Summary
The New Zealand national cricket team toured England and Scotland during the northern summer of 2008. They played three Test matches and five One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International against England. Although New Zealand lost the Test series 2–0, they triumphed in the ODI series, winning three matches and losing one. The only Twenty20 match saw an England victory.
| New Zealand cricket team in England in 2008 | |||
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| England | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 27 April 2008 – 3 July 2008 | ||
| Captains |
Michael Vaughan (Tests) Paul Collingwood (ODIs and T20Is)[n 1] | Daniel Vettori | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Andrew Strauss (266) | Ross Taylor (243) | |
| Most wickets | James Anderson (19) | Daniel Vettori (12) | |
| Player of the series |
Andrew Strauss (Eng) Daniel Vettori (NZ) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 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 | |||
| Results | 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) | ||
Test series edit
1st Test edit
15 – 19 May
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain shortened Day 1 and Day 2. On Day 3 only 40 minutes of cricket was played and at 17:15 play was officially called off. The final day ended at 17:00 due to bad light.
2nd Test edit
23 – 27 May
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bad light ended day 1 early.
3rd Test edit
5 – 9 June
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Bad light ended day 2 early. Start to day 3 was delayed due to rain.
Twenty20 Series edit
Twenty20 edit
13 June
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
ODI series edit
1st ODI edit
15 June
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
2nd ODI edit
18 June
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- 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 edit
21 June
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
4th ODI edit
25 June
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
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 edit
28 June
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
Other ODIs edit
New Zealand v Ireland edit
1 July
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- 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 v Scotland edit
3 July
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
Tour Matches edit
List-A : Marylebone Cricket Club v New Zealanders edit
27 April
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Marylebone Cricket Club
44/2 (9 overs) |
- Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
First Class : Kent v New Zealanders edit
28 – 30 April
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- Kent won the toss and elected to bat.
First Class : Essex v New Zealanders edit
2 – 5 May
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- Essex won the toss and elected to field.
First Class : England Lions v New Zealanders edit
8 – 11 May
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- England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
First Class : New Zealanders v Northamptonshire edit
30 May – 1 June
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- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
List-A : New Zealanders v Worcestershire edit
11 June
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358/8 (50 overs) |
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263 (48 overs) |
- New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.
Notes edit
- ^ Kevin Pietersen captained England for the 5th ODI.
References edit
External links edit
- New Zealand cricket team in the UK in 2008 at ESPNcricinfo