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Tim Southee is adjudged man of the match for his figures of seven for 33 in nine overs. Brendon McCullum’s 25-ball 77 ensured that New Zealand got home with 37.4 overs to spare. Here’s our MATCH REPORT
Live Score New Zealand: 125/2 | Overs 12.2
Batting: Kane Williamson 9 (22), Ross Taylor 5 (5)
Ross Taylor tries to play a short ball out of the park, but he just skies it and the ball lands in between two fielders. Broad follows it up with another short delivery but this time it goes over the batsman’s head, beats the keeper and hits the boundary. THAT’S IT! New Zealand have thrashed England by eight wickets and have registered their third won of the tournament.
Live Score New Zealand: 119/2 | Overs 12
Batting: Kane Williamson 9 (21), Ross Taylor 4 (4)
Chris Woakes continues and Kane Williamson looks to play him cautiously. Woakes plays out a maiden and now New Zealand have lost their momentum since the wicket of Brendon McCullum. England are certainly not going to win but they’re delaying the process.
Live Score New Zealand: 119/2 | Overs 11
Batting: Kane Williamson 9 (15), Ross Taylor 4 (4)
TWO off the second delivery off Stuart Broad’s over as Kane Williamson plays it through the empty mid-wicket area after the first delivery was defended. DOT off the next ball. ONE down to deep mid-wicket as Williamson pulls a short delivery from Broad.
Live Score New Zealand: 116/2 | Overs 10
Batting: Kane Williamson 6 (10), Ross Taylor 4 (3)
Match resumes after lunch with Chris Woakes starting proceedings for England. Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson are the two batsmen at the crease. OUT! Woakes strikes again as he breaches the defence of Guptill. England draw first blood after lunch. Ross Taylor is OFF THE MARK after he clips Woakes for a FOUR through mid-wicket. Good over from Woakes.
Martin Guptill b Woakes 22 (22)
Live Score New Zealand: 112/1 | Overs 9
Batting: Martin Guptill 22 (19), Kane Williamson 6 (10)
ONE off the first ball to bring Kane Williamson. Williamson just wants to be there till the end of the innings, but he manages to get TWO off the last delivery and that’s LUNCH! The players will resume after half hour. England will hope to recover from Brendon McCullum’s fantastic innings.
Live Score New Zealand: 109/1 | Overs 8
Batting: Martin Guptill 21 (18), Kane Williamson 4 (5)
OUT! Brendon McCullum is out bowled after he misses out on a full toss by Chris Woakes. He is out for 77 off just 25 balls and has gotten New Zealand now just moments away from picking up their third win of the campaign.Kane Williamson is the new batsman and he starts cautiously. FOUR! Williamson is OFF THE MARK with a beautiful straight drive. Just FOUR from that over. What a relief!
Brendon McCullum b Woakes 77 (25)
Live Score New Zealand: 105/0 | Overs 7
Batting: Martin Guptill 21 (18), Brendon McCullum 77 (24)
After a couple of DOTS, Martin Guptill plays the ball around the corner and collects THREE to bring Brendon McCullum back on strike. Slow full toss and McCullum smashes it to the square leg boundary for FOUR to bring out the 100. Absolute carnage out there. WIDE down the leg side by Anderson. MCCullum looks disappointed to miss out on the full toss. DOT off the next ball. Relief for England! SINGLE off the last delivery to keep strike in the next over.
Live Score New Zealand: 96/0 | Overs 6
Batting: Martin Guptill 18 (15), Brendon McCullum 72 (21)
FOUR! Steven Finn concedes a boundary off the first ball off the over and follows it up with a single to bring Brendon McCullum back on strike. FIFTY for McCullum! He gets to 50 of 18 balls and it is now the fastest 50 in World Cups. He just lifts it over the in field to get a SIX. SIX MORE! He goes over covers on the back foot to collect another six. WHACK! Another six, this time straight over the bowler’s head. His sixes are getting bigger and bigger very ball. SIX AGAIN! Similar delivery, Similar shot and same result. Brilliant stuff!
Live Score New Zealand: 67/0 | Overs 5
Batting: Martin Guptill 17 (13), Brendon McCullum 48 (17)
Martin Guptill joins the party as he clips James Anderson into the long off fence for a FOUR! WIDE from Anderson. FOUR MORE for Guptill. He’s going about things at his own pace. Guptill leaves the fifth ball off the over alone. Guptill then edges the ball over top of point for a SINGLE.
Batting: Martin Guptill 8 (7), Brendon McCullum 48 (17)
SIX! Steven Finn into the attack and Brendon McCullum smashes him over deep cover for a boundary for a huge six. He follows it up with a scoop over the wicket keeper and collects another boundary. Brilliant start by New Zealand. He then pulls the ball towards square leg for another FOUR! SIX MORE! This time over long off. McCullum wants to finish things before the lunch break it seems. 50 up for New Zealand! McCullum inching closer to a fifty.
Live Score New Zealand: 37/0 | Overs 3
Batting: Martin Guptill 8 (7), Brendon McCullum 28 (11)
Uppish from Martin Guptill but it falls short of Moeen Ali at third man, Just a SINGLE. FOUR! MCCullum dances down the pitch and slices James Anderson for a four over the vacant cover area. FOUR MORE! Thisb time the ball takes an outside edge but flies away to the point region for another boundary. McCullum comes down the track again, but smashes it straight into the hands of backward point. SINGLE off the last ball and MCCullum will be on strike in the next over.
Live Score New Zealand: 27/0 | Overs 2
Batting: Martin Guptill 7 (5), Brendon McCullum 19 (7)
Stuart Broad is into the attack now as he looks to get a couple of quick wickets. SIX off the very first ball! Brendon McCullum cuts a wide ball over third man for a SIX. A misfield off the next delivery, but NO RUN. McCullum steps out to smash the ball but it just goes over the top of middle stump into the hands of the wicket keeper. FOUR! McCullum dances down the track and hits Broad over mid on for a boundary. McCullum looks to be in a hurry. FOUR again! This time over backward point. A six and Two fours in the over already. AND ANOTHER FOUR! Crowd are loving it at the moment.
Live Score New Zealand: 9/0 | Overs 1
Batting: Martin Guptill 7 (5), Brendon McCullum 1 (1)
New Zealand get their innings underway with Martin Guptill and skipper Brendon McCullum opening the innings. After a WIDE off the first ball, Guptill smashes the ball through mid-wicket to get OFF THE MARK. He then edges one down to third man and collects THREE to bring McCullum on strike for the first time. He;s OFF THE MARK as well with a SINGLE.
Live score England: 123 all out| Overs 33.2
BATTING: James Anderson 1 (2) FOUR! Finally a boundary for England as Joe Root smashes the ball through point and again goes for a big shot but he is caught at third man. Adam Milne picks up the last wicket. Here’s our Innings Report
Batting: Joe Root c Vettori b Milne 46 (70)
Live score England: 119/9 | Overs 33
James Anderson 1 (2)
Joe Root gets a SINGLE off the first ball to get Steven Finn back on strike. OUT! Tim Southee now has SEVEN WICKETS. Finn is out for a duck as he edges the ball to Ross Taylor standing in first slip. England now moments away from being bowled out. James Anderson manages to get OFF THE MARK of his first delivery through square leg. Root manages to take a SINGLE off the next delivery to put Anderson on strike for the last ball, which he safely negotiates.
Steven Finn c Taylor b Southee 0 (8)
Live score England: 116/8 | Overs 32
Batting: Joe Root 40 (66), Steven Finn 0 (6)
Trent Boult is now bowling his last over of the innings. He has bowled extremely well so far. He manages to keep Steven Finn. MAIDEN over from Boult. Boult finishes with figures of one for 32 in his 10 overs. Good stuff!
Live score England: 116/8 | Overs 31
Batting: Joe Root 40 (66), Steven Finn 0 (0) Tim Southee continues and Stuart Broad tries to take him on and goes over the vacant long off area and collects TWO RUNS. OUT! Southee picks up his SIXTH Wicket and this is his best bowling figures in ODIs. Broad closes the face of the bat and the ball takes the outside edge and ghoes straight into the hands of Daniel Vettori at mid off. Joe Root manages to play out the remaining deliveries safely.
Stuart Broad c Vettori b Southee 4 (10)
Live score England: 114/7 | Overs 30
Batting: Joe Root 40 (64), Stuart Broad 2 (6)
Trent Boult is now back into the attack and after a SINGLE off the first delivery Stuart Broad gets two good deliveries and he plays it out cautiously for NO RUNS. He’s then wrapped on the pads, still NO RUN. BEATEN all ends up! Boult is on fire at the moment. Last ball is played towards mid-wicket for a SINGLE. Broad will retain strike.
Live score England: 112/7 | Overs 29
Batting: Joe Root 39 (63), Stuart Broad 1 (1)
OUT! Jos Buttler is out caught behind off the bowling of Tim Southee. Southee picks up his fourth wicket. Chris Woakes is welcomed into the crease with a yorker, which he just about manages to survive. OUT again! Southee cleans up Chris up Woakes after he is beaten and the ball crashes into the stumps. This how even Ian Bell got out earlier. FIFER for Southee!Excellent stuff from the young fast bowler. Stuart Broad is OFF THE MARK after he gets a SINGLE down to third man. Joe Root gets a single off the last ball to retain strike
Jos Buttler 3 (7) c Ronchi b Southee, Chris Woakes b Southee 1 (2)
Live score England: 108/5 | Overs 28
Batting: Joe Root 38 (61), Jos Buttler 3 (6)
Daniel Vettori manages to keep things tight and England will now again have to rebuild as New Zealand are well on top after picking up two quick wickets. just TWO runs from that over. Good stuff!
Live score England: 106/5 | Overs 27
Batting: Joe Root 37 (57), Jos Buttler 2 (4)
OUT! Tim Southee is back into the attack and strikes immediately. He bowls another excellent yorker and bowls James Taylor, who is out for a duck. Excellent stuff from Southee and New Zealand. Southee looks for another yorker but it ends up being a full toss but new batsman Jos buttler plays it straight to square leg. He follows it up with another peach to beat Buttler outside off stump. Buttler OFF THE MARK.
Live score England: 104/4 | Overs 26
Batting: Joe Root 36 (56), James Taylor 0 (0)
TWO runs from the four deliveries and Eoin Morgan tries to go for the big one over long off, but Adam Milne runs in and takes a brilliant catch in the deep. Morgan’s misery with the bat continues. Daniel Vettori gets his first wicket.
Eoin Morgan c Milne b Vettori 17 (41)
Live score England: 102/3 | Overs 25
Batting: Joe Root 36 (56), Eoin Morgan 16 (36)
ONE off the fist delivery off Corey Anderson’s second over to bring Eoin Morgan back on strike. DOT off the second and a LEG BYE down to fine leg in the third delivery to bring up 100 for England, followed by a DOT. Another LEG BYE as the batsmen scamper for a SINGLE. TWO off the last delivery.
Live score England: 98/3 | Overs 24
Batting: Joe Root 36 (53), Eoin Morgan 15 (33) Danel Vettori is back into the attack and beats the bat of Eoin Morgan fist up. He then tries to look for a single off the next delivery, but fails. DOT off the third ball again. ONE down to short fine leg for Morgan. DOT down to short fine leg. SINGLE to mid on for Joe Root. Just TWO off that over.
Live score England: 96/3 | Overs 23
Batting: Joe Root 35 (51), Eoin Morgan 14 (29)
Corey Anderson is introduced into the attack and starts off with a wide down the leg side, bowling around the wicket to right-handed Joe Root. Root then edges the ball down to third man for a SINGLE off the second legal ball in the over. Eoin Morgan then under-cuts the ball and it takes a couple of bounces before reaching the slip cordon. Similar delivery, similar shot, similar result. Morgan smashes the next delivery through covers to collect his first boundary. Confidence booster for the England skipper. Morgan then follows it up with a single to deep square leg.
Live score England: 89/3 | Overs 22
Batting: Joe Root 34 (49), Eoin Morgan 9 (25)
This is shocking! Someone again walks in front of the sight screen and play is stopped momentarily once again as Joe Root gets a SINGLE of the third delivery off Adam Milne. Eoin Morgan pulls the ball to backward square leg for just a single. Beautiful drive by Root fetches him THREE runs after an excellent save from Brendon McCullum.
Live score England: 84/3 | Overs 21
Batting: Joe Root 30 (45), Eoin Morgan 8 (23)
Daniel Vettori keeps things tight and skipper Brendon McCullum leady by example with some excellent fielding as well. Eoin Morgan looks to give as much strike as possible to Joe Root, who looks to be in fine touch. FIVE runs from that over.
Live score England: 79/3 | Overs 20
Batting: Joe Root 28 (41), Eoin Morgan 5 (21)
FOUR! Finally a boundary for England as Joe Root pulls a short ball from Adam Milne to backward fine leg for a boundary. Root had earlier scored a couple of runs in the second ball of the over. SEVEN from that over. England slowly rebuilding.
Live score England: 72/3 | Overs 19
Batting: Joe Root 21 (36), Eoin Morgan 5 (20)
Daniel Vettori continues and Joe Root manages to get a SINGLE off the third delivery down to long off. Eoin Morgan is kept quiet at the other end so far and is unable to put Vettori away. DOT off the last ball and just ONE run off that over.
Live score England: 71/3 | Overs 18
Batting: Joe Root 20 (33), Eoin Morgan 5 (17)
Adam Milne is brought back into the attack to give Trent Boult a little respite. He manages to keep it tight as he is asked to stop mid-way as Woin Morgan is distracted by some movements near the sight screen. Morgan is remaining cautious. Five DOTS in the over so far and the next ball is left alone to give Milne a MIADEN. Excellent stuff!
Live score England: 71/3 | Overs 17
Batting: Joe Root 20 (33), Eoin Morgan 5 (11)
Daniel Vettori continues and Joe Root manages to get a single of his second delivey. Eoin Morgan rotates the strike and gets a single immediately and Root follows it up with a couple of runs. Root is now off to a decent start.
Live score England: 67/3 | Overs 16Batting: Joe Root 17 (29), Eoin Morgan 4 (9)
Trent Boult continues and he is into his eight over now. England are taking advantage of his fatigue and get some quick runs amidst some great fielding from New Zealand. SEVEN runs from that over as England look to build some momentum.
Drinks break after 15 overs and the BLACKCAPS have bowled well and reduced England to 60-3. Long way to go in this one #nzveng#cwc15 ^CE — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 20, 2015
Live score England: 60/3 | Overs 15
Batting: Joe Root 13 (24), Eoin Morgan 1 (8)
Daniel Vettori is introduced into the attack and starts with a DOT. ONE down to third man to bring Eoin Morgan on strike. Vettori continues around the wicket to left-handed Morgan, who tries to get off the mark by plsying it to short third man, but he manages to make it back to the crease in time. Morgan is OFF THE MARK as he cuts the ball to deep point for ONE. Joe Root then gets ONE down to long off.
Live score England:57/3 | Overs 14
Batting: Joe Root 11 (21), Eoin Morgan 0 (5)
OUT!Gary Ballance is out after he hits a short ball outside off stump straight into the hands of Kane Williamson at short cover. Ballance is dismissed for just 10 and Trent Boult picks up his first wicket. New batsman Eoin Morgan is coming off the back of a series of failures. WICKET MAIDEN as morgan plays out the remaining deliveries cautiously.
Gary Ballance c Williamson b Boult 10 (26)
Live score England:57/2 | Overs 13
Batting: Gary Ballance 10 (25), Joe Root 11 (21)
FOUR! Joe Root drives the ball to the cover fence to pick up a boundary, then sensibly gets a SINGLE towards mid wicket. Adam Milne then follows it up with two DOTS. SIngle down to third man to end the over Live score England:51/2 | Overs 12
Batting: Gary Ballance 9 (22), Joe Root 6 (18)
Trent Boult continues and Joe Root gets a SINGLE off the second delivery. Gary Ballance is then beaten outside his off stump. England approaching things cautiously. Ballance then collects TWO. The next ball of the over is steered down to the vacant third man area and some excellent fielding keeps it down to TWO. Excellent finish to the over as Ballance is beaten again.
England chewing up too many balls here for me. Going to be tough to get to 300 unless there’s more intent. #missingsomepower#jasonroy — Chris Tremlett (@ChrisTremlett33) February 20, 2015
Live score England:46/2 | Overs 11
Batting: Gary Ballance 5 (18), Joe Root 5 (16)
Adam Milne is into the attack and the second ball goes for a SINGLE to get Gary Ballance on strike. Milne is the quickest bowler in the New Zealand camp. WIDE from Milne, he’s just getting warmed up at the moment. WIDE again from Milne. In swinger is wrapped on the pads, but a little high. Milne follows it up with a beautiful away swinger, beats Ballance. DOT off the last ball again.
DOT! Joe Root cautiously defends it. DOT again. DOT as Root gets an inside edge with the ball going towards square leg. Fourth DOT in a row, excellent over by Trent Boult so far. SINGLE down to fine leg. DOT off the last ball again. Just ONE off that over.
Live score England:42/2 | Overs 9
Batting: Gary Ballance 5 (13), Joe Root 3 (9)
After a DOT off the first delivery from Tim Southee, Joe Root goes for a quick single as Brendon MCCullum has a shy at the stumps and misses. A direct hit would have had him. Gary Ballance then plays a DOT and is followed by a leg bye down to fine leg. Root then plays it delicately towards backward point and gets a SINGLE. Just THREE off that over
Live score England:39/2 | Overs 8
Batting: Gary Ballance 5 (10), Joe Root 1 (6)
After a WIDE from Trent Boult, Gary Ballance manages to play the ball to square leg for a single. Around the wicket for right-handed Joe Root and he leaves the ball outside the off stump alone as Boult falls down. There’s a smile on the faces of the batsman and bowler. Root then gets ONE off the last ball to keep strike.
Live score England:35/2 | Overs 7
Batting: Gary Ballance 4 (6), Joe Root 0 (4)
Tim Southee bowls a short ball first up but it goes over Moeen Ali’s head and is called a WIDE. Moeen defends the next delivery. OUT! Southee bowls an excellent yorker and cleans up Moeen Ali for 20. Moeen is out yet again after getting into the twenties. Southee gets his second wicket. New batsman Joe Root, leaves his first ball alone outside off stump. Joe Root flashes the ball outsid eoff stump but misses it completely. ONE RUn off that over from Southee. Great stuff!
Moeen Ali b Southee 20 (15)
Live score England:35/0 | Overs 6
Batting: Moeen Ali 20 (13), Gary Ballance 4 (6)
Huge appeal off the first ball as the ball crashes into the pads of Gary Ballance. It’s given not out, but Brendon McCullum after consulting his bowler and wicket keeper takes the review and the decision stands, its NOT OUT. Ballance then plays the ball into the vacant third man area and collects a single. ONE off the next delivery. DOT is then followed by a couple of runs towards square leg off the bat of Gary Ballance. Last ball is safely negotiated by him.
Live score England:31/1 | Overs 5
Batting: Moeen Ali 19 (12), Gary Ballance 1 (1)
OUT! Ian Bell is bowled off the bowling of Tim Southee. Southee bowls an excellent out swinger and Bell tries to play it inside the line. The ball beats him and crashes into the off stump. First blood to New Zealand. Gary Ballance is the new batsman for England. Southee bowls an in swinger and balance manages to get an inside edge and the ball is down to fine leg for a single. Straight drive by Moeen Ali fetches him FOUR. FOUR again! Moeen goes over cover to collect back-to-back boundaries. Southee goes around the wicket now. FOUR more! Moeen goes for an expansive drive but the ball takes the outside edge and flies over first slip for another boundary. DOT off the last delivery. THIRTEEN runs and a wicket off that over.
FOUR! Trent Boult bowls a short ball outside off stump and Ian Bell cuts it for a boundary. Boult follows it up with an excellent yorker. Bell then tries to guide the ball down to third man, but Martin Guptill at backward point prevents the single. Bell then flicks the ball to fine leg for ONE. Moeen Ali plays the ball to deep point for ONE. Bell then cuts the ball down to third man for another SINGLE.
Live score England:11/0 in Overs 3
Batting: Ian Bell 2 (11), Moeen Ali 6 (7)
Tim Southee starts off well again as Ian Bell looks to get his eye before going for the big shots. Bell drives beautifully down the ground but som excellent work by Brendon McCullum keeps it down to just ONE. Southee follows it up with a WIDE. Southee redeems himself and bowls an excellent ball to follow it up and Moeen Ali defends it. A short ball and Moeen pill the ball to the square leg fence to collect the first boundary of the innings, follows it up with a DOT. SEVEN runs from that over.
Live score England:4/0 in Overs 2
Batting: Ian Bell 1 (9), Moeen Ali 2 (3)
England get their first run off the bat as Moeen Ali gets off the mark. Trent Boult as expected is the other opening bowler. He’s generating some good swing and pace. Ian Bell is off the mark too as he inside edges one down to fine leg. Moeen plays an excellent drive but it’s well saved by skipper Brendon McCullum at mid off. Just THREE from that over.
Live score England:1/0 in Overs 1
Batting: Ian Bell 0 (6), Moeen Ali 0 (0)
We are off and running at Wellington with Tim Southee with the new ball, Ian Bell takes the first ball. Good start by Southee. Starts off with three out swingers, but the third one is unfortunately a WIDE. A harsh call perhaps. Bell edges on to the slips but falls short of the fielders. Excellent over by Southee, just ONE RUN off that over.
Playing XI:
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (c), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliot, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi (wk), Daniel Vettori, Adam Milne, Trent Boult, Tim Southee
England: Eoin Morgan (c), Ian Bell, Moeen Ali, James Taylor, Gary Ballance, Joe Root, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Anderson
TOSS: England have won the toss and elected to bat first. England and New Zealand go in with the same team.
On the bowling front, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, and Daniel Vettori form a potent attack, capable of halting the best of sides. However, England’s pace attack of James Anderson, Chris Woakes, and Steven Finn have been in wonderful form for England, and could well give them the early advantage. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: SCHEDULE & MATCH DETAILS
New Zealand may be favourites, and given that their third game is also on home soil, they could well go 3-0 up in the tournament, but the game could be decided on how well the New Zealand batsmen can play the formidable English bowlers. It is unlikely that the match will be as one-sided as both teams’ opening clashes. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage
Squads:
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum(c), Luke Ronchi (wk), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori, Kane Williamson, Grant Elliott, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Martin Guptill.
England: Eoin Morgan (c), Joss Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, James Taylor, Ian Bell, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Joe Root, Ravi Bopara, James Tredwell.
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