- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 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 7/16.5 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 42/33.4 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 20/211.4 edged! Touch short from Briggs, Williamson eyed the chance to cut, but the ball skidded through and took the top edge 67/416.2 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 107/519.5 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. 146/6Extras15 (b 3, lb 7, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL148/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.4)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Martin Guptill, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (Brendon McCullum, 3.4 ov), 3-42 (Rob Nicol, 6.5 ov), 4-67 (Kane Williamson, 11.4 ov), 5-107 (Ross Taylor, 16.2 ov), 6-146 (James Franklin, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DR Briggs 4 0 36 1 9.00 8 4 1 0 0 ST Finn 4 0 16 3 4.00 16 2 0 1 0 TT Bresnan 4 0 29 0 7.25 7 1 1 1 0 GP Swann 4 0 20 1 5.00 7 1 0 0 0 SCJ Broad 4 0 37 0 9.25 11 3 2 2 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 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 21/16.2 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 38/218.2 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 142/416.2 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 127/3Extras7 (lb 3, w 4)TOTAL149/4 (18.5 Overs, RR: 7.91)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Craig Kieswetter, 3.5 ov), 2-38 (Alex Hales, 6.2 ov), 3-127 (Eoin Morgan, 16.2 ov), 4-142 (Luke Wright, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 4 0 23 1 5.75 14 3 0 1 0 TG Southee 2 0 32 0 16.00 2 3 2 0 0 DL Vettori 4 0 20 1 5.00 10 1 0 0 0 NL McCullum 4 0 22 1 5.50 8 0 1 1 0 RJ Nicol 3 0 29 0 9.66 5 1 2 1 0 JEC Franklin 1 0 12 0 12.00 2 1 1 0 0 DAJ Bracewell 0.5 0 8 1 9.60 1 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-16.50, Interval 16.50-17.10, Second Session 17.10-18.30
Match days
29 September 2012 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England 2, New Zealand 0
Match Notes
- 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)
- 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)
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Group 1 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.998 |
WI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.375 |
ENG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.397 |
NZ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.169 |
Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
AUS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.464 |
PAK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.273 |
INDIA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.274 |
SA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.421 |
Group A | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
INDIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.825 |
ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.65 |
AFG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.475 |
Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
AUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.184 |
WI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.855 |
IRE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.092 |
Group C | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.598 |
SL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.852 |
ZIM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.624 |
Group D | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
PAK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.706 |
NZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.15 |
BDESH | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.868 |