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New Zealand vs England, 2nd ODI, England tour of New Zealand 2013

Date: February 20, 2013 |
Venue: McLean Park, Napier |  
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New Zealand: 269-10 (48.5 overs)    England: 270-2 (47.4 overs)

England won by 8 wktsInnings Comparison

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  • Fours

Commentary

That's all we have for you from here. Do join us for the final ODI on 23rd February. Until then take care.....

Alastair Cook: The way we bowled upfront was fantastic and that set the tone for us. Finn kept it tight at one end and generated good pace. It was a decent total and we did well to chase it down. Root has been a revelation and he has a strong head on his shoulders. Bowling in these grounds with short boundaries is difficult, but our bowlers did well. We are looking forward to playing well in the last ODI.

Brendon McCullum: We were 20 runs short, but 270 was a decent total and we didn't get any early breakthroughs. James Anderson was superb today and that made the difference. I was very pleased with Taylor's knock and that should boost his confidence. Nathan and Kane bowled well in the middle, but we couldn't get wickets at regular intervals. We fought hard and hope to win the series 2-1.

A convincing win for England after they lost the first match. They bowled well collectively, with Anderson leading the pack with a fifer. Chasing 270, they got off to a solid start with the skipper leading from the front with a solid half century. They lost the openers in the middle overs, but Trott and Root stitched a match winning partnership of 121 runs for the 3rd wicket. Root particularly impressed one and all with his range of shots and stayed unbeaten on 79 till the end.
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47.4Kyle Mills to Joe Root

1 run, back of a length delivery outside off, Root punches it to extra cover for the winning run
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47.3Kyle Mills to Joe Root

no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Root stays back and defends it
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47.2Kyle Mills to Joe Root

2 runs, the scores are level now, overpitched delivery on off, Root drives it to deep extra cover for a couple, just one needed now
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47.1Kyle Mills to Joe Root

SIX, short boundary in that region and he's taken full toll of it, full and sliding into the pads, Root easily clips it off his legs to backward square leg

Kyle Mills [6.0-0-34-0] is back into the attack
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46.6Tim Southee to Jonathan Trott

no run, slower delivery on the stumps, Trott clips it to midwicket
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46.5Tim Southee to Joe Root

1 run, low full-toss on the stumps, Root swings it to deep mid wicket
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46.4Tim Southee to Joe Root

FOUR, slower and fuller, Root backs away to the leg side and lofts it inside out between extra cover and long off, he's playing a gem of a innings here
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46.3Tim Southee to Joe Root

no run, length delivery on the stumps, Root defends it to the leg side
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46.2Tim Southee to Joe Root

no run, full on the pads, Root clips it to square leg
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46.1Tim Southee to Joe Root

no run, pitched up delivery on off, Root drives it to mid off