Good (very, very early) morning fellow England fans, good afternoon to the Kiwis and hello to everybody else
England won the t20 series 2-1 with a comprehensive 10 wicket victory in Wellington just two days ago. The slogfest, music and fireworks has finished and today a longer version takes hold.
The first of a 3 match ODI series is in Hamilton. The boundaries are short, so runs should come fairly easily. In the t20 series the Kiwis thrashed England at Hamilton, with England struggling to deal with the swinging ball in the lights.
Anyway, the teams:
NEW ZEALAND:
Watling
Guptill
Williamson
Taylor
B. McCullum (C)
Elliott
Ellis
Franklin
N. McCullum
Mills
McClenaghan
ENGLAND:
Cook (C)
Bell
Trott
Root
Morgan
Buttler (W)
Woakes
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Finn
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) , S Ravi (IND)
TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)
**NEW ZEALAND WON THE TOSS AND BOWL FIRST**
Start time: 01:00 GMT (14:00 NZ)
Killer Stats
- Jimmy Anderson is 1 wicket away from becoming England's highest ever wicket taker in all forms of the game. Currently equal with Sir Ian Botham on 528
- This match is the 3333rd ODI ever
TrueBlue's prediction: England to win by 20 runs
1st ODI: NZ (259-7) bt Eng (258) by 3 wkts
posted on 17/2/13
Hello great bowling performance by the kiwi boys in the last 10 overs. Last 8 wickets for 70 odd runs I believe. But I think 258 won't be easy to chase down.
Go NZ!
posted on 17/2/13
Great win! Hats off to McCullum and Guptill!
posted on 17/2/13
Can't help thinking eng got the bowling plans mixed up with Guptil and McCullum. Disappointed they didn't adapt to the situation and change the length they bowled.
posted on 17/2/13
Too many short balls from England at the death.
posted on 17/2/13
TrueBlue's prediction: England to win by 20 runs
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oops.
Didnt watch the game, but NZ no mugs in the shorter formats
posted on 17/2/13
I think the allowance of only 4 outside of the circle in the last 10. will cost alot of teams alotta wins.. teams batting secondwill win games they shouldnt.
posted on 17/2/13
It was a very strange sort of game. England set a solid foundation for a late surge, but that surge failed. Where as New Zealand were a bit shaky in large parts but really accelerated towards the end.
Was shocked by some of the bowling by England towards the end. Short ball meant 4 or 6, where as a good length ball usually resulted in a single or two; and yet short ball after short ball were dished up, particularly by Broad and Anderson.
posted on 17/2/13
SOUR GRAPES AT IT'S BEST......
comment by englandwhoelse (U16825)
posted 4 hours, 15 minutes ago
I think the allowance of only 4 outside of the circle in the last 10. will cost alot of teams alotta wins.. teams batting secondwill win games they shouldnt.
.....teams batting 2nd will win games they shouldn't..... PLEASE
posted on 20/2/13
no match thread today?