Styris and Oram lead New Zealand home
A fine allround display from Scott Styris, and an unbeaten stand of 138 with Jacob Oram, handed New Zealand the bragging rights, and more importantly, the points from the main clash in Group C
16/03Result
6th Match, Group C, ICC World Cup at Gros Islet, Mar 16 2007
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![England]( "England")
209/7 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
210/4 (41/50 ov)
Player of the Match
16/03Result
6th Match, Group C, ICC World Cup at Gros Islet, Mar 16 2007
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![England]( "England")
209/7 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
210/4 (41/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SB Styris
87(113) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 25 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
JDP Oram
63(83) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %90%
- Productive Shot
- on side drive on front foot
- 14 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SE Bond
- O10
- M1
- R19
- W2
- Eco1.9
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
SB Styris
- O7
- M0
- R25
- W2
- Eco3.57
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00. Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
16 March 2007 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, England 0
Scorecard Summary
ENGLAND 209/7 (50 OVERS)
- Paul Nixon*42 (41)
- Kevin Pietersen60 (92)
- Shane Bond2/19 (10)
- Scott Styris2/25 (7)
NEW ZEALAND 210/4 (41 OVERS)
- Jacob Oram*63 (83)
- Scott Styris*87 (113)
- James Anderson2/39 (8)
- Liam Plunkett1/43 (7)
END OF OVER:41 | 11 Runs | NZ: 210/4 | RR: 5.12
- Jacob Oram63 (83b)
- Scott Styris87 (113b)
- Liam Plunkett7-0-43-1
- Kevin Pietersen1-0-2-0
A convincing win from New Zealand, thanks to the superb fifth-wicket stand of 138 between Jacob Oram and Scott Styris after England had taken early wickets. England will look back at their own middle-order collapse as being the point they really blew the game.
New Zealand should now progress to the Super Eights - it is inconceivable they will lose to both Canada and Kenya - and assuming England go through as well, the Kiwis will carry forward the two points for this win. But England have to beat both the Associates, and while Canada look to offer little, Kenya are a tougher nut to crack and that is the last group match on March 24.
"It's always nice to come out of holes and be on the winning side," said Oram. "It was a big game... we should beat Canada and Kenya, so to do well against England sets us up nicely against them." And asked about his troublesome little finger - "Batting, it was a little bit jarring but it's OK."
That's all from me, Martin Williamson, and Jenny Thompson. Check out Andrew McGlashan's bulletin and the match gallery. The South Africa-Netherlands game is still going on elsewhere as well. We will be back tomorrow with two more matches, so until then, goodnight.
40.6
4
Plunkett to Oram, FOUR, pulled fine, not where it was intended but just as effective, and Panesar dives but can't stop the ball trickling over the boundary. That's that, and the largely English crowd are almost silent ...
40.5
2
Plunkett to Oram, 2 runs, clipped to the leg side, they want two and come back for it with comfort
40.4
4
Plunkett to Oram, FOUR, beautiful off drive, too full and wide - right in the slot - and Oram hammered that all along the ground past the futile dive of mid-off
40.3
0
Plunkett to Oram, no run, inside edge into pads, the ball squirms into the off side and the batsmen briefly think of the single but the fielders are closing too fast
40.2
0
Plunkett to Oram, no run, good length, patted back to Plunkett
40.1
1
Plunkett to Styris, 1 run, new ball, same result. Steered down to third man from outside off stump
It's Liam Plunkett ... and now they decide to change the ball as if none of them have homes to go to ... and then they take an age over it
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Fletcher remains optimistic
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The 138-run stand between Scott Styris and Jacob Oram ensured that New Zealand edged ahead 28-27 in their head-to-head against England
World Cup
| Super Eights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 |
| SL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1.483 |
| NZ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0.253 |
| SA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.313 |
| ENG | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -0.394 |
| WI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -0.566 |
| BAN | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.514 |
| IRE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.73 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.433 |
| SA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.403 |
| NED | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2.527 |
| SCOT | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.793 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.493 |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1.523 |
| IND | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.206 |
| BER | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4.345 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.138 |
| ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.418 |
| KENYA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.194 |
| CAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.389 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.764 |
| IRE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.092 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.089 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.886 |