March 16th World cup Group Match
New Zealand v England
England Squad
M Vaughan, A Strauss, K Pietersen, I Bell, P Collingwood, A Flintoff, J Dairymple, P Nixon, S Mahmood, R Sidebottom, M Panesar, J Anderson 12th man.
New Zealand Squad
S Flemming, P Fulton, L Vincent, C <cmillian, J Oram, B McCullum, R Taylor, J Franklin, D Vettori, S Bond D Tuffey
New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat.
overs 1 - 10
Flintoff started with a nice over. 4th over of the match flemming dispatched sidebottom to the fence 3 times in the over all magical shots. In the 8th over Flitoff bowled a superb ball to get rid of Fulton for 6(30) and NZ 1 - 30. Sidebottom then picked up Vincent for 1(3) 3 balls later and NZ 2 - 31.1st ten overs NZ 2 - 35 with flintof bowling well with figures of 1 - 6 of 5 overs.
overs 11 - 20
over 13 M Vaughun used a power play. 14th over flintoff was given a spell with 1 - 12 of 7 overs. sensational stuff. Mahmood was given the ball. Sidebottom was given a rest and Monty was bought on with NZ 2 - 50 from 15 overs going at 3.3 an over with S flemming still at the crease with 28(42). Over 18 M Vuaghan used up his 3rd power play .
Overs 21 - 30
NZ got a partnership together and although they where not setting the world on fire they where setting the rest of the side up for an onslaught later on. Mahmood and panesar bowled well through 2 power plays without luck. Mahmood was given a breather and Dalrymple was bought on. Spinners operating from both ends, with NZ 2 - 102 of 25 overs.
S Flemming bought up his 50 in the 25th over.C Mcmillian bought up his 50 in the 28th over. NZ looking confident.
Overs 31 - 40
Flemming and mcmillian picked up the run rate so slight and M Panesar bowled out his ten 0 - 47 with no luck and a few appeals turned down. Dalrymple was going well at the other end 0 27 of 5 with Mahmood coming on for monty.Flemming 78*(89) & Mcmillian 62*(83).but a 14 run over seen Dalrymple loose his confidence. England need to break this partnership. Dalrymples next over had everything, Lbw not given when hawkeye showed it was out a play and a miss 2 boundarys and on the last ball he picked up C Mcmillian for 85(94) NZ 3 - 190 of 37 overs. Next over Mahmood picked up J Oram plumb infront for a duck. Great bowling . 4 - 191. Dalrymple then got McCullum next over lbw plumb infront for 7(6), NZ 5 - 199. two balls later Flemming fell to Dalrymple what an over Flemming caught behind for 92(99), unlucky deserved a tonne here today. NZ 6 - 200 and england are into the bowlers. Mahmood picked up taylor lbw and NZ where loosing the plot 7 - 202 and taylor out for 2(4).
Overs 41 - 50
Vittori come out blazing and moved to 15(13). dalrymple finished with 3 - 66 although expensive he did get 3 good scalpes and bowled quite well on this nice batting deck.Mahmood also finished up with 2 - 57 of ten which left sidebottom and Flitoff to finish up with NZ 7 - 220 with 6 overs remaining.Flintoff picked up vittori in the 47th over for 19(23) and NZ 8 - 234 with flintoff 2 - 16 of 8.2 overs. End of 50 overs NZ 8 - 240 with flitoff 2 - 19 of 10 overs.
Coaches Report
Happy with 240 . at one stage it looked like they would hit 260 or 270 howvever we picked up some good wickets in the middle to last overs which slowed them up so i think 240 is a good total to chase on this good deck so its up to our batsmen to knock em off.Flintoff bowled out of his skin today. class bowler.
Overs 1 - 10
England Innings
England very wary to start of with and after 10 overs 0 - 30 still needing 211 runs @ 5.3 an over.
Overs 11 - 20
The first power play was called by NZ. D Tuffey was bought on in the 13th over, as england start to pick up the run rate. 0 - 57 of 13. Over 15 seen the final power play introduced. At the end of 20 overs england where going along nicely and have moved to 0 - 97 with M Vaughan 42*(56) and A Strauss 44*(67). Still needing a further 144 runs @ 4.8 an over.
Overs 21 - 30
M Vaughan fell in the 21st over for 43(58) caught behind trying to give himself some room. Out walks K Pietersen. England 1 - 99. A STrauss a lovely late cut for 4 which brings up his half century 53(80). Vittori bought himself on into the attack.Tuffey had a lbw appeal turned down, bowled an absolute belter to strauss who played and missed and watched the timber get knocked, but a good innings 62(87) england 2 - 125 of 25. Bell come and went quick, caught at slip for 9(15) england 3 - 139.
Overs 31 - 40
150 bought up for england in the 31st over. A cruzy ten overs for both sides with not much happening with england 3 - 186 needing a further 55 of the last ten overs with 7 wickets in hand. With K Pietersen 43*(56) & Collingwood 13*(32).
Overs 41 - 50 the Final ten
Tuffey bolwed Pietersen in the 41st over which would put a little pressure on england, could flitoff do with the bat what he did with the ball. Eng 4 - 186. Flintoff caught in the deep for 16(20) with England still needing 23 of 24 balls it was going to go down to the wire.J Orams 46th over cost him ten, was that going to be the difference.Eng needing 13 runs from 21 balls and looked in the top seat. Down to 11 of 12 balls lets look at the ball by ball finsih to this wonderful game.
J Oram
12. 1 run
11. dot ball
10. 1 run
9. 1 run
8. 4 runs
7. LBW appeal Not Out (looked Plumb)
Vittori to bowl the last over england needing 4 runs for victory
6 1 run
5 1 run
4 1 run (scores tied)
3 dot ball
2 dot ball
1 1 run
England win by 5 wickets, great game hard chase but they got there. Dalrymple hitting the winning runs. Lets look at the stats.
New Zealand 8 - 240
S Flemming 92
C Mcmillian 85
Dalrymple 3 - 66
Flintoff 2 - 19
England 5 - 241
A Strauss 62
M Vaughan 43
D Tuffey 3 - 51
J Oram 1 - 55
M:O:M: A Strauss
Thrilling finish to the New Zealand match!
