2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs New Zealand

Friday, March 16, 2007

New Zealand beat England by six wickets (with 54 balls remaining) in the second Group C match in the World Cup at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

Player of the match, Scott Styris made 87 runs in 113 balls.


Toss: New Zealand won, and elected to field first.

England innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Ed Joyce c McCullum b Franklin 0 2 0 0 0.00
Michael Vaughan b Franklin 26 52 3 0 50.00
Ian Bell c McCullum b Oram 5 19 0 0 26.31
Kevin Pietersen c Franklin b Bond 60 92 4 1 65.21
Paul Collingwood c McCullum b Styris 31 54 2 0 57.40
Andrew Flintoff c Styris b Bond 0 1 0 0 0.00
Jamie Dalrymple c McCullum b Styris 3 12 0 0 25.00
Paul Nixon not out 42 41 5 0 102.43
Liam Plunkett not out 29 34 1 1 85.29
Extras (lb 2; w 4; nb 7) 13
Total (7 Wickets; 50 overs) 207 15 2

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joyce, 0.1 ov), 2-30 (Bell, 8.5 ov), 3-52 (Vaughan, 15.3 ov), 4-133 (Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 5-133 (Pietersen, 35.3 ov), 6-134 (Flintoff, 35.6 ov), 7-138 (Dalrymple, 38.2 ov)

New Zealand bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
James Franklin 9 0 43 2 4.77
Shane Bond 10 1 19 2 1.90
Jacob Oram 6 0 25 1 4.16
Jeetan Patel 8 0 42 0 5.25
Daniel Vettori 10 0 53 0 5.30
Scott Styris 7 0 25 2 3.57
New Zealand innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Stephen Fleming c Joyce b Anderson 7 11 1 0 63.63
Lou Vincent c Joyce b Anderson 0 6 0 0 0.00
Ross Taylor c Flintoff b Plunkett 0 1 0 0 0.00
Scott Styris not out 87 113 9 0 76.99
Craig McMillan c Dalrymple b Panesar 27 34 3 0 79.41
Jacob Oram not out 63 83 4 1 75.90
Extras (b 2; lb 11; w 11; nb 2) 26
Total (4 Wickets; 41 overs) 210 17 1

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Vincent, 0.6 ov), 2-3 (Taylor, 1.2 ov), 3-19 (Fleming, 4.6 ov), 4-72 (McMillan, 15.2 ov)

England bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
James Anderson 8 0 39 2 4.87
Liam Plunkett 7 0 43 1 6.14
Andrew Flintoff 8 1 17 0 2.12
Paul Collingwood 3 0 20 0 6.66
Monty Panesar 10 0 47 1 4.70
Jamie Dalrymple 4 0 29 0 7.25
Kevin Pietersen 1 0 2 0 2.00

England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, J W M Dalrymple, P A Nixon (wkt), L E Plunkett, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
New Zealand: S P Fleming (capt), L Vincent, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J S Patel, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond

Player of the match: S B Styris (New Zealand)

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and R E Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire: P D Parker (Australia)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: B R Doctrove

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