New Zealand v England, Hamilton

New Zealand 470/10 & 177/9

England 348/10 & 110/10

New Zealand won by 189 runs

England v New Zealand 2008 · 1st Test Seddon Park, Hamilton 5–9 Mar 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than New Zealand.

New Zealand

1.17× +17%

England

0.99× -1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

New Zealand's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

LRPL Taylor New Zealand

126 +148

DL Vettori New Zealand

123 +147

JM How New Zealand

131 +128

IR Bell England

79 +118

SP Fleming New Zealand

107 +114

Best bowling

Top match figures

RJ Sidebottom6/49

KD Mills4/16

RJ Sidebottom4/90

CS Martin3/33

Top score

120

LRPL Taylor · New Zealand

Biggest stand

148

7th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–6

3 wkts for 6 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 189 runs

Length5 days

New Zealand

470 /10 (138.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM How	c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar	92	180	12	0	51.11
MD Bell	c AN Cook b SJ Harmison	19	37	4	0	51.35
SP Fleming	c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom	41	73	8	0	56.16
MS Sinclair	c & b PD Collingwood	8	37	1	0	21.62
LRPL Taylor	c & b KP Pietersen	120	235	18	0	51.06
JDP Oram	c AN Cook b MJ Hoggard	10	29	0	0	34.48
BB McCullum	c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom	51	55	5	2	92.73
DL Vettori	c AJ Strauss b PD Collingwood	88	134	11	1	65.67
KD Mills*	not out	25	44	5	0	56.82
JS Patel	c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom	5	9	1	0	55.56
CS Martin	b RJ Sidebottom	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 3)

Total 470/10 (138.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	34.3	8	90	4	2.61
MJ Hoggard	26.0	2	122	1	4.69
SJ Harmison	23.0	3	97	1	4.22
MS Panesar	37.0	10	101	1	2.73
PD Collingwood	15.0	2	42	2	2.80
KP Pietersen	3.0	1	11	1	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-44 (MD Bell, 13.4)·2-108 (SP Fleming, 37.3)·3-129 (MS Sinclair, 46.5)·4-176 (JM How, 60.6)·5-191 (JDP Oram, 69.1)·6-277 (BB McCullum, 88.1)·7-425 (LRPL Taylor, 126.2)·8-451 (DL Vettori, 135.1)·9-470 (JS Patel, 138.2)·10-470 (CS Martin, 138.3)

England

348 /10 (173.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c NKW Horsley b CS Martin	38	118	4	0	32.20
MP Vaughan	c BB McCullum b JS Patel	63	177	8	0	35.59
MJ Hoggard	c SP Fleming b CS Martin	2	7	0	0	28.57
AJ Strauss	b DL Vettori	43	118	5	0	36.44
KP Pietersen	c & b DL Vettori	42	131	2	1	32.06
IR Bell	b KD Mills	25	88	4	0	28.41
PD Collingwood	lbw b JDP Oram	66	182	9	1	36.26
TR Ambrose	c SP Fleming b JS Patel	55	164	5	0	33.54
RJ Sidebottom*	not out	3	43	0	0	6.98
SJ Harmison	c SP Fleming b JS Patel	0	1	0	0	0.00
MS Panesar	lbw b KD Mills	0	16	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 1, nb 6)

Total 348/10 (173.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	32.0	15	60	2	1.88
KD Mills	21.1	7	61	2	2.88
JS Patel	43.0	14	107	3	2.49
JDP Oram	21.0	9	27	1	1.29
DL Vettori	56.0	17	88	2	1.57

Fall of wickets

1-84 (AN Cook, 36.2)·2-86 (MJ Hoggard, 38.3)·3-130 (MP Vaughan, 61.5)·4-159 (AJ Strauss, 73.3)·5-203 (IR Bell, 96.3)·6-245 (KP Pietersen, 115.2)·7-335 (PD Collingwood, 159.3)·8-347 (TR Ambrose, 166.3)·9-347 (SJ Harmison, 166.4)·10-348 (MS Panesar, 173.1)

New Zealand

177 /9 (55.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM How	c MJ Hoggard b RJ Sidebottom	39	85	6	0	45.88
MD Bell	c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom	0	2	0	0	0.00
SP Fleming	c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom	66	88	7	1	75.00
MS Sinclair	c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom	2	9	0	0	22.22
BB McCullum	c AJ Strauss b MS Panesar	0	2	0	0	0.00
LRPL Taylor	c & b MS Panesar	6	32	1	0	18.75
JDP Oram	lbw b RJ Sidebottom	0	1	0	0	0.00
DL Vettori	c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom	35	68	6	0	51.47
KD Mills	lbw b MS Panesar	11	14	1	0	78.57
JS Patel*	not out	13	26	1	0	50.00
CS Martin*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 5)

Total 177/9 (55.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	4	49	6	2.88
MJ Hoggard	12.0	3	29	0	2.42
PD Collingwood	6.0	1	20	0	3.33
SJ Harmison	4.0	0	24	0	6.00
MS Panesar	16.0	2	50	3	3.12

Fall of wickets

1-1 (MD Bell, 0.3)·2-99 (JM How, 27.3)·3-109 (SP Fleming, 29.6)·4-110 (BB McCullum, 30.3)·5-115 (MS Sinclair, 31.1)·6-115 (JDP Oram, 31.2)·7-119 (LRPL Taylor, 38.4)·8-141 (KD Mills, 44.3)·9-173 (DL Vettori, 53.4)

England

110 /10 (55.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c BB McCullum b KD Mills	13	14	3	0	92.86
MP Vaughan	lbw b KD Mills	9	19	1	0	47.37
AJ Strauss	c BB McCullum b KD Mills	2	16	0	0	12.50
KP Pietersen	lbw b KD Mills	6	14	1	0	42.86
IR Bell*	not out	54	151	5	2	35.76
PD Collingwood	b DL Vettori	2	50	0	0	4.00
TR Ambrose	b CS Martin	0	4	0	0	0.00
RJ Sidebottom	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	0	3	0	0	0.00
MJ Hoggard	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	4	22	1	0	18.18
SJ Harmison	c SP Fleming b JS Patel	1	8	0	0	12.50
MS Panesar	c BB McCullum b JDP Oram	8	36	2	0	22.22

Extras 11 (b 4, nb 7)

Total 110/10 (55.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	13.0	4	33	3	2.54
KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	1.23
JDP Oram	4.0	2	2	1	0.50
DL Vettori	14.0	6	16	1	1.14
JS Patel	11.0	2	39	1	3.55

Fall of wickets

1-19 (AN Cook, 3.3)·2-24 (MP Vaughan, 7.2)·3-25 (AJ Strauss, 9.3)·4-30 (KP Pietersen, 11.3)·5-59 (PD Collingwood, 29.4)·6-60 (TR Ambrose, 30.3)·7-60 (RJ Sidebottom, 30.6)·8-67 (MJ Hoggard, 38.4)·9-77 (SJ Harmison, 42.5)·10-110 (MS Panesar, 54.6)