Match Day

665dBrydon Coverdale

New Zealand cruise to easy win

England have been looking for positives despite winning only one game on their horror three-month tour of Australia. Their latest loss provided one clear positive: their trip will almost certainly end a week early after New Zealand's comprehensive 58-run

England INNINGS		R	B
EC Joyce	run out	66	82
MB Loye	caught	15	17
IR Bell	caught	31	42
AJ Strauss	stumped	12	20
PD Collingwood	caught	17	30
A Flintoff	bowled	13	22
JWM Dalrymple	caught	14	21
PA Nixon	caught	49	47
LE Plunkett	not out	25	25
CT Tremlett
MS Panesar
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 2, w 8, nb 7)
TOTAL	260 (8 wkts; 50 ovs)

New Zealand BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JEC Franklin	8.0	1	45	1	5.62	(4nb)
SE Bond	10.0	0	58	1	5.80	(1nb, 1w)
JDP Oram	5.0	0	23	0	4.60
JS Patel	10.0	0	53	1	5.30	(1nb, 1w)
DL Vettori	10.0	0	40	2	4.00	(1w)
CD McMillan	7.0	1	38	2	5.42

England 2nd innings Partnerships

Runs	Players
27	MB Loye	EC Joyce
72	EC Joyce	IR Bell
24	AJ Strauss	EC Joyce
13	PD Collingwood	EC Joyce
20	PD Collingwood	A Flintoff
6	A Flintoff	JWM Dalrymple
22	PA Nixon	JWM Dalrymple
76	PA Nixon	LE Plunkett

Australian Tri Series (CB Series)

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	7	1	31	0.667
ENG	8	3	5	13	-0.608
NZ	8	2	6	9	-0.007

New Zealand cruise to easy win

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