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Rampant New Zealand crush negative England

New Zealand completed an utterly comprehensive 189-run win in Hamilton with a session to spare to go one-up in this three-Test series.

09-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Martin Williamson

Mills vents his frustration

Andrew Miller provides the plays from the fifth and final day in Hamilton

09-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Vettori revels in proudest performance

New Zealand completed an utterly comprehensive 189-run win in Hamilton with a session to spare to go one-up in this three-Test series.

08-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

England benefit from New Zealand's bravado

An incredible cricket match has emerged after three days of drudgery, and now the question remains: who dares take the final step?

08-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Sidebottom modest to the end

Ryan Sidebottom admitted he had no idea how to react after becoming the 11th Englishman to take a Test hat-trick during an extraordinary fourth day's play of the first Test in Hamilton. Nevertheless, with a handy lead of 122 on first innings, Sidebottom w

08-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Sidebottom trundles into the record books

A match which had been notable for slow scoring and a paucity of wickets turned on its head on the fourth afternoon when New Zealand, pressing for quick runs, lost six wickets for 20 in 11 breathtaking overs. Their chief tormentor was Ryan Sidebottom, who

08-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Harmison: 'I'll try my nuts off every time'

Steve Harmison has dismissed criticism that he was underprepared because he had chosen to arrive late in New Zealand to enable him to attend the birth of his fourth child

08-Mar-2008•Cricinfo staff

Match poised after Sidebottom hat-trick

07-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Martin Williamson

Scarred England are kidding nobody

The third day at Hamilton was either stultifying or gripping, depending on how slowly you like to cook your contests. England creaked along at a rate of 2.14 an over, gas mark 1 by the standards of the modern game, but New Zealand kept stirring the pot ge

07-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

The guile of Vettori; the crassness of England

Andrew Miller provides the plays of the third day in Hamilton

07-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Go-slow England crawl towards safety

On a day that was the antithesis of Twenty20's thrill-a-minute cricket, England's progress was, at its most exciting, pedestrian and at times they almost ground to a halt. They closed on 286 for 6 with Paul Collingwood and Tim Ambrose well set, still 184

06-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Martin Williamson

Taylor proves his worth

Andrew Miller provides the plays from the second day in Hamilton

06-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Taylor and Vettori add to England's troubles

England ended a rather subdued second day in Hamilton on 87 for 2, still 383 behind New Zealand's first innings of 470

05-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Martin Williamson

How ponders what might have been

Jamie How couldn't hide his disappointment at the close of play after falling eight runs short of a maiden Test century

05-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Anderson links up with Auckland

James Anderson will link up with his England team-mates in Wellington ahead of the second Test after New Zealand Cricket agreed to allow him to turn out for Auckland in their four remaining fixtures of the State Championship

05-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Cook's catching catching

Andrew Miller serves up the plays of the first day between New Zealand and England in Hamilton

05-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Bell bruised but wrist not broken

England suffered an injury scare on the opening morning of the first Test at Hamilton when Ian Bell had to be sent to hospital for precautionary X-rays, after taking a sharp blow to the right wrist while fielding at short leg. Fortunately the scan reveale

05-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Hamilton

Honours even despite battling How

New Zealand ended a see-saw first day of the Hamilton Test on 282 for 6. Were it not for Brendon McCullum throwing away his wicket in the penultimate over they would have finished with their noses in front after winning the toss on a docile pitch

04-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Martin Williamson

England look to regain lost ground

England are preparing to arrest their troubling slide down the world rankings and start afresh in the first Test against New Zealand

04-Mar-2008•The Preview by Andrew Miller in Hamilton

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