Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	lbw b Harmison	93	266	378	17	0	34.96
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Strauss b SP Jones	34	72	95	4	0	47.22
Nathan Astle	c †GO Jones b Flintoff	64	77	107	11	0	83.11
Scott Styris	c †GO Jones b SP Jones	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Craig McMillan	lbw b Hoggard	6	39	53	1	0	15.38
Jacob Oram	c †GO Jones b Harmison	67	82	125	10	0	81.70
Daryl Tuffey	b Harmison	8	20	37	0	0	40.00
Chris Cairns	c Harmison b Flintoff	82	47	62	10	4	174.46
Brendon McCullum †	b SP Jones	5	7	6	1	0	71.42
Daniel Vettori	b Harmison	2	4	6	0	0	50.00
Chris Martin	not out	1	6	21	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, nb 7, w 2)	24
Total	102.4 Ov (RR: 3.75, 453 Mins)	386
Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Stephen Fleming, 22.4 ov), 2-161 (Nathan Astle, 47.5 ov), 3-162 (Scott Styris, 48.3 ov), 4-174 (Craig McMillan, 61.1 ov), 5-280 (Mark Richardson, 87.1 ov), 6-287 (Jacob Oram, 89.5 ov), 7-324 (Daryl Tuffey, 95.4 ov), 8-329 (Brendon McCullum, 96.5 ov), 9-338 (Daniel Vettori, 97.6 ov), 10-386 (Chris Cairns, 102.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	22	7	68	1	3.09	108	12	0	1	3
61.1 to CD McMillan, . 174/4
Steve Harmison	31	7	126	4	4.06	136	14	1	0	0
87.1 to MH Richardson, . 280/5 89.5 to JDP Oram, . 287/6 95.4 to DR Tuffey, . 324/7 97.6 to DL Vettori, . 338/9
Andrew Flintoff	21.4	7	63	2	2.90	109	7	2	0	2
47.5 to NJ Astle, . 161/2 102.4 to CL Cairns, . 386/10
Simon Jones	23	8	82	3	3.56	112	15	1	0	2
22.4 to SP Fleming, . 58/1 48.3 to SB Styris, . 162/3 96.5 to BB McCullum, . 329/8
Ashley Giles	5	0	32	0	6.40	16	5	0	1	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick (c)	c †McCullum b Oram	86	165	232	13	0	52.12
Andrew Strauss	c Richardson b Vettori	112	215	305	13	0	52.09
Mark Butcher	c †McCullum b Vettori	26	86	102	3	0	30.23
Matthew Hoggard	c †McCullum b Oram	15	63	86	1	0	23.80
Nasser Hussain	b Martin	34	56	88	6	0	60.71
Graham Thorpe	b Cairns	3	10	15	0	0	30.00
Andrew Flintoff	c Richardson b Martin	63	85	116	8	2	74.11
Geraint Jones †	c Oram b Styris	46	52	78	6	1	88.46
Ashley Giles	c Oram b Styris	11	25	36	2	0	44.00
Simon Jones	b Martin	4	8	11	1	0	50.00
Steve Harmison	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 18, nb 19)	41
Total	124.3 Ov (RR: 3.54, 541 Mins)	441
Fall of wickets: 1-190 (Marcus Trescothick, 53.5 ov), 2-239 (Andrew Strauss, 70.1 ov), 3-254 (Mark Butcher, 78.2 ov), 4-288 (Matthew Hoggard, 91.3 ov), 5-297 (Graham Thorpe, 94.3 ov), 6-311 (Nasser Hussain, 97.5 ov), 7-416 (Geraint Jones, 116.4 ov), 8-428 (Andrew Flintoff, 121.3 ov), 9-441 (Simon Jones, 123.6 ov), 10-441 (Ashley Giles, 124.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Daryl Tuffey	26	4	98	0	3.76	114	10	1	0	6
Chris Martin	27	6	94	3	3.48	128	18	0	0	1
97.5 to N Hussain, . 311/6 121.3 to A Flintoff, . 428/8 123.6 to SP Jones, . 441/9
Jacob Oram	30	8	76	2	2.53	147	11	1	0	3
53.5 to ME Trescothick, . 190/1 91.3 to MJ Hoggard, . 288/4
Chris Cairns	16	2	71	1	4.43	64	6	0	0	7
94.3 to GP Thorpe, . 297/5
Daniel Vettori	21	1	69	2	3.28	89	6	1	0	1
70.1 to AJ Strauss, . 239/2 78.2 to MA Butcher, . 254/3
Scott Styris	4.3	0	11	2	2.44	22	2	0	0	0
116.4 to GO Jones, . 416/7 124.3 to AF Giles, . 441/10

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	c †GO Jones b Harmison	101	309	435	10	0	32.68
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Hussain b Harmison	4	16	20	1	0	25.00
Brendon McCullum †	c †GO Jones b SP Jones	96	162	229	14	0	59.25
Scott Styris	c Hussain b Giles	4	20	18	0	0	20.00
Craig McMillan	c Hussain b Giles	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Jacob Oram	run out (Hussain)	4	19	25	0	0	21.05
Nathan Astle	c †GO Jones b Harmison	49	109	141	6	0	44.95
Chris Cairns	c Butcher b Giles	14	20	39	2	0	70.00
Daniel Vettori	c †GO Jones b Harmison	5	16	16	1	0	31.25
Daryl Tuffey	not out	14	28	52	1	0	50.00
Chris Martin	b Flintoff	7	34	37	1	0	20.58
Extras	(b 14, lb 16, nb 8)	38
Total	121.1 Ov (RR: 2.77, 514 Mins)	336
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Stephen Fleming, 4.6 ov), 2-180 (Brendon McCullum, 57.5 ov), 3-187 (Scott Styris, 62.4 ov), 4-187 (Craig McMillan, 62.6 ov), 5-203 (Jacob Oram, 69.2 ov), 6-287 (Mark Richardson, 103.5 ov), 7-290 (Nathan Astle, 105.3 ov), 8-304 (Daniel Vettori, 109.5 ov), 9-310 (Chris Cairns, 112.1 ov), 10-336 (Chris Martin, 121.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Harmison	29	8	76	4	2.62	140	12	0	0	0
4.6 to SP Fleming, . 7/1 103.5 to MH Richardson, . 287/6 105.3 to NJ Astle, . 290/7 109.5 to DL Vettori, . 304/8
Andrew Flintoff	16.1	5	40	1	2.47	78	5	0	0	0
121.1 to CS Martin, . 336/10
Matthew Hoggard	14	3	39	0	2.78	71	5	0	0	5
Simon Jones	23	5	64	1	2.78	104	7	0	0	3
57.5 to BB McCullum, . 180/2
Ashley Giles	39	8	87	3	2.23	181	7	0	0	0
62.4 to SB Styris, . 187/3 62.6 to CD McMillan, . 187/4 112.1 to CL Cairns, . 310/9

England 2nd Innings (T: 282 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick (c)	c & b Tuffey	2	20	39	0	0	10.00
Andrew Strauss	run out (Cairns/†McCullum)	83	171	217	13	0	48.53
Mark Butcher	c Fleming b Martin	6	39	41	0	0	15.38
Nasser Hussain	not out	103	204	295	15	0	50.49
Graham Thorpe	not out	51	101	158	6	0	50.49
Extras	(b 7, lb 12, nb 13, w 5)	37
Total	87 Ov (RR: 3.24, 377 Mins)	282/3
Did not bat: Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones †, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Marcus Trescothick, 9.1 ov), 2-35 (Mark Butcher, 18.3 ov), 3-143 (Andrew Strauss, 50.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jacob Oram	15	4	39	0	2.60	71	4	0	0	5
Daryl Tuffey	10	3	32	1	3.20	46	5	0	0	0
9.1 to ME Trescothick, . 18/1
Daniel Vettori	25	5	53	0	2.12	118	6	0	0	0
Chris Martin	18	2	75	1	4.16	76	10	0	1	5
18.3 to MA Butcher, . 35/2
Scott Styris	13	5	37	0	2.84	63	6	0	0	1
Chris Cairns	6	0	27	0	4.50	24	3	0	0	2

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Thu, 20 May - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 284/5 (Jacob Oram 64*, Daryl Tuffey 2*, 88.2 ov)

Fri, 21 May - day 2 - England 1st innings 246/2 (Mark Butcher 22*, Matthew Hoggard 0*, 74 ov)

Sat, 22 May - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 134/1 (Mark Richardson 46*, Brendon McCullum 72*, 39 ov)

Sun, 23 May - day 4 - England 2nd innings 8/0 (Marcus Trescothick 1*, Andrew Strauss 6*, 5 ov)

Mon, 24 May - day 5 - England 2nd innings 282/3 (87 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

New Zealand 1st innings
New Zealand 50 in 16.1 overs (Richardson 16*, Fleming 31*)
New Zealand 100 in 32.3 overs (Richardson 36*, Astle 23*)
Nathan Astle 50 in 58 balls, 8x4
New Zealand 150 in 44.5 overs (Richardson 44*, Astle 60*)
Mark Richardson 50 in 140 balls, 9x4
Tea - New Zealand 172 for 3 (Richardson 56*, McMillan 4*)
New Zealand 200 in 69.1 overs (Richardson 67*, Oram 16*)
Oram 50 in 54 balls, 9x4
New Zealand 250 in 79.5 overs (Richardson 78*, Oram 51*)

Day 2

New Zealand 300 in 92.3 overs (Tuffey 2*, Cairns 15*)
New Zealand 350 in 100 overs (Cairns 47*, Martin 1*)
Cairns 50 in 37 balls, 9x4
England 1st innings
Lunch - England 27 for 0 (Trescothick 10*, Strauss 15*)
England 50 in 18.1 overs (Trescothick 19*, Strauss 26*)
England 100 in 28.3 overs (Trescothick 51*, Strauss 43*)
Trescothick 50 in 95 balls, 9x4
Strauss 50 in 90 balls, 5x4
Tea - England 136 for 0 (Trescothick 60*, Strauss 65*)
England 150 in 41.1 overs (Trescothick 66*, Strauss 74*)
England 200 in 54.4 overs (Strauss 91*, Butcher 5*)
Strauss 100 in 276 mins off 199 balls, 12x4

Day 3

England 250 in 76.4 overs (Butcher 23*, Hoggard 3*)
England 300 in 95.5 overs (Hussain 29*, Flintoff 1*)
Lunch - England 330 for 6 (Flintoff 10*, Jones 11*)
England 350 in 104.1 overs (Flintoff 22*, GO Jones 15*)
England 400 in 114 overs (Flintoff 47*, GO Jones 37*)
Flintoff 50 in 64 balls, 6x4, 2x6
100 run Partnership between Flintoff and Jones in 108 balls
New Zealand 2nd innings
New Zealand 50 in 16 overs (Richardso 17*, McCullum 26*)
Brendon McCullum 50 in 54 balls, 8x4

Day 4

MH Richardson 50 in 188 minutes off 127 balls including 5x4
150 2nd wicket partnership off 256 balls (Richardson 50, McCullum 87)
Lunch New Zealand 198/4 (Richardson 72, Oram 3)
New Zealand 200 in 68.3 overs (Richardson 76*, Oram 4*)
New Zealand 250 in 86.1 overs (Richardson 94*, Astle 24*)
MH Richardson 100 in 402 mins off 289 balls, 10x4
Tea - New Zealand 269 for 5 (Richardson 101*, Astle 29*)
New Zealand 300 in 109.3 overs (Cairns 9*, Vettori 5*)

Day 5

England 2nd innings
England 50 in 24.5 overs (Strauss 33*, Hussain 5*)
Andrew Strauss 50 in 97 balls, 8x4
England 100 in 39.5 overs (Strauss 59*, Hussain 22*)
100 run Partnership between Strauss and Hussain in 183 balls
England 150 in 53 overs (Hussain 31*, Thorpe 5*)
50 run Partnership between Thorpe and Hussain in 118 balls
England 200 in 72.1 overs (Hussain 49*, Thorpe 34*)
Nasser Hussain 50 in 158 balls, 7x4
100 run Partnership between Thorpe and Hussain in 181 balls
England 250 in 81.3 overs (Hussain 78*, Thorpe 44*)
Thorpe 50 in 97 balls, 6x4
N Hussain 100 in 292 mins off 203 balls, 15x4

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of England
Season	2004
Player Of The Match	Andrew Strauss
Series result	England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1700
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Andrew Strauss
Umpires	Darrell Hair Rudi Koertzen
TV Umpire	Mark Benson
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
ME Trescothick	caught	2	20
AJ Strauss	run out	83	171
MA Butcher	caught	6	39
N Hussain	not out	103	204
GP Thorpe	not out	51	101
Extras	(b 7, lb 12, nb 13, w 5)
Total	282(3 wkts; 87 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JDP Oram	15	4	39	0	2.6 (5 nb)
DR Tuffey	10	3	32	1	3.2
DL Vettori	25	5	53	0	2.12
CS Martin	18	2	75	1	4.16 (5 nb)
SB Styris	13	5	37	0	2.84 (1 nb)
CL Cairns	6	0	27	0	4.5 (2 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	Marcus Trescothick	Andrew Strauss
2nd	17	Mark Butcher	Andrew Strauss
3rd	108	Nasser Hussain	Andrew Strauss
4th	139	Nasser Hussain	Graham Thorpe

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