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ICC World Twenty20 - 17th match, Group 1

England v New Zealand

England won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

T20I no. 279 | 2012/13 season
Played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (neutral venue)
29 September 2012 - day/night (20-over match)


New Zealand innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	lbw b Finn	5	7	6	1	0	83.33
1.3 88.8 mph, pitched up and Guptill gets his feet in a tangle - that's out, lbw! Finn went full, fast and bang on off, the batsman took a half-step across and then couldn't get his bat down, banging into his boot as the ball struck pad 7/1
RJ Nicol	c Bairstow b Swann	11	34	15	1	0	73.33
6.5 57.1 mph, Nicol goes for the six-hit to deep square leg that served him so well against Sri Lanka ... but this time he picks out the man on the fence! This pitch is a touch slower, the ball came off the toe of the bat rather than the meat and sailed to deep square, who set himself a few yards in from the boundary 42/3
BB McCullum†	c Wright b Finn	10	11	10	2	0	100.00
3.4 89.8 mph, and gone, sliced high to third man! McCullum has been snuffed out by Finn, the batsman took him on, couldn't control the shot and it soared high off the edge to Wright, who took a comfortable low catch. Went for the hurry-up but only hastened his demise 20/2
KS Williamson	c †Kieswetter b Briggs	17	36	23	1	0	73.91
11.4 58.6 mph, edged! Touch short from Briggs, Williamson eyed the chance to cut, but the ball skidded through and took the top edge 67/4
LRPL Taylor*	c Hales b Finn	22	43	23	2	0	95.65
16.2 90.9 mph, a third for Finn. He's perhaps a touch fortunate because it was short outside off and Taylor picked out his favourite area towards deep midwicket but couldn't clear the man on the boundary 107/5
JEC Franklin	run out (Bairstow/†Kieswetter)	50	48	33	4	2	151.51
19.5 from Bresnan, low full toss, paddled into the leg side to bring up a superb half century off 33 balls and he's run out coming back for a second. Didn't bring out the dive this time. 146/6
NL McCullum	not out	16	27	10	0	2	160.00

DAJ Bracewell	not out	2	2	1	0	0	200.00

Extras	(b 3, lb 7, w 4, nb 1)	15

Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs; 101 mins)	148	(7.40 runs per over)

Did not bat DL Vettori, TG Southee, KD Mills

Fall of wickets 1-7 (Guptill, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (BB McCullum, 3.4 ov), 3-42 (Nicol, 6.5 ov), 4-67 (Williamson, 11.4 ov), 5-107 (Taylor, 16.2 ov), 6-146 (Franklin, 19.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DR Briggs	4	0	36	1	9.00
11.4 to Williamson, 58.6 mph, edged! Touch short from Briggs, Williamson eyed the chance to cut, but the ball skidded through and took the top edge 67/4
ST Finn	4	0	16	3	4.00	(1w)
1.3 to Guptill, 88.8 mph, pitched up and Guptill gets his feet in a tangle - that's out, lbw! Finn went full, fast and bang on off, the batsman took a half-step across and then couldn't get his bat down, banging into his boot as the ball struck pad 7/1 3.4 to BB McCullum, 89.8 mph, and gone, sliced high to third man! McCullum has been snuffed out by Finn, the batsman took him on, couldn't control the shot and it soared high off the edge to Wright, who took a comfortable low catch. Went for the hurry-up but only hastened his demise 20/2 16.2 to Taylor, 90.9 mph, a third for Finn. He's perhaps a touch fortunate because it was short outside off and Taylor picked out his favourite area towards deep midwicket but couldn't clear the man on the boundary 107/5
TT Bresnan	4	0	29	0	7.25	(1w)

GP Swann	4	0	20	1	5.00
6.5 to Nicol, 57.1 mph, Nicol goes for the six-hit to deep square leg that served him so well against Sri Lanka ... but this time he picks out the man on the fence! This pitch is a touch slower, the ball came off the toe of the bat rather than the meat and sailed to deep square, who set himself a few yards in from the boundary 42/3
SCJ Broad	4	0	37	0	9.25	(1nb, 2w)


England innings (target: 149 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
C Kieswetter†	b Vettori	4	14	14	0	0	28.57
3.5 61.8 mph, tossed up and bowled him! Kieswetter flailed across the line but the delivery was too full to sweep, it dipped under the swinging blade and spread the stumps like a sunburst 21/1
AD Hales	b NL McCullum	22	26	15	3	0	146.66
6.2 55.2 mph, bowled him - he's now the leading wicket-taker again! This was flat, pushed through and gripping just a touch off the pitch, Hales left a gap as he advanced and swiped across the line and looked round to see leg stump rocking in the wind 38/2
LJ Wright	c Taylor b Bracewell	76	59	43	5	5	176.74
18.2 74.2 mph, he's struck second ball, Wright slaps this straight to cover as he tried to give himself a touch of room to go through the off side 142/4
EJG Morgan	c Bracewell b Mills	30	38	31	1	1	96.77
16.2 70.2 mph, wonderful catch! Morgan picked this up from off stump and connected well, but Bracewell made a lot of ground to his left at long-on and hurled himself under the catch 127/3
JC Buttler	not out	5	13	8	0	0	62.50

JM Bairstow	not out	5	4	2	1	0	250.00

Extras	(lb 3, w 4)	7

Total	(4 wickets; 18.5 overs; 77 mins)	149	(7.91 runs per over)

Did not bat TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad*, GP Swann, DR Briggs, ST Finn

Fall of wickets 1-21 (Kieswetter, 3.5 ov), 2-38 (Hales, 6.2 ov), 3-127 (Morgan, 16.2 ov), 4-142 (Wright, 18.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Mills	4	0	23	1	5.75	(1w)
16.2 to Morgan, 70.2 mph, wonderful catch! Morgan picked this up from off stump and connected well, but Bracewell made a lot of ground to his left at long-on and hurled himself under the catch 127/3
TG Southee	2	0	32	0	16.00

DL Vettori	4	0	20	1	5.00
3.5 to Kieswetter, 61.8 mph, tossed up and bowled him! Kieswetter flailed across the line but the delivery was too full to sweep, it dipped under the swinging blade and spread the stumps like a sunburst 21/1
NL McCullum	4	0	22	1	5.50	(1w)
6.2 to Hales, 55.2 mph, bowled him - he's now the leading wicket-taker again! This was flat, pushed through and gripping just a touch off the pitch, Hales left a gap as he advanced and swiped across the line and looked round to see leg stump rocking in the wind 38/2
RJ Nicol	3	0	29	0	9.66	(1w)

JEC Franklin	1	0	12	0	12.00

DAJ Bracewell	0.5	0	8	1	9.60	(1w)
18.2 to Wright, 74.2 mph, he's struck second ball, Wright slaps this straight to cover as he tried to give himself a touch of room to go through the off side 142/4

Match details

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat
Points England 2, New Zealand 0

Player of the match LJ Wright (England)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia)
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

Match notes

New Zealand innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 7
New Zealand: 100 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 9
JEC Franklin: 50 off 33 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
Innings Break: New Zealand - 148/6 in 20.0 overs (NL McCullum 16, DAJ Bracewell 2)

England innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
England: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 2
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (LJ Wright 27, EJG Morgan 22, Ex 1)
England: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 3
LJ Wright: 50 off 33 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)