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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

New Zealand
v England⁠

Result

England won by 121 runs

New Zealand
168 & 431
England
253 & 467/7d
Date
Saturday 22 March 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
Napier
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

New Zealand v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 253 all out (96.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b CS Martin 2 21 0 0 9.5
Michael Vaughan lbw b TG Southee 2 11 0 0 18.2
Andrew Strauss c JM How b TG Southee 0 6 0 0 0.0
Kevin Pietersen c JM How b TG Southee 129 208 12 1 62.0
Ian Bell c & b GD Elliott 9 58 1 0 15.5
Paul Collingwood c GD Elliott b JS Patel 30 82 6 0 36.6
TR Ambrose c LRPL Taylor b JS Patel 11 38 1 0 28.9
Stuart Broad c BB McCullum b TG Southee 42 103 5 1 40.8
Ryan Sidebottom c MD Bell b TG Southee 14 37 1 0 37.8
Monty Panesar b CS Martin 1 13 0 0 7.7
James Anderson not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 9, w 3, nb 1) 13
Total 96.1 overs 253

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (MP Vaughan, 3.5 ov), 2-4 (AJ Strauss, 5.5 ov), 3-4 (AN Cook, 6.3 ov), 4-36 (IR Bell, 23.1 ov), 5-125 (PD Collingwood, 48.6 ov), 6-147 (TR Ambrose, 60.5 ov), 7-208 (KP Pietersen, 82.2 ov), 8-240 (SCJ Broad, 92.1 ov), 9-253 (MS Panesar, 95.5 ov), 10-253 (RJ Sidebottom, 96.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
CS Martin 26 6 74 2 2.85 2 0
TG Southee 23.1 8 55 5 2.37 1 0
GD Elliott 10 2 27 1 2.70 0 0
DL Vettori 19 6 51 0 2.68 0 0
JS Patel 18 3 37 2 2.06 0 1

New Zealand · 1st innings 168 all out (48.4 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JM How c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom 44 73 8 0 60.3
MD Bell lbw b RJ Sidebottom 0 2 0 0 0.0
SP Fleming c PD Collingwood b RJ Sidebottom 59 72 9 1 81.9
MS Sinclair c SCJ Broad b RJ Sidebottom 7 31 1 0 22.6
LRPL Taylor c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad 2 4 0 0 50.0
GD Elliott c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom 6 24 0 0 25.0
BB McCullum b RJ Sidebottom 9 8 2 0 112.5
DL Vettori c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom 14 32 1 0 43.8
TG Southee c KP Pietersen b SCJ Broad 5 20 1 0 25.0
JS Patel c MS Panesar b SCJ Broad 4 25 0 0 16.0
CS Martin not out 4* 1 1 0 400.0
Extras (b 0, lb 13, w 1, nb 0) 14
Total 48.4 overs 168

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MD Bell, 0.3 ov), 2-103 (SP Fleming, 22.3 ov), 3-116 (JM How, 28.3 ov), 4-119 (LRPL Taylor, 29.6 ov), 5-119 (MS Sinclair, 30.2 ov), 6-137 (BB McCullum, 32.6 ov), 7-138 (GD Elliott, 36.4 ov), 8-152 (TG Southee, 41.5 ov), 9-164 (JS Patel, 47.5 ov), 10-168 (DL Vettori, 48.4 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 21.4 6 47 7 2.17 0 0
James Anderson 7 1 54 0 7.71 0 0
Stuart Broad 17 3 54 3 3.18 1 0
Monty Panesar 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Paul Collingwood 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 467/7 dec (131.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BB McCullum b JS Patel 37 69 7 0 53.6
Michael Vaughan c BB McCullum b CS Martin 4 4 1 0 100.0
Andrew Strauss c MD Bell b JS Patel 177 343 25 0 51.6
Kevin Pietersen c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori 34 86 4 1 39.5
Ian Bell c MS Sinclair b DL Vettori 110 167 17 2 65.9
Paul Collingwood c & b DL Vettori 22 19 2 1 115.8
TR Ambrose c & b DL Vettori 31 62 4 0 50.0
Stuart Broad not out 31* 26 3 1 119.2
Ryan Sidebottom not out 12* 20 0 0 60.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 5) 9
Total 131.5 overs 467/7

Did not bat: MS Panesar, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (MP Vaughan, 0.5 ov), 2-77 (AN Cook, 25.1 ov), 3-140 (KP Pietersen, 48.3 ov), 4-327 (IR Bell, 98.3 ov), 5-361 (PD Collingwood, 106.1 ov), 6-424 (AJ Strauss, 123.5 ov), 7-425 (TR Ambrose, 124.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
CS Martin 18 2 60 1 3.33 1 0
TG Southee 24 5 84 0 3.50 0 0
GD Elliott 14 1 58 0 4.14 0 0
JS Patel 30.5 4 104 2 3.37 0 1
DL Vettori 45 6 158 4 3.51 0 4

New Zealand · 2nd innings 431 all out (118.5 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JM How lbw b MS Panesar 11 57 0 0 19.3
MD Bell c SCJ Broad b MS Panesar 69 156 12 0 44.2
SP Fleming c TR Ambrose b MS Panesar 66 103 9 0 64.1
MS Sinclair c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad 6 36 1 0 16.7
LRPL Taylor c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar 74 117 14 0 63.2
GD Elliott c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 4 28 0 0 14.3
BB McCullum b MS Panesar 42 55 7 0 76.4
DL Vettori c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson 43 56 7 0 76.8
JS Patel c SCJ Broad b MS Panesar 18 45 3 0 40.0
TG Southee not out 77* 40 4 9 192.5
CS Martin b RJ Sidebottom 5 21 1 0 23.8
Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 4, nb 1) 16
Total 118.5 overs 431

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (JM How, 20.3 ov), 2-147 (MD Bell, 50.3 ov), 3-156 (SP Fleming, 54.3 ov), 4-160 (MS Sinclair, 61.6 ov), 5-172 (GD Elliott, 69.2 ov), 6-276 (LRPL Taylor, 90.6 ov), 7-281 (BB McCullum, 92.3 ov), 8-329 (JS Patel, 106.4 ov), 9-347 (DL Vettori, 109.6 ov), 10-431 (CS Martin, 118.5 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 19.5 3 83 1 4.18 1 0
James Anderson 17 2 99 1 5.82 0 0
Stuart Broad 32 10 78 2 2.44 3 1
Monty Panesar 46 17 126 6 2.74 0 0
Paul Collingwood 2 0 20 0 10.00 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 0

Player of the match: Ryan Sidebottom · Umpires: DJ Harper, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: GAV Baxter · 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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