English cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08

The England cricket team toured New Zealand for three Test matches, 5 One-day Internationals, and 2 Twenty20 Internationals between February and March 2008.

English cricket team in New Zealand in 2008
	England	New Zealand
Dates	2 February 2008 – 26 March 2008
Captains	Michael Vaughan	Daniel Vettori
Test series
Result	England won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Andrew Strauss 274	Ross Taylor 310
Most wickets	Ryan Sidebottom 24	Chris Martin 11
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 5-match series 3–1
Most runs	Alastair Cook 184	Brendon McCullum 261
Most wickets	Stuart Broad 8	Daniel Vettori 8
Twenty20 International series
Results	England won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Paul Collingwood 80	Kyle Mills 41
Most wickets	Ryan Sidebottom 5	Tim Southee 3

Squads

Test squads		ODI squads
New Zealand	England[1]	New Zealand[2]	England[3]
Daniel Vettori (c)	Michael Vaughan (c)	Daniel Vettori (c)	Paul Collingwood (c)
Brendon McCullum (wk)	Tim Ambrose (wk)	Brendon McCullum (wk)	Phil Mustard (wk)
Matthew Bell	James Anderson	Jesse Ryder	Tim Ambrose
Grant Elliott	Ian Bell	Jamie How	James Anderson
Stephen Fleming	Stuart Broad	Ross Taylor	Ian Bell
Mark Gillespie	Paul Collingwood	Scott Styris	Ravi Bopara
Jamie How	Alastair Cook	Peter Fulton	Stuart Broad
Chris Martin	Steve Harmison	Jacob Oram	Alastair Cook
Kyle Mills	Matthew Hoggard	Kyle Mills	Dimitri Mascarenhas
Iain O'Brien	Phil Mustard	Paul Hitchcock	Kevin Pietersen
Jacob Oram	Monty Panesar	Chris Martin	Owais Shah
Jeetan Patel	Kevin Pietersen	Michael Mason	Ryan Sidebottom
Mathew Sinclair	Owais Shah	Jeetan Patel	Graeme Swann
Ross Taylor	Ryan Sidebottom		James Tredwell
Tim Southee	Andrew Strauss		Chris Tremlett
	Graeme Swann		Luke Wright

Matches

Twenty20 Series

1st Twenty20

5 February scorecard

England  184/8 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 152 (19.2 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 43(23) Chris Martin 2/34 (4)		Jacob Oram 61(40) Ryan Sidebottom 3/16 (3.2)

England won by 32 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Dimitri Mascarenhas

2nd Twenty20

7 February scorecard

England  193/8 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 143/8 (20 overs)
Paul Collingwood 54(28) Tim Southee 2/22 (4)		Jamie How 31(25) Ryan Sidebottom 2/19 (4)

England won by 50 runs Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Paul Collingwood

ODI Series

1st ODI

9 February scorecard

England  130 (49.4)	v	New Zealand 131/4 (30)
Phil Mustard 31(60) Jeetan Patel 2/14 (6.4)		Brendon McCullum 42(42) Stuart Broad 3/26 (9)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets Westpac Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Garry Baxter (NZ) Player of the match: Scott Styris (NZ)

2nd ODI

12 February scorecard

England  158 (35.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 165/0 (18.1 overs)
Alastair Cook 53 (69) Daniel Vettori 2/16 (6.1 overs)		Brendon McCullum 80* (47)

New Zealand won by 10 wickets (D/L method) Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Gary Baxter (NZ) Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (NZ)

• Rain reduced play to 36 overs after stoppage during first innings. D/L method set the target at 165.

3rd ODI

15 February scorecard

England  229/4 (44 overs)	v	New Zealand 234/9 (50 overs)
Ian Bell 73 (89) Daniel Vettori 2/23 (10 overs)		Jacob Oram 88 (91) Stuart Broad 3/32 (10 overs)

England won by 6 wickets (D/L Method) Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Asad Rauf, Gary Baxter Player of the match: Paul Collingwood

4th ODI

20 February scorecard

England  340/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 340/7 (50 overs)
Phil Mustard 83 (74) Jesse Ryder 2/14 (3 overs)		Jamie How 139 (116) Stuart Broad 2/75 (10 overs)

Match tied McLean Park Umpires: Asad Rauf, Billy Bowden Player of the match: Jamie How

5th ODI

23 February scorecard

England  242/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 213/6 (37 overs)
Wright 47 (40) Mills 4/36 (10 overs)		McCullum 77 (43) Sidebottom 3/51 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 34 runs (D/L Method) Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Rauf, Bowden Player of the match: Brendon McCullum

Test Series

1st Test

5–9 March Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
470 (138.3 overs) Ross Taylor 120 (235) Ryan Sidebottom 4/90 (34.3 overs)		348 (173.1 overs) Paul Collingwood 66 (182) Jeetan Patel 3/107 (43 overs)
177/9 (dec) (48 overs) Stephen Fleming 66 (88) Ryan Sidebottom 5/37 (14 overs)		110 (55 overs) Ian Bell 54* (151) Kyle Mills 4/16 (13 overs)

New Zealand won by 189 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Steve Davis & Daryl Harper (both AUS) Player of the match: Kyle Mills

• Ryan Sidebottom takes a Test hat-trick.

2nd Test

The England cricket team fielding in the second test

13–17 March scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
342 (107 overs) Tim Ambrose 102 (149) Mark Gillespie 4/79 (20 overs)		198 (57.5 overs) Ross Taylor 53 (94) James Anderson 5/73 (20 overs)
293 (97.4 overs) Alastair Cook 60 (137) Jacob Oram 3/44 (20 overs)		311 (100.3 overs) Brendon McCullum 85 (116) Ryan Sidebottom 5/105 (31 overs)

England won by 126 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) & Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: Tim Ambrose

3rd Test

22–26 March (scorecard)

England	v	New Zealand
253 (96.1 overs) Kevin Pietersen 129 (208) Tim Southee 5/55 (23.1 overs)		168 (48.4 overs) Stephen Fleming 59 (72) Ryan Sidebottom 7/47 (21.4 overs)
467/7(dec) (131.5 overs) Andrew Strauss 177 (343) Daniel Vettori 4/158 (45 overs)		431 (118.5 overs) Tim Southee 77* (40) Monty Panesar 6/126 (46 overs)

England win by 121 runs McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: Ryan Sidebottom

• Tim Southee and Grant Elliott (NZ) both made their Test debuts.

Tour Matches

Canterbury vs. England XI-2 February

2 February scorecard

England  295/6 (50 overs)	v	Canterbury 261/11 (50 overs)
Ian Bell 79 (89) Todd Astle 2/52 (9 overs)		Johann Myburgh 87 (98) James Anderson 5/47 (10 overs)

England XI win by 34 runs Village Green, Christchurch, New Zealand Umpires: Billy Bowden & Tony Hill

• 13 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)

Canterbury vs. England XI-3 February

3 February (scorecard)

Canterbury 218/9 (50 overs)	v	England 220/3 (42.5 overs)
Michael Papps 89 (128) Paul Collingwood 3/25 (5 overs)		Alastair Cook 138* (140) Todd Astle 1/30 (5 overs)

England XI win by 7 wickets village green, Christchurch, New Zealand Umpires: Gary Baxter & Tony Hill

• Players per side: Canterbury 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding); England XI 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

New Zealand Selection XI vs. England XI

25–26 February (scorecard)

England	v	New Zealand Selection XI
369/9 (dec) (90 overs) Owais Shah 96 (150) William Somerville 3/73 (20 overs)		146/10 (50.4 overs) Jordan Sheed 47 (103) James Anderson 3/31 (8 overs)
		102/3 (32 overs) (f/o) Peter Fulton 33 (46) Monty Panesar 2/15 (8 overs)

Match Drawn University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand Umpires: Dave Quested & Derek Walker (both NZL)

• Players per side: 14 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

New Zealand Selection XI vs. England XI

28 February – 1 March (scorecard)

England	v	New Zealand Selection XI
131/10 (40.1 overs) Kevin Pietersen 50 (72) Iain O'Brien 4/34 (12 overs)		271/10 (76.2 overs) Jamie How 65 (89) Steve Harmison 5/100 (22 overs)
325/7 (89 overs) Andrew Strauss 104(retired out) (186) Ian Bell 104* (151) Mark Gillespie 2/74 (17 overs)

Match Drawn University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand Umpires: Barry Frost & Phil Jones (both NZL)