cricket series in england

Result New Zealand won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)

England innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR IR Bell c McCullum b Southee 46 82 56 5 1 82.14 LJ Wright c Taylor b Mills 18 38 29 2 0 62.06 KP Pietersen c Southee b Gillespie 0 4 2 0 0 0.00 RS Bopara c Oram b Gillespie 58 117 78 7 0 74.35 PD Collingwood b Southee 14 18 13 3 0 107.69 OA Shah run out (Gillespie) 63 95 71 4 2 88.73 TR Ambrose c Flynn b Oram 6 16 12 0 0 50.00 GP Swann c How b Mills 3 12 7 0 0 42.85 SCJ Broad c How b Southee 5 14 11 0 0 45.45 RJ Sidebottom not out 8 21 12 0 0 66.66 JM Anderson run out (Taylor/Gillespie) 11 12 10 2 0 110.00     Extras (lb 4, w 6, nb 3) 13     Total (all out; 49.4 overs; 219 mins) 245 (4.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-41 (Wright, 8.5 ov), 2-44 (Pietersen, 9.3 ov), 3-81 (Bell, 17.5 ov), 4-101 (Collingwood, 21.6 ov), 5-176 (Bopara, 37.2 ov), 6-203 (Ambrose, 41.4 ov), 7-219 (Swann, 44.1 ov), 8-221 (Shah, 45.1 ov), 9-228 (Broad, 46.6 ov), 10-245 (Anderson, 49.4 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  KD Mills 10 1 44 2 4.40 (1nb, 1w)  MR Gillespie 9.4 2 58 2 6.00 (2nb, 2w)  TG Southee 10 1 47 3 4.70 (1w)  JDP Oram 10 0 46 1 4.60  DL Vettori 8 1 34 0 4.25 (1w)  GD Elliott 2 0 12 0 6.00 (1w)

New Zealand innings (target: 246 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR JM How c & b Swann 37 95 61 4 0 60.65 BB McCullum c Swann b Sidebottom 1 10 5 0 0 20.00 LRPL Taylor c Broad b Sidebottom 6 22 15 1 0 40.00 SB Styris run out (Swann/Collingwood) 69 139 87 8 0 79.31 DR Flynn c Bell b Swann 12 22 17 1 0 70.58 JDP Oram c sub (AN Cook) b Anderson 38 43 30 5 0 126.66 GD Elliott run out (Bell/Pietersen) 24 40 28 2 0 85.71 DL Vettori c Bopara b Collingwood 6 7 8 1 0 75.00 KD Mills not out 25 59 27 1 1 92.59 TG Southee run out (Bell) 6 15 9 0 0 66.66 MR Gillespie not out 4 18 13 0 0 30.76     Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 11) 18     Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 246 (4.92 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (McCullum, 2.2 ov), 2-24 (Taylor, 6.6 ov), 3-83 (How, 19.6 ov), 4-106 (Flynn, 25.6 ov), 5-173 (Oram, 34.6 ov), 6-178 (Styris, 36.5 ov), 7-189 (Vettori, 38.4 ov), 8-220 (Elliott, 43.4 ov), 9-233 (Southee, 46.4 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  RJ Sidebottom 10 0 55 2 5.50 (1w)  JM Anderson 10 0 39 1 3.90 (2w)  SCJ Broad 10 0 39 0 3.90 (2w)  LJ Wright 2 0 8 0 4.00  GP Swann 10 1 49 2 4.90 (1w)  PD Collingwood 7 0 40 1 5.71 (1w)  RS Bopara 1 0 9 0 9.00

Toss New Zealand, who chose to field first
Series New Zealand led the 5-match series 2-1

Player of the match SB Styris (New Zealand)

Umpires MR Benson and SJ Davis (Australia)
TV umpire RA Kettleborough
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire PJ Hartley

Its all about the spirit opf the game, the Murali incident is slightly different - he has to take some responsibility for his lack of attention and making the rash decision to leave his crease when the ball is still live. AS for the cutrrent Elliot/Sidebottom incident, a man is knocked over in a no fault incident, the spirit of the game indicates that Colling wood would call Elliot back and say oops sorry, play on chap. Two separate incidents one involves a poor decision made by an opposition player and the other involves an injury!

"Spirit of the game" is one of the dumbest things in sport. If you don't want someone to not do something make a rule against it.

Stats and trivia

• England have only won four of their last ten ODI matches at Lord's, but were victorious in their last two matches against India and West Indies last year.

• New Zealand have never faced England at Lord's in a one-dayer. They won their sole appearance against West Indies in the 2004 Champions Trophy, beating them by 107 runs.

• England will miss Collingwood's captaincy, but moreover his runs: he is the leading run-scorer in the series with 149 at 37.25.

• New Zealand may be leading 2-1, but only McCullum appears in the the top five run-scorers with 114 at 38.00. Perhaps predictably, his strike-rate of 121.27 is the best of any top-order batsman.

Result New Zealand won by 51 runs

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR JM How c Bopara b Broad 22 42 26 1 1 84.61 BB McCullum c Swann b Anderson 23 82 57 1 0 40.35 LRPL Taylor c Ambrose b Broad 4 18 15 0 0 26.66 SB Styris not out 87 153 91 5 3 95.60 DR Flynn b Swann 35 49 54 3 0 64.81 JDP Oram c Broad b Swann 52 52 40 2 3 130.00 GD Elliott not out 23 29 17 1 1 135.29     Extras (lb 13, w 7) 20     Total (5 wickets; 50 overs) 266 (5.32 runs per over)

Did not bat DL Vettori, KD Mills, TG Southee, MR Gillespie

Fall of wickets1-39 (How, 9.5 ov), 2-54 (Taylor, 13.6 ov), 3-71 (McCullum, 18.2 ov), 4-124 (Flynn, 31.2 ov), 5-201 (Oram, 43.6 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  RJ Sidebottom 10 0 52 0 5.20 (1w)  JM Anderson 10 0 46 1 4.60 (4w)  SCJ Broad 10 1 50 2 5.00 (2w)  LJ Wright 6 0 36 0 6.00  GP Swann 10 0 33 2 3.30  RS Bopara 1 0 6 0 6.00  OA Shah 3 0 30 0 10.00

England innings (target: 267 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR IR Bell lbw b Gillespie 27 46 34 5 0 79.41 AN Cook c McCullum b Southee 24 57 38 3 0 63.15 KP Pietersen c Oram b Southee 6 39 23 0 0 26.08 RS Bopara b Vettori 30 47 39 5 0 76.92 OA Shah c sub (JAH Marshall) b Southee 69 109 75 5 0 92.00 LJ Wright b Vettori 6 24 22 0 0 27.27 TR Ambrose c sub (JAH Marshall) b Vettori 2 10 11 0 0 18.18 GP Swann c McCullum b Mills 12 19 16 2 0 75.00 SCJ Broad c Flynn b Mills 5 18 12 1 0 41.66 RJ Sidebottom not out 10 23 11 1 0 90.90 JM Anderson c Oram b Gillespie 2 8 7 0 0 28.57     Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 10, nb 1) 22     Total (all out; 47.5 overs) 215 (4.49 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-53 (Bell, 11.1 ov), 2-60 (Cook, 13.2 ov), 3-86 (Pietersen, 19.5 ov), 4-101 (Bopara, 24.4 ov), 5-130 (Wright, 32.1 ov), 6-138 (Ambrose, 34.4 ov), 7-164 (Swann, 39.1 ov), 8-186 (Broad, 43.2 ov), 9-209 (Shah, 46.1 ov), 10-215 (Anderson, 47.5 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  KD Mills 9 1 55 2 6.11  MR Gillespie 9.5 2 29 2 2.94 (1nb, 1w)  JDP Oram 6 0 22 0 3.66 (1w)  TG Southee 9 0 49 3 5.44 (4w)  DL Vettori 10 1 32 3 3.20 (1w)  SB Styris 4 0 17 0 4.25 (1w)

Toss England, who chose to field first
Series New Zealand won the 5-match series 3-1

Player of the match SB Styris (New Zealand)
Player of the series TG Southee (New Zealand)

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR JAH Marshall c Wilson b Strydom 161 141 11 4 114.18 BB McCullum c Haire b Eaglestone 166 135 11 10 122.96 LRPL Taylor not out 59 24 5 4 245.83 DR Flynn not out 0 0 0 0 -     Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 5) 16     Total (2 wickets; 50 overs) 402 (8.04 runs per over)

Did not bat JDP Oram, MJ Mason, DL Vettori, GJ Hopkins, TG Southee, JS Patel, GD Elliott

Fall of wickets1-266 (McCullum, 42.2 ov), 2-380 (Marshall, 49.1 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  P Connell 9 0 95 0 10.55 (1w)  PS Eaglestone 7 0 60 1 8.57 (3w)  R Strydom 8 0 63 1 7.87 (1w)  AC Botha 10 0 66 0 6.60  WK McCallan 8 0 55 0 6.87  GE Kidd 8 0 52 0 6.50

Ireland innings (target: 403 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR R Strydom c Taylor b Mason 11 13 2 0 84.61 GC Wilson b Southee 21 17 4 0 123.52 PR Stirling c Hopkins b Oram 4 16 0 0 25.00 AC Botha c Hopkins b Southee 6 8 1 0 75.00 AR White c Hopkins b Mason 7 13 1 0 53.84 RS Haire b Mason 2 9 0 0 22.22 AD Poynter c Hopkins b Southee 7 16 1 0 43.75 WK McCallan c Hopkins b Patel 10 25 1 0 40.00 GE Kidd c Taylor b Elliott 15 25 2 0 60.00 P Connell not out 22 28 5 0 78.57 PS Eaglestone run out (Southee) 4 3 1 0 133.33     Extras (w 2, nb 1) 3     Total (all out; 28.4 overs) 112 (3.90 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Strydom, 4.3 ov), 2-32 (Wilson, 5.3 ov), 3-40 (Botha, 6.6 ov), 4-48 (White, 9.5 ov), 5-53 (Haire, 11.6 ov), 6-53 (Stirling, 12.3 ov), 7-65 (Poynter, 17.3 ov), 8-71 (McCallan, 20.4 ov), 9-94 (Kidd, 25.6 ov), 10-112 (Eaglestone, 28.4 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  TG Southee 6 0 22 3 3.66 (1w)  MJ Mason 7 0 35 3 5.00 (1nb)  JDP Oram 5 0 9 1 1.80  JS Patel 5.4 2 24 1 4.23  GD Elliott 5 1 22 1 4.40

In his 9 innings before this match Marshall had only scored 89 runs

• New Zealand's 290-run triumph eclipsed the previous record for the largest win (by runs) by 33 runs.
• James Marshall and Brendon McCullum became the first opening pair to pile up 150-plus scores in the same innings. It was also the first ODI hundred for both Marshall and McCullum.
• New Zealand's total of 402 for 2 is their best in ODIs, and the sixth ODI total over 400.
• The 266-run stand between Marshall and McCullum is by far New Zealand's highest partnership, and the second-best opening stand in ODIs.
• The 18 sixes hit by New Zealand equals the record for most sixes by a team in an ODI. McCullum was just two hits short of the record for most sixes in an innings by a batsman.

Result New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 212 balls remaining)

Scotland innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR GM Hamilton b Gillespie 6 9 1 0 66.66 RR Watson b Gillespie 0 2 0 0 0.00 MQ Sheikh b Elliott 18 43 3 0 41.86 NS Poonia c McCullum b Oram 15 35 0 0 42.85 CJO Smith c McCullum b Oram 11 19 2 0 57.89 NFI McCallum lbw b Oram 2 13 0 0 15.38 RD Berrington lbw b Elliott 7 15 1 0 46.66 JAR Blain lbw b Vettori 6 27 0 0 22.22 GA Rogers c McCullum b Elliott 0 1 0 0 0.00 G Goudie not out 17 31 2 1 54.83 JD Nel lbw b Vettori 4 5 0 0 80.00     Extras (lb 11, w 4) 15     Total (all out; 33.2 overs) 101 (3.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Watson, 0.4 ov), 2-12 (Hamilton, 2.4 ov), 3-34 (Poonia, 11.1 ov), 4-54 (Smith, 15.4 ov), 5-66 (Sheikh, 18.5 ov), 6-68 (McCallum, 21.4 ov), 7-75 (Berrington, 24.1 ov), 8-75 (Rogers, 24.2 ov), 9-87 (Blain, 31.1 ov), 10-101 (Nel, 33.2 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  MR Gillespie 6 1 13 2 2.16 (1w)  TG Southee 4 0 12 0 3.00 (2w)  JDP Oram 6 2 13 3 2.16  MJ Mason 4 0 18 0 4.50  GD Elliott 7 1 14 3 2.00 (1w)  DL Vettori 6.2 2 20 2 3.15

New Zealand innings (target: 102 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR BB McCullum c Goudie b Nel 22 24 2 1 91.66 PG Fulton lbw b Blain 4 4 1 0 100.00 LRPL Taylor not out 61 41 8 2 148.78 SB Styris not out 14 19 1 0 73.68     Extras (lb 1) 1     Total (2 wickets; 14.4 overs) 102 (6.95 runs per over)

Did not bat DR Flynn, JDP Oram, DL Vettori, GD Elliott, MJ Mason, TG Southee, MR Gillespie

Fall of wickets1-4 (Fulton, 0.4 ov), 2-54 (McCullum, 7.6 ov)

 Bowling OM R W Econ  JAR Blain 5 0 40 1 8.00  JD Nel 6 0 34 1 5.66  G Goudie 3.4 0 27 0 7.36

Toss New Zealand, who chose to field first
Points New Zealand 2, Scotland 0
Series New Zealand won the 2008 Associates Tri-Series (in Scotland)

Senior New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris is facing possible censure after sending an expletive-laced late-night text to a former team-mate, Herald on Sunday columnist Mark Richardson.

The first one sarcastically thanked Richardson for the article before describing him as a "geriatric ****-head". It is then understood to have added: "We hope you die choking on your own **** that you speak."

Styris then used more expletives in a later text and abused Richardson again as a "scribe/ hack/ journo/ wannabe journo".

New Zealand cricket coach John Bracewell will return for a second stint at Gloucestershire as director of cricket next season.