New Zealand v England, Napier

England 253/10 & 467/7

New Zealand 168/10 & 431/10

England won by 121 runs

England v New Zealand 2008 · 3rd Test McLean Park, Napier 22–26 Mar 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than New Zealand.

England

1.02× +2%

New Zealand

1.24× +24%

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

KP Pietersen England

163 +276

AJ Strauss England

177 +221

IR Bell England

119 +137

SP Fleming New Zealand

125 +113

TG Southee New Zealand

82 +93

Best bowling

Top match figures

RJ Sidebottom7/47

MS Panesar6/126

TG Southee5/55

DL Vettori4/158

Top score

177

AJ Strauss · England

Biggest stand

187

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–16

3 wkts for 16 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 121 runs

Length5 days

England

253 /10 (96.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	b CS Martin	2	21	0	0	9.52
MP Vaughan	lbw b TG Southee	2	11	0	0	18.18
AJ Strauss	c JM How b TG Southee	0	6	0	0	0.00
KP Pietersen	c JM How b TG Southee	129	208	12	1	62.02
IR Bell	c & b GD Elliott	9	58	1	0	15.52
PD Collingwood	c GD Elliott b JS Patel	30	82	6	0	36.59
TR Ambrose	c LRPL Taylor b JS Patel	11	38	1	0	28.95
SCJ Broad	c BB McCullum b TG Southee	42	103	5	1	40.78
RJ Sidebottom	c MD Bell b TG Southee	14	37	1	0	37.84
MS Panesar	b CS Martin	1	13	0	0	7.69
JM Anderson*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 13 (lb 9, w 3, nb 1)

Total 253/10 (96.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	26.0	6	74	2	2.85
TG Southee	23.1	9	55	5	2.37
GD Elliott	10.0	2	27	1	2.70
DL Vettori	19.0	6	51	0	2.68
JS Patel	18.0	3	37	2	2.06

Fall of wickets

1-4 (MP Vaughan, 3.5)·2-4 (AJ Strauss, 5.5)·3-4 (AN Cook, 6.3)·4-36 (IR Bell, 23.1)·5-125 (PD Collingwood, 48.6)·6-147 (TR Ambrose, 60.5)·7-208 (KP Pietersen, 82.2)·8-240 (SCJ Broad, 92.1)·9-253 (MS Panesar, 95.5)·10-253 (RJ Sidebottom, 96.1)

New Zealand

168 /10 (48.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM How	c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom	44	73	8	0	60.27
MD Bell	lbw b RJ Sidebottom	0	2	0	0	0.00
SP Fleming	c PD Collingwood b RJ Sidebottom	59	72	9	1	81.94
MS Sinclair	c SCJ Broad b RJ Sidebottom	7	31	1	0	22.58
LRPL Taylor	c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad	2	4	0	0	50.00
BB McCullum	b RJ Sidebottom	9	8	2	0	112.50
GD Elliott	c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom	6	24	0	0	25.00
DL Vettori	c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom	14	32	1	0	43.75
TG Southee	c KP Pietersen b SCJ Broad	5	20	1	0	25.00
JS Patel	c MS Panesar b SCJ Broad	4	25	0	0	16.00
CS Martin*	not out	4	1	1	0	400.00

Extras 14 (lb 13, w 1)

Total 168/10 (48.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	7	47	7	2.17
JM Anderson	7.0	1	54	0	7.71
SCJ Broad	17.0	3	54	3	3.18
MS Panesar	1.0	1	0	0	0.00
PD Collingwood	2.0	2	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (MD Bell, 0.3)·2-103 (SP Fleming, 22.3)·3-116 (JM How, 28.3)·4-119 (LRPL Taylor, 29.6)·5-119 (MS Sinclair, 30.2)·6-137 (BB McCullum, 32.6)·7-138 (GD Elliott, 36.4)·8-152 (TG Southee, 41.6)·9-164 (JS Patel, 47.5)·10-168 (DL Vettori, 48.4)

England

467 /7 (131.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c BB McCullum b JS Patel	37	69	7	0	53.62
MP Vaughan	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	4	4	1	0	100.00
AJ Strauss	c MD Bell b JS Patel	177	343	25	0	51.60
KP Pietersen	c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori	34	86	4	1	39.53
IR Bell	c MS Sinclair b DL Vettori	110	167	17	2	65.87
PD Collingwood	c & b DL Vettori	22	19	2	1	115.79
TR Ambrose	c & b DL Vettori	31	62	4	0	50.00
SCJ Broad*	not out	31	26	3	1	119.23
RJ Sidebottom*	not out	12	20	0	0	60.00

Extras 9 (lb 3, w 1, nb 5)

Total 467/7 (131.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	18.0	2	60	1	3.33
TG Southee	24.0	5	84	0	3.50
GD Elliott	14.0	1	58	0	4.14
JS Patel	30.5	4	104	2	3.37
DL Vettori	45.0	6	158	4	3.51

Fall of wickets

1-5 (MP Vaughan, 0.5)·2-77 (AN Cook, 25.1)·3-140 (KP Pietersen, 48.3)·4-327 (IR Bell, 98.3)·5-361 (PD Collingwood, 106.1)·6-424 (AJ Strauss, 123.6)·7-425 (TR Ambrose, 124.2)

New Zealand

431 /10 (118.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM How	lbw b MS Panesar	11	57	0	0	19.30
MD Bell	c SCJ Broad b MS Panesar	69	156	12	0	44.23
SP Fleming	c TR Ambrose b MS Panesar	66	103	9	0	64.08
MS Sinclair	c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad	6	36	1	0	16.67
LRPL Taylor	c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar	74	117	14	0	63.25
GD Elliott	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	4	28	0	0	14.29
BB McCullum	b MS Panesar	42	55	7	0	76.36
DL Vettori	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	43	56	7	0	76.79
JS Patel	c SCJ Broad b MS Panesar	18	45	3	0	40.00
TG Southee*	not out	77	40	4	9	192.50
CS Martin	b RJ Sidebottom	5	21	1	0	23.81

Extras 16 (b 6, lb 5, w 4, nb 1)

Total 431/10 (118.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	19.5	3	83	1	4.18
JM Anderson	17.0	2	99	1	5.82
SCJ Broad	32.0	10	78	2	2.44
MS Panesar	46.0	17	126	6	2.74
PD Collingwood	2.0	0	20	0	10.00
KP Pietersen	2.0	0	14	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-48 (JM How, 20.3)·2-147 (MD Bell, 50.3)·3-156 (SP Fleming, 54.3)·4-160 (MS Sinclair, 61.6)·5-172 (GD Elliott, 69.2)·6-276 (LRPL Taylor, 90.6)·7-281 (BB McCullum, 92.3)·8-329 (JS Patel, 106.4)·9-347 (DL Vettori, 109.6)·10-431 (CS Martin, 118.5)