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England v New Zealand @ Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Pallekele
29th September 2012
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: Asad Rauf, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: SJ Davis
Match Referee: J Srinath
Match Result: England won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Martin Guptill | lbw b Steven Finn | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 2. Rob Nicol | c Jonny Bairstow b Graeme Swann | 11 | 15 | 34 | 1 | - |
| +3. Brendon McCullum | c Luke Wright b Steven Finn | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 4. Kane Williamson | c Craig Kieswetter b Danny Briggs | 17 | 23 | 36 | 1 | - |
| *5. Ross Taylor | c Alex Hales b Steven Finn | 22 | 23 | 43 | 2 | - |
| 6. James Franklin | run out (Jonny Bairstow > Craig Kieswetter) | 50 | 33 | 48 | 4 | 2 |
| 7. Nathan McCullum | not out | 16 | 10 | 27 | - | 2 |
| 8. Doug Bracewell | not out | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | ||||||
| 10. Tim Southee | ||||||
| 11. Kyle Mills |
| FOW | 1-7 (Martin Guptill), 2-20 (Brendon McCullum), 3-42 (Rob Nicol), 4-67 (Kane Williamson), 5-107 (Ross Taylor), 6-146 (James Franklin). |
| Extras | 3b, 7lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 20 ovs, 101 mins) 148 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Danny Briggs | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steven Finn | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tim Bresnan | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Graeme Swann | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Broad | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Craig Kieswetter | b Daniel Vettori | 4 | 14 | 14 | - | - |
| 2. Alex Hales | b Nathan McCullum | 22 | 15 | 26 | 3 | - |
| 3. Luke Wright | c Ross Taylor b Doug Bracewell | 76 | 43 | 59 | 5 | 5 |
| 4. Eoin Morgan | c Doug Bracewell b Kyle Mills | 30 | 31 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Jos Buttler | not out | 5 | 8 | 13 | - | - |
| 6. Jonny Bairstow | not out | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 7. Tim Bresnan | ||||||
| *8. Stuart Broad | ||||||
| 9. Graeme Swann | ||||||
| 10. Danny Briggs | ||||||
| 11. Steven Finn |
| FOW | 1-21 (Craig Kieswetter), 2-38 (Alex Hales), 3-127 (Eoin Morgan), 4-142 (Luke Wright). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 18.5 ovs, 77 mins) 149 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kyle Mills | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tim Southee | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan McCullum | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Rob Nicol | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| James Franklin | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Bracewell | 0.5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |