- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 (almost) perfect start for new Zealand. A soft dismissal, short outside off stump, almost a long hop, which Joyce swishes at and gets a thin but audible top edge to and McCullum flings the ball high. An easy catch and a real sucker punch 1/115.3 awful shot and Vaughan pays the price. The ball wasn't short enough to pull, but Vaughan tried to, and instead dragged a huge bottom edge back into his stumps. England now wobbling a touch here 52/38.5 Oram strikes, Bell tried to drive a ball that was a little too wide and a little too short, and the thin edge is easily taken by McCullum. Bell got a bit bogged down there and frustration appeared to have got the better of him 30/235.3 a soft end to a good innings. Pietersen took a stride down the pitch and chipped the ball to James Franklin coming in from long-on. It was a lame stroke, a nothing stroke, and now England are in the deep stuff 133/534.6 Collingwood shapes to run the ball down to third man but only succeeds in running it off the face of the bat right into McCullum's gloves. He leaps towards the heavens as if stung by a bee as his colleagues race in to celebrate 133/435.6 a collapse turns into a crisis for England. A slower ball and Flintoff does no more than chip the ball to extra cover who takes the most routine of routine catches. New Zealand are almost beside themselves as Flintoff, head bowed, trudges off 134/638.2 an attempted steer to third man and McCullum is airbourne as, standing up, he takes a thin edge and Dalrymple is on his way. Great keeping and excellent, nagging bowling 138/7Extras13 (lb 2, nb 7, w 4)TOTAL209/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.18)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Ed Joyce, 0.1 ov), 2-30 (Ian Bell, 8.5 ov), 3-52 (Michael Vaughan, 15.3 ov), 4-133 (Paul Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 5-133 (Kevin Pietersen, 35.3 ov), 6-134 (Andrew Flintoff, 35.6 ov), 7-138 (Jamie Dalrymple, 38.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JEC Franklin 9 0 43 2 4.77 34 3 0 1 4 SE Bond 10 1 19 2 1.9 49 2 0 2 0 JDP Oram 6 0 25 1 4.16 24 4 0 0 0 JS Patel 8 0 42 0 5.25 22 2 1 0 1 DL Vettori 10 0 53 0 5.3 26 3 1 0 1 SB Styris 7 0 25 2 3.57 25 1 0 1 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 stood tall and fished at that one with a straight bat, sending the lightest feather of an edge through to Nixon who snaps up an easy catch 1/14.6 It's a great catch from Joyce over his head running backwards at deep midwicket. Anderson banged that one in short, Fleming's eyes lit up but he didn't get over the pull shot and he sent that high and higher - the ball hanging in the air for a while 19/31.2 what a catch! Flintoff, diving athletically at wide first slip, takes a terrific catch, one handed with his right hand 3/215.2 and the move pays off! That's a perfect pitch on leg and turns a touch away as the batsman goes for an aerial drive over cover which he spoons right in the air. A bit of zigzagging from Dalrymple who - importantly - keeps his eye on the ball all the way. Panesar leaps like an exciteable salmon at the catch 72/4Extras26 (b 2, lb 11, nb 2, w 11)TOTAL210/4 (41 Overs, RR: 5.12)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Lou Vincent, 0.6 ov), 2-3 (Ross Taylor, 1.2 ov), 3-19 (Stephen Fleming, 4.6 ov), 4-72 (Craig McMillan, 15.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JM Anderson 8 0 39 2 4.87 30 6 0 1 0 LE Plunkett 7 0 43 1 6.14 24 6 0 1 1 A Flintoff 8 1 17 0 2.12 36 0 0 1 1 PD Collingwood 3 0 20 0 6.66 5 2 0 0 0 MS Panesar 10 0 47 1 4.7 31 0 1 3 0 JWM Dalrymple 4 0 29 0 7.25 10 3 0 1 0 KP Pietersen 1 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0
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- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- England: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 7
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: England - 52/3 in 15.3 overs (KP Pietersen 14)
- England: 100 runs in 28.1 overs (177 balls), Extras 9
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (KP Pietersen 30, PD Collingwood 18, Ex 2)
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 73 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: England - 133/4 in 35.0 overs (KP Pietersen 60)
- England: 150 runs in 42.2 overs (264 balls), Extras 11
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (PA Nixon 28, LE Plunkett 21, Ex 1)
- England: 200 runs in 48.6 overs (305 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 0/0
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (65 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (SB Styris 23, CD McMillan 26, Ex 3)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 72/3 in 15.0 overs (SB Styris 32, CD McMillan 27)
- Power Play 3: Overs 16.1 - 21.0
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 22.2 overs (138 balls), Extras 14
- SB Styris: 50 off 70 balls (6 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (SB Styris 21, JDP Oram 21, Ex 9)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 143/4 in 29.0 overs (SB Styris 58, JDP Oram 33)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 31.2 overs (194 balls), Extras 18
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 123 balls (SB Styris 35, JDP Oram 46, Ex 19)
- JDP Oram: 50 off 68 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 40.1 overs (250 balls), Extras 26
- Attendance - 12,500
Match Coverage
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All too often, the press and public in England are guilty of what is known as "tall-poppy syndrome". They build a star up, particularly if he is a sportsman, and then hack him down with a vengeance the moment he oversteps the mark
Fletcher remains optimistic
Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, insists all is not lost for England, despite losing comprehensively to New Zealand in their opening match on Friday
'I knew the heat was on me' - Styris
Scott Styris, the New Zealand allrounder, has said that the pressure to retain his place in the squad motivated him to raise his performance and guide his side home
Vaughan vows no let-up against Canada
Michael Vaughan insists he isn't about to give someone a game for the sake of getting practice as England turn their focus to Canada in their second Group C match on March 18 in St. Lucia
Oram plunders England ... again
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 |





