New Zealand in England

[Darren]

40 minutes in to the final day and another 3 wickets gone! Looks like another fantastic victory for England now. Although questions must be asked about the tactics of NZ - Cairns was just swinging!! They seem to have given up!

 

[m_vaughan]

Well Im able to count 2-0!!!

 

[m_vaughan]

Originally posted by Darren
40 minutes in to the final day and another 3 wickets gone! Looks like another fantastic victory for England now. Although questions must be asked about the tactics of NZ - Cairns was just swinging!! They seem to have given up!

To be honest, I think they had no other option. It was very hard to play out a draw on that kind of a pitch, and no point hanging around and not scoring runs. So I think they decided to get as many runs as possible, and then maybe rip through the England batting attack.

But England are now a great side, and they have a winning spirit and a winning mentality. Led by Michael Vaughan, this England side is only going one way, thats up to pull down the aussies. I know its a bit to early to predict anything, but you have to give credit to England for their consistency since May 2003. Not many teams have been able to match that.

 

[m_vaughan]

England have every reason to celebrate!!!

Trescothick!!
Strauss!!
Harmison!!
Hoggard!!
Jones!!
Flintoff!!

 

[Rangeela]

2nd Test Result

New Zealand 1st Inning 409 (Papps 86, Fleming 97) (Harmison 4/74)
England 1st Inning 526 (Trescothick 132, Flintoff 94, Jones 100) (Styris 3/88)
New Zealand 2nd Inning 161 (Harmison 3/57, Hoggard 4/75)
England 2nd Inning 45/1

Result: England won by 9 wickets

Man of the Match: GO Jones

Series: England leads the 3-Test series 2-0

 

[Rangeela]

proabable squad for 3rd Test

England (probable) 1 Marcus Trescothick, 2 Andrew Strauss, 3 Mark Butcher, 4 Michael Vaughan (capt), 5 Graham Thorpe, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Geraint Jones (wk), 8 Ashley Giles, 9 Matthew Hoggard, 10 Steve Harmison, 11 James Anderson.


New Zealand (probable) 1 Mark Richardson, 2 Stephen Fleming (capt), 3 Nathan Astle, 4 Mathew Sinclair, 5 Scott Styris, 6 Chris Cairns, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Brendon McCullum, 9 Daryl Tuffey, 10 Kyle Mills, 11 James Franklin.

 

[Darren]

Toss just been done and NZ won and batting. England have gone in unchanged meaning Saggers keeps his place ahead of Anderson. I am not sure that that is the right decision. This was the perfect opportunity for Anderson to get back into the team.

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Stumps Day 1

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first

New Zealand 1st Inning 295/4 (Fleming 117, Richardson 73, Styris 68*) (Harmison 2/59)

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Stumps Day 2

New Zealand 1st Inning 384 (Fleming 117, Richardson 73, Styris 108) (Harmison 3/80)
England 225/5 (Trescothick 63, Vaughan 61, Flintoff 54) (Cairns 3/61)

England trail by 159 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Stumps Day 3

New Zealand 1st Inning 384 (Fleming 117, Richardson 73, Styris 108) (Harmison 3/80)
England 1st Inning 319 (Trescothick 63, Vaughan 61, Flintoff 54) (Cairns 5/79, Franklin 4/104)
New Zealand 2nd Inning 190/5 (Richardson 49) (Giles 2/38)

New Zealand lead by 255 runs with 5 wickets remaining

 

[m_vaughan]

England win!!!
Series whitewash 3-0!!!
England are the best!!!
Bravo Thorpe!! Bravo Giles!! Bravo Harmison!!

 

[m_vaughan]

squiz...i think you will have to agree that England are indeed ready for australia now!

3-0 over NZ is a great achievement, following that 3-0 over the Windies.

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Result

New Zealand 1st Inning 384 (Fleming 117, Richardson 73, Styris 108) (Harmison 3/80)
England 1st Inning 319 (Trescothick 63, Vaughan 61, Flintoff 54) (Cairns 5/79, Franklin 4/104)
New Zealand 2nd Inning 218 (Richardson 49) (Giles 4/46)
England 2nd Inning 284/6 (Thorpe 104) (Cairns 4/108)

Result: England won by 4 wickets

Man of the Match: GP Thorpe
Players of the Series: SJ Harmison and MH Richardson

Series: England wins the 3-Test series 3-0