New Zealand cricket team in England in 2008
| New Zealand cricket team in England in 2008 | |||||
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| Dates | 27 April 2008 – 3 July 2008 | ||||
| Captains | Michael Vaughan Paul Collingwood Kevin Pietersen |
Daniel Vettori | |||
| Test series | |||||
| Result | England won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||||
| Most runs | Andrew Strauss (266) | Ross Taylor (243) | |||
| Most wickets | Jimmy Anderson (19) | Daniel Vettori (12) | |||
| Player of the series | Andrew Strauss (Eng) Daniel Vettori (NZ) |
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| One Day International series | |||||
| Result | New Zealand won the 5-match series 3–1 | ||||
| Most runs | Owais Shah (199) | Scott Styris (197) | |||
| Most wickets | Paul Collingwood (7) | Tim Southee (13) | |||
| Player of the series | Tim Southee (NZ) | ||||
| Twenty20 International series | |||||
| Result | England won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||||
| Most runs | Ian Bell (60) | Ross Taylor (25) | |||
| Most wickets | James Anderson Stuart Broad Graeme Swann (2) |
Michael Mason (1) | |||
| Player of the series | Ian Bell (Eng) | ||||
The New Zealand national cricket team toured England, Scotland and Ireland during the northern summer of 2008. They played three Test matches and five One Day Internationals and 1 Twenty20 International against England. Although they lost the Test series 2–0, they truimphed in the Day series, winning 3 matches and only losing one. The only Twenty20 match saw an England victory.
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Test series
1st Test
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15 May – 19 May
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- Rain shortened Day 1, Day 2. On Day 3 only 40 minutes of cricket was played and at 17:15 was officially called off. The final day was ended at 17:00 for light.
2nd Test
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23 May – 27 May
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3rd Test
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5 June – 9 June
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- Bad light ended day 2 early. Start to day 3 was delayed due to rain.
Twenty20 Series
Twenty20
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13 June
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ODI series
1st ODI
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15 June
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2nd ODI
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18 June
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- The game started late because of rain and was reduced to 24 overs by the Duckworth-Lewis method. Then at 7:30 pm it was called off completely due to rain with only one more over needed to constitute a game. Under the Duckworth-Lewis method, New Zealand required just 7 runs to win if the game had gone one more over.
3rd ODI
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21 June
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4th ODI
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25 June
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The fourth ODI was marred with controversy. Paul Collingwood appealed a controversial run out of Grant Elliott after Elliott had collided with Ryan Sidebottom and injured himself. While this action initially drew criticism from the New Zealand dressing room, Daniel Vettori admitted during the post-game press conference that the Black Caps' reaction was "a little bit over the top" [1] Collingwood also admitted that he probably made the wrong decision in not withdrawing the appeal. Later, the ICC banned Collingwood for four ODI matches due to England's slow over rate, with England having bowled only 47 overs in the required time. The ICC also fined the rest of the English team 15% of their match fee.[2] Kevin Pietersen was called upon to take over as captain for the final game.[3]
5th ODI
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28 June
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Other ODI Matches
New Zealand vs. Ireland
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1 July
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- New Zealand's 290 run win over Ireland is a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257 run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
New Zealand vs. Scotland
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3 July
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Tour Matches
List-A:Marylebone Cricket Club vs. New Zealand
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27 April
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Marylebone Cricket Club
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First Class:Kent vs. New Zealand
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28 April – 30 April
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First Class:Essex vs. New Zealand
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2 May – 5 May
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First Class:England Lions vs. New Zealand
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8 May – 11 May
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First Class:New Zealand vs. Northamptonshire
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30 May – 1 June
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List-A:New Zealand vs. Worcestershire
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11 June
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Worcestershire
263 (48 overs) |
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References
- ↑ [1].
- ↑ Cricinfo – Pietersen replaces banned Collingwood as captain
- ↑ Pietersen named stand in captain from BBC News retrieved 26 June 2008
