New Zealand v England, Wellington

England 342/10 & 293/10

New Zealand 198/10 & 311/10

England won by 126 runs

England v New Zealand 2008 · 2nd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington 13–17 Mar 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than New Zealand.

England

0.96× -4%

New Zealand

1.26× +26%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

PD Collingwood England

124 +198

TR Ambrose England

107 +176

BB McCullum New Zealand

110 +121

AN Cook England

104 +107

LRPL Taylor New Zealand

108 +101

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson5/73

RJ Sidebottom5/105

MR Gillespie4/79

PD Collingwood3/23

Top score

102

TR Ambrose · England

Biggest stand

164

6th wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–42

4 wkts for 42 · England

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultEngland won by 126 runs

Length5 days

England

342 /10 (107.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c BB McCullum b JDP Oram	44	91	5	0	48.35
MP Vaughan	b JDP Oram	32	80	4	0	40.00
AJ Strauss	c MS Sinclair b KD Mills	8	33	1	0	24.24
KP Pietersen	b MR Gillespie	31	52	3	0	59.62
IR Bell	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	11	38	2	0	28.95
PD Collingwood	lbw b MR Gillespie	65	149	8	0	43.62
TR Ambrose	c LRPL Taylor b KD Mills	102	149	16	2	68.46
SCJ Broad	b JDP Oram	1	7	0	0	14.29
RJ Sidebottom	c MD Bell b MR Gillespie	14	37	1	0	37.84
MS Panesar	c BB McCullum b MR Gillespie	6	10	0	0	60.00

Extras 28 (b 5, lb 15, nb 8)

Total 342/10 (107.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	20.0	1	80	1	4.00
KD Mills	30.0	4	86	2	2.87
MR Gillespie	20.0	2	79	4	3.95
JDP Oram	29.0	11	46	3	1.59
DL Vettori	8.0	0	31	0	3.88

Fall of wickets

1-79 (MP Vaughan, 27.2)·2-82 (AN Cook, 29.5)·3-94 (AJ Strauss, 36.1)·4-126 (IR Bell, 47.4)·5-136 (KP Pietersen, 50.3)·6-300 (TR Ambrose, 94.3)·7-305 (SCJ Broad, 97.3)·8-335 (PD Collingwood, 104.1)·9-342 (RJ Sidebottom, 106.5)·10-342 (MS Panesar, 106.6)

New Zealand

198 /10 (57.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM How	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	7	19	0	0	36.84
MD Bell	b JM Anderson	0	6	0	0	0.00
SP Fleming	c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson	34	93	2	0	36.56
MS Sinclair	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	9	25	1	0	36.00
LRPL Taylor	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	53	94	9	0	56.38
JDP Oram	lbw b RJ Sidebottom	8	22	1	0	36.36
BB McCullum	c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad	25	21	5	0	119.05
DL Vettori*	not out	50	42	7	1	119.05
KD Mills	c IR Bell b PD Collingwood	1	10	0	0	10.00
MR Gillespie	b PD Collingwood	0	5	0	0	0.00
CS Martin	b PD Collingwood	1	11	0	0	9.09

Extras 10 (lb 8, w 1, nb 1)

Total 198/10 (57.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	3	36	1	2.12
JM Anderson	20.0	4	73	5	3.65
SCJ Broad	12.0	0	56	1	4.67
PD Collingwood	7.5	2	23	3	2.94
MS Panesar	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (MD Bell, 1.5)·2-9 (JM How, 5.6)·3-31 (MS Sinclair, 15.4)·4-102 (SP Fleming, 37.4)·5-113 (JDP Oram, 42.5)·6-113 (LRPL Taylor, 43.2)·7-165 (BB McCullum, 48.6)·8-176 (KD Mills, 51.3)·9-180 (MR Gillespie, 53.2)·10-198 (CS Martin, 57.5)

England

293 /10 (97.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c SP Fleming b KD Mills	60	137	7	1	43.80
MP Vaughan	c BB McCullum b KD Mills	13	38	2	0	34.21
AJ Strauss	lbw b JDP Oram	44	88	3	0	50.00
KP Pietersen	run out (CS Martin)	17	38	2	0	44.74
IR Bell	c MS Sinclair b JDP Oram	41	83	4	0	49.40
PD Collingwood	lbw b MR Gillespie	59	116	10	0	50.86
TR Ambrose	b JDP Oram	5	16	1	0	31.25
SCJ Broad	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	16	39	1	0	41.03
RJ Sidebottom	c JM How b MR Gillespie	0	4	0	0	0.00
MS Panesar	c LRPL Taylor b CS Martin	10	21	0	0	47.62
JM Anderson*	not out	12	11	2	0	109.09

Extras 16 (b 6, lb 5, nb 5)

Total 293/10 (97.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	24.4	5	77	2	3.12
KD Mills	23.0	5	59	2	2.57
JDP Oram	20.0	9	44	3	2.20
MR Gillespie	15.0	1	63	2	4.20
DL Vettori	15.0	2	39	0	2.60

Fall of wickets

1-21 (MP Vaughan, 10.6)·2-127 (AN Cook, 42.5)·3-129 (AJ Strauss, 43.3)·4-160 (KP Pietersen, 55.3)·5-219 (IR Bell, 75.5)·6-231 (TR Ambrose, 81.4)·7-259 (SCJ Broad, 89.5)·8-260 (RJ Sidebottom, 90.4)·9-277 (PD Collingwood, 94.1)·10-293 (MS Panesar, 97.4)

New Zealand

311 /10 (100.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM How	c IR Bell b RJ Sidebottom	8	22	1	0	36.36
MD Bell	c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad	29	96	5	0	30.21
SP Fleming	b SCJ Broad	31	76	5	0	40.79
MS Sinclair	c IR Bell b JM Anderson	39	51	7	0	76.47
LRPL Taylor	lbw b RJ Sidebottom	55	78	8	0	70.51
JDP Oram	c KP Pietersen b RJ Sidebottom	30	97	4	0	30.93
BB McCullum	c RJ Sidebottom b MS Panesar	85	116	9	3	73.28
DL Vettori	c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom	0	7	0	0	0.00
KD Mills	lbw b RJ Sidebottom	13	21	2	0	61.90
MR Gillespie	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	9	39	1	0	23.08

Extras 12 (b 1, lb 10, w 1)

Total 311/10 (100.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	31.0	10	105	5	3.39
JM Anderson	15.0	2	57	2	3.80
SCJ Broad	23.0	6	62	2	2.70
PD Collingwood	9.0	2	20	0	2.22
MS Panesar	21.3	2	53	1	2.47
KP Pietersen	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-18 (JM How, 6.1)·2-69 (MD Bell, 32.1)·3-70 (SP Fleming, 32.5)·4-151 (MS Sinclair, 50.1)·5-173 (LRPL Taylor, 56.3)·6-242 (JDP Oram, 80.5)·7-246 (DL Vettori, 82.6)·8-270 (KD Mills, 88.5)·9-311 (MR Gillespie, 99.6)·10-311 (BB McCullum, 100.3)