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This would be nice to see England will take NZL... I hope to get blasting innings by McCullum
 
Magzine : England Cricket Weekely

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Edition : 28th April 2009 Ist Edition


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Contents :

Flash Back To Previous Encounter's Between England and NewZealand

Chapter 1
1st Test 15th - 19th May 2009

Jacob Oram hit a resilient 101 as New Zealand frustrated England to secure a draw in the first Test at Lord's.

The all-rounder came in with his side just 78 ahead at 120-4 after Brendon McCullum was forced to retire hurt.

Oram blunted England's attack and fired 15 fours and two sixes in a 120-ball 101 before falling to Ryan Sidebottom.

McCullum bravely returned but it was Test debutant Daniel Flynn who saw the tourists to 269-6, a lead of 227, when bad light ended play at 1704 BST.


The Test was severely disrupted by bad weather during the first three days but, having taken three wickets before lunch on the final day, England will still be disappointed not to have forced a result.

They were not helped by missing one straightforward catch, while two difficult, but catchable, opportunities were also squandered by the slip fielders.

And many will point to the manner in which Kiwi openers Jamie How and Aaron Redmond emerged unscathed from a crucial final hour of play on day four.

Having arguably already overcome its greatest challenge, the partnership was broken within six overs of the morning session when James Anderson found Redmond's outside edge and presented Andrew Strauss with a straightforward catch at first slip.

England had expressed concern about the shape of the new ball and, with the first delivery after the umpires had swapped it for one of a similar age, Sidebottom found in-swing and trapped James Marshall with a ball seemingly destined for leg stump.



How England needed their own Jacob Oram to light up this test...still we wait

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Ahead of play, New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori had spoken of his side's plan to bat all day and they could hardly have made a worse start.

But How, with only one Test 50 from his previous 16 innings, led the reconstruction mission with a fluent 68.

He flashed Stuart Broad over gulley to bring up his 98-ball half-century and then opened his shoulders to dispatch Anderson for a pair of sumptuously timed boundaries through the covers and square-leg.

The 27-year-old drove Broad and swept Monty Panesar for fours but at the other end Ross Taylor, who produced a bizarre one-day style knock in the first innings, was in less glittering form.



He had already seen an attempted leave clip the toe of his bat and fly between second and third slips when Strauss dropped a straightforward chance to spare him again.

Ironically, upon falling lbw to Panesar, Taylor was perhaps unfortunate because he appeared to get an inside edge onto his pad.

The number four was, nonetheless, caught at slip in the process so, either way, he was rightly heading back to the pavilion.

McCullum, who made a run-a-ball 97 in the first innings, signalled his intent by planting Panesar back over his head for four in the 37th over.

Stuart Broad (right) rues a missed catch by Andrew Strauss

The England players rue the moment Andrew Strauss drops Ross Taylor

Shortly before lunch, Panesar appeared to be winning his duel with New Zealand's most explosive batsman - coaxing a leading edge that fell short of cover, completely deceiving him the very next ball and then having a vociferous leg-before appeal rejected.

McCullum stood firm but England would not have to wait long for a breakthrough.

In his second over after the interval, Broad angled a superb delivery towards How that straightened off the seam, caught a leading edge and was snapped up by the agile Alastair Cook at third slip.

Four overs later the same bowler sent down a straight, short-pitched delivery which smashed into McCullum's forearm.

Sporting a visible lump, the wicketkeeper-batsman was taken to hospital for an X-ray and, although no break was found, it was not decided if or when he might return with the bat.

That left Flynn and Oram to lead the fight, which by now had turned into one of survival, and they did so admirably.

With their primary objective to spend valuable time at the crease, the pair batted with caution but were by no means afraid to open up, as seen when Oram slog-swept Panesar over midwicket for six.

Another opportunity went begging for England when Oram edged Sidebottom high between second and third slips, but the all-rounder brought up the 50 stand and then hit a 67-ball half-century as New Zealand reached tea with a 157-run lead.



New Zealand will take a great deal of heart from their performance here


With news that McCullum would be fit to resume his innings at the fall of a wicket filtering through, Oram was able to adopt an even more carefree approach and he lashed Broad for three fours and Panesar for one.

He was dropped by Ian Bell off Panesar at short leg but, such was the power of the shot, it would have been a remarkable dismissal.

Oram's bludgeoning form continued as he clubbed Kevin Pietersen for a huge six over long-off before bringing up his fifth Test century and first against England with an unstoppable cover drive off Sidebottom for four.

Sidebottom exacted revenge by bowling Oram with the new ball but by then the damage had been done.

McCullum returned to add a quickfire 13 to his 11 but was caught behind off Anderson, and it was not long before the captains shook hands with Flynn - 29 runs and more than 40 overs later - still standing.

The second Test in the three-match series starts at Old Trafford on Friday and both sides will be hoping for better weather after three rain-affected days in London.



rahulkhush added 7 Minutes and 41 Seconds later...

Chapter 2

2nd Test

Resuming on 76-1 in search of 294, Strauss and skipper Michael Vaughan played positively in a stand of 90.

Vaughan fell shortly before lunch after a fluent 48, but Strauss reached his 12th Test ton before driving Iain O'Brien to slip for 106.

Kevin Pietersen was needlessly run out with 56 needed, but Ian Bell (21) and Paul Collingwood (24) saw England home.

Barely 24 hours earlier, few could have realistically believed that England had even a remote hope of breaking out the champagne.

Having collapsed to 202 all out and conceded a first innings lead of 179, they were staring down the barrel when the Kiwis reached 50-1, before the Monty Panesar-inspired collapse to 114 all out.

New Zealand, so often accustomed to the role of underdogs, seemed to implode from that position of total dominance on Sunday and for much of Monday could do little to regain the initiative.

That is not to take anything away from England, who went about the majority of the chase in textbook fashion, rotating the strike, running purposefully and generally putting pressure on the bowlers and fielders.

Once again the bone-jarring north-easterly breeze was drifting across the ground, but it was movement in the wicket England were concerned with and they tried to negate it by calling for the heavy roller before play began.

Whether that nullified the threat is open to question but Daniel Vettori and Iain O'Brien, who posed all manner of problems in the first innings with some prodigious movement, had little success.

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Pietersen's unnecessary dismissal caused some butterflies in the pavilion

Vaughan looked a different player from the first innings and produced some vintage shots with a classic cover drive taking the runs required below 200.

A wild throw from wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum flew away for four overthrows to bring up the fifty partnership between Strauss and Vaughan.

Vettori brought on Jacob Oram, who restricted England so successfully in the first innings.

But after an hour's play, 53 runs had been added for no further loss and the Kiwi skipper called his troops together on the outfield for what amounted to an Emergency General Meeting.

There were other moments to suggest it was not going to be New Zealand's day - a leading edge from Vaughan fell short of cover and the skipper collected four off the shoulder of the bat, with the ball looping high over gully.

Vaughan's confidence was soaring and he played a trademark backfoot drive for four, but 25 minutes before the interval tried one shot too many against Chris Martin and edged to the keeper.

For a brief period the ball began to move a bit more off the pitch, and Vettori brought himself into the attack 15 minutes before lunch against Pietersen, who had fallen lbw to him twice before in the series.

Although the first ball produced a massive appeal, looping over the stumps for four leg byes, there was never a sustained period of pressure, and Pietersen merely continued in the same positive manner as his colleagues.

After lunch he sauntered down the pitch to launch Vettori back over his head for six, and England continued comfortably. Or so it seemed.



Let's not get too excited, England (just) beat a very poor New Zealand team



Just when the tourists had an air of resignation, Strauss saw his composed innings ended by a brilliant low catch by Ross Taylor at slip.

It should not have had an effect, but Pietersen, ever the egotist, took the positive running motif too far with his pursuit for a second.

McCullum neatly collected Martin's throw from fine-leg, whipped off the bails and the match took another twist.

Suddenly, master spinner Vettori was bowling to the dreadfully out-of-form Collingwood, there was a huge appeal for lbw - rejected after close consideration by umpire Simon Taufel - and misfields were replaced by diving stops.

O'Brien deceived both Collingwood and Bell with slower balls in the same over but could not hold on to return chances, the second as straightforward as they come.

Collingwood remained in painfully scratchy style, but Bell eased the jitters with the occasional pleasing stroke as the runs gradually whittled down.

In the last over before tea, Collingwood took the bold approach with some agricultural boundaries to seal a remarkable triumph, England's highest run fourth innings chase at the famous Manchester ground.

rahulkhush added 3 Minutes and 9 Seconds later...

Chapter 3

3rd Test

England secured victory by an innings and nine runs in the final Test to seal a 2-0 series triumph over New Zealand.

They needed barely an hour to capture the remaining five Kiwi wickets, with Ryan Sidebottom taking four of them.

Needing 64 to make England bat again, the tourists added some quick early runs through lusty Jacob Oram strokes.

Oram hit two sixes in 50 from 39 balls, but Sidebottom's swing was too much for the tail and man-of-the-match James Anderson's ninth wicket settled it.

New Zealand's position had the rather despondent air of England's in the infamous Headingley Test in 1981.

It was actually better, as England were then 135-7 and 92 behind in their follow-on, but they had Ian Botham and added 201 for their final three wickets.

Briefly, it appeared that Oram might play some kind of Botham role.

Broad, with the exuberance of youth, a Test fifty and a vibrant blond mane, worked on the theory that Oram is susceptible to the short-pitched delivery.

The surface was really too benign to cause him problems and Oram swatted him away with relative ease.

But it has been the swinging ball that has done the damage in this match, and the canny Sidebottom knew that, picking up 4-12 from his morning spell.

Jacob Oram
Oram briefly scattered the spectators with some mighty, defiant hitting
Debutant Gareth Hopkins got one that both swung and bounced and from then on it was a relative procession.

Skipper Daniel Vettori looked weary from the rigours of another series defeat, no doubt reflecting on the previous Test at Old Trafford, when having been 229 ahead with nine second innings wickets intact, his team were bowled out for 114 and lost by six wickets.

Vettori's own dogged batting form has dipped dramatically, which is another major factor in the outcome of the three matches.

Having made 173 runs in the first three innings during the winter series, the left-hander has scored just 13 in the last two Tests and here he sliced rather tamely to gully.

Sidebottom kept the ball moving in the corridor of uncertainty to oust Kyle Mills and Iain O'Brien, who tentatively prodded to first and second slip respectively.

Fittingly it was Anderson who applied the gloss, with the wicket of every bowler's favourite batsman, Chris Martin.

He was swatted for an almighty six over long-on by Oram, who will no doubt be a dangerous customer in the limited overs matches that follow, but produced the ideal delivery for Martin.

The last man epitomised the general New Zealand frailty against an accurate swinging ball, edging to second slip to put England in good heart for the very different proposition that is Friday's Twenty20 extravaganza.

Meanwhile, England's series victory moved them up to third in the ICC's Test rankings, one point above South Africa and just one point behind second-placed India.





In this way the Home Side won the series 2-0 and Moved up the rankings. Will England be able to do this time around? We have to check out on the day the 1st Test Starts




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England VS NewZealand 1st Test PreMatch Preview

 
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Welcome To Sky Sports Cricket Show Of PreMatch Preview About England VS NewZealand. This is Rike Wisdon and with me i have Allan Donald

Rike :Good afternoon Allan

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: Good Afternoon Rike

Rike : So England VS NewZealand in England what are your thoughts?

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: Yes both team's are not in its best of touch and i see a very healthy competetive series ahead.

Rike : "Dream Plan" do you think it will motivate the English boys or Pressurize them.

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: Ahh.. Not sure as first time in history of cricket a board has officially announced and addressed the press on this Plan. There might be some Real stuff cooking behind the plans

Rike : So is it good or bad?

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: I feel that it might just help and motivate the young English Boys. But you never know it could well back fire you.

Rike : Your thoughts on Exclusion of Michal Vaughan From Test series?

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: This is a big move ECB has taken might just hint the determination to execute the plan as i feel Vaughan might just have not fitted into the Dream Plan.

Rike : So is it good to leave or...

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: Sorry to interupt you.. Its never easy to leave out a Experiance player like his calliber but its a gamble i feel and lets see if it works well or not....

Rike : Ok Allan now moving onto Kiwi's side..

Rike : Vettori,Bond,Elliot,Guptil Out of test series...

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:p:p :doh:doh This is a injury hit side and need help from Players Like Mcculum,Oram,Ryder,Gillespi to perform and play well.

Rike : Outcome or result of the tournment?

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: Well not sure but England going as favourites and with thier full team but.. Anything is possible ;)

Rike : Thanks Allan for joining us in the studio and that is all from Sky Sports Cricketing News.

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: Welcome Rike...

 
Coming Up Tomorow : 1st Test Match Day 1
 
Nice Presentaion Mate... KUTGW

Hope to NZ winning though i do not like England
 
Match will be started 9.00 IST so that time i will Post the line up's :)
 
rahul mate, change the title of the thread,

It should be England's Dream Run To Success,

and also, who says we haven't had any success yet, we won the ashes :p
 

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