JM How, 60.6 ov), 5-191 (JDP Oram, 69.1 ov), 6-277 (BB McCullum, 88.1 ov), 7-425 (LRPL Taylor, 126.2 ov), 8-451 (DL Vettori, 135.1 ov), 9-470 (JS Patel, 138.2 ov), 10-470 (CS Martin, 138.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 34.3 | 8 | 90 | 4 | 2.61 | 0 | 3 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 26 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 4.69 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 23 | 3 | 97 | 1 | 4.22 | 1 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 37 | 10 | 101 | 1 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 15 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c sub (NKW Horsley) b CS Martin | 38 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 32.2 |
| Michael Vaughan | c BB McCullum b JS Patel | 63 | 177 | 8 | 0 | 35.6 |
| Matthew Hoggard | c SP Fleming b CS Martin | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Andrew Strauss | b DL Vettori | 43 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c & b DL Vettori | 42 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 32.1 |
| Ian Bell | b KD Mills | 25 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 28.4 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b JDP Oram | 66 | 182 | 9 | 1 | 36.3 |
| TR Ambrose | c SP Fleming b JS Patel | 55 | 164 | 5 | 0 | 33.5 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | not out | 3* | 43 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Steve Harmison | c SP Fleming b JS Patel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Monty Panesar | lbw b KD Mills | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 6) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 173.1 overs | 348 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-84 (AN Cook, 36.2 ov), 2-86 (MJ Hoggard, 38.3 ov), 3-130 (MP Vaughan, 61.5 ov), 4-159 (AJ Strauss, 73.3 ov), 5-203 (IR Bell, 96.3 ov), 6-245 (KP Pietersen, 115.2 ov), 7-335 (PD Collingwood, 159.3 ov), 8-347 (TR Ambrose, 166.3 ov), 9-347 (SJ Harmison, 166.4 ov), 10-348 (MS Panesar, 173.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS Martin | 32 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Mills | 21.1 | 6 | 61 | 2 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| JS Patel | 43 | 14 | 107 | 3 | 2.49 | 0 | 1 |
| JDP Oram | 21 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 |
| DL Vettori | 56 | 17 | 88 | 2 | 1.57 | 0 | 5 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | c MJ Hoggard b RJ Sidebottom | 39 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 45.9 |
| MD Bell | c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SP Fleming | c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom | 66 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 75.0 |
| MS Sinclair | c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| BB McCullum | c AJ Strauss b MS Panesar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LRPL Taylor | c & b MS Panesar | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 18.8 |
| JDP Oram | lbw b RJ Sidebottom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DL Vettori | c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom | 35 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 51.5 |
| KD Mills | lbw b MS Panesar | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 78.6 |
| JS Patel | not out | 13* | 26 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| CS Martin | not out | 0* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 55 overs | 177/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MD Bell, 0.3 ov), 2-99 (JM How, 27.3 ov), 3-109 (SP Fleming, 29.6 ov), 4-110 (BB McCullum, 30.3 ov), 5-115 (MS Sinclair, 31.1 ov), 6-115 (JDP Oram, 31.2 ov), 7-119 (LRPL Taylor, 38.4 ov), 8-141 (KD Mills, 44.3 ov), 9-173 (DL Vettori, 53.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 17 | 4 | 49 | 6 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 12 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 2.42 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 16 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c BB McCullum b KD Mills | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 92.9 |
| Michael Vaughan | lbw b KD Mills | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47.4 |
| Andrew Strauss | c BB McCullum b KD Mills | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b KD Mills | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 54* | 151 | 5 | 2 | 35.8 |
| Paul Collingwood | b DL Vettori | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
| TR Ambrose | b CS Martin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | c BB McCullum b CS Martin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | c BB McCullum b CS Martin | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 18.2 |
| Steve Harmison | c SP Fleming b JS Patel | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Monty Panesar | c BB McCullum b JDP Oram | 8 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 7) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 55 overs | 110 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (AN Cook, 3.3 ov), 2-24 (MP Vaughan, 7.2 ov), 3-25 (AJ Strauss, 9.3 ov), 4-30 (KP Pietersen, 11.3 ov), 5-59 (PD Collingwood, 29.4 ov), 6-60 (TR Ambrose, 30.3 ov), 7-60 (RJ Sidebottom, 30.6 ov), 8-67 (MJ Hoggard, 38.4 ov), 9-77 (SJ Harmison, 42.5 ov), 10-110 (MS Panesar, 54.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS Martin | 13 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Mills | 13 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1.23 | 0 | 3 |
| JDP Oram | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| DL Vettori | 14 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1.14 | 0 | 4 |
| JS Patel | 11 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 3.55 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: DL Vettori · Umpires: SJ Davis, DJ Harper · TV umpire: BF Bowden · 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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