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20/20 Bash New Zealand Innings

Brett Lee; first ball first wicket, Lou Vincent caught behind off a top edge.
Over one= NZ 1-1 (How 0 McCullum 1)

A wayward Bracken sprays a couple of wides and a couple of quality deliveries. despite a great piece of fielding by Symonds almost sent McCullum back.
Over two= NZ 6-1 (How 0 McCullum 4)

The batsman struggling with the pace off Lee, but McCullum shows his class with a cut six.
Over three= NZ 18-1 (How 1 McCullum 11)
Over four= NZ 22-1 (How 2 McCullum 14)

A repeat of the Vincent dismissal, with McCullum top edging a pull stroke, and Gilly doing the rest. Lee bowling with great pace.
Over five= NZ 25-2 (How 3 Styris 0)

Mitchell Johnson comes into the attack, and starts with a little bit of short bowling.
Over six= NZ 29-2 (How 4 Styris 4)

Tait does a Lee, first ball wicket (How), this time Gilly takes a classic catch, leaping backwards to claim a gem. Shaun Tait then goes one better then the Lee opening over, clean bowling Ross Taylor with sheer pace.
Over seven= NZ 30-4 (Sinclair 0 Styris 4)
Johnson strikes having Sinclair caught behind (four catches to Gilly)
Over eight= NZ 31-5 (Oram 0 Styris 5)

Finally a boundar ,with Oram smashing Tait down the ground, ala Baseball style.
Over nine= NZ 36-2 (Oram 4 Styris 6)

Styris smashes consectitive boundaries, and then finishes with a third later in the over, before Bracken claims a catch to end his innings of 18.
Over ten= NZ 49-6 (Oram 4 Vettori 0)
Over 11= NZ 56-6 (Oram 10 Vettori 1)

Ashley Noffke joins the Australian wicket takers list, bowling the Black Caps captain for three.
Over 12= NZ 59-7 (Oram 11 Mills 0)
Over 13= NZ 65-7 (Oram 16 Mills 0)

Mills strikes a fine four, but is out the very next ball caught by Johnson from the bowling of Noffke.
Over 14= NZ 76-8 (Oram 21 Gillespie 1)

Oram launches a huge six from an extremely quick Tait thunderbolt
Over 15= NZ 85-8 (Oram 29 Gillespie 2)

Symonds comes on and Oram crashes two sixes and a four
Over 16= NZ 104-8 (Oram 46 Gillespie 4)

This time Symonds is rewarded, running out Gillespie with a direct hit after he was sent back by Jacob Oram.
Over 17= NZ 104-9 (Oram 46 Patel 0)

Oram with three huge sixes dampens the night of ?Roy?
Over 18= NZ 128-9 (Oram 66 Patel 0)

Noffke knocks over Patel and the Black Caps are rolled for 132

Cricket Web man of the match Andrew Symonds

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