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Match : England vs New Zealand, 2nd twenty20 match.
Venue : Jade Stadium in Christchurc - New Zealand.
Date : 7rd February, 2008.. Night T20.
Debuts : Daniel Flynn & Paul Hitchcock (both NZ).
T20 no. : 54th overall. (3rd Eng v NZ T20).
Toss : England, elected to bat.
Result : England win by 50.
Series : second T20 of 2 T20 series.. England win 2-0.
Man of Match : Paul Collingwood.
Umpires : GA Baxter & Billy Bowden.

England played unchanged side, and with unchanged plan - batted first and shut home team out of the game. Kiwis were always chasing the game and ended up losing miserably..Home team had also lost the first T20 match 2 days ago

England (20 over Innings)		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	St Rate
Luke Wright	b Martin	30	19	5	1	158
Phil Mustard	c Mills b Southee	40	24	3	3	167
Kevin Pietersen	lbw b Tim Southee	3	3	0	0	100
Ian Bell	run out (Taylor)	1	4	0	0	25
Paul Collingwood ©	c How b Hitchcock	54	28	5	3	192
Owais Shah	c Taylor b Hitchcock	47	35	4	2	134
Dimitri Mascarenhas	run out (Fulton)	11	4	1	1	275
Graeme Swann	not out	3	2	0	0	150
Stuart Broad	c Ryder b Mills	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Sidebottom
James Anderson
Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4
Total	(for 8 wickets, 20 overs)	193	9.65 runs per over
Fall of wickets : 1-65 (Wright), 2-70 (Pietersen), 3-71 (Bell), 4-76 (Mustard),
5-178 (Shah), 6-178 (Coll'wood), 7-193 (Mas'renhas), 8-193 (Broad)
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
Kyle Mills	(1 wide)	4	0	35	1	8.75
Chris Martin	(1 wide)	4	0	45	1	11.25
Paul Hitchcock	(1 wide)	3	0	43	2	14.33
Tim Southee		4	0	22	2	5.51
Scott Styris		3	0	25	0	8.33
Jesse Ryder		2	0	22	0	11.01
New Zealand (target 194 in 20 overs)		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	St Rate
Jesse Ryder	b Sodebottom	5	13	2	0	93
Brenden McCullum ©	c Shah b Sidebottom	12	9	0	0	56
Ross Taylor	c Bell b Broad	21	10	1	2	210
Jamie How	b Mascarenhas	31	25	3	0	124
Scott Styris	c Sidebottom b Mas'nhas	13	14	0	1	93
Peter Fulton	c Anderson b Swann	2	5	0	0	41
Daniel Flynn	c Wright b Swann	1	2	0	0	51
Kyle Mills	not out	30	22	2	1	136
Paul Hitchcock	b Sidebottom	13	11	1	1	118
Tim Southee	not out	12	10	2	0	121
Chris Martin
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)	3
Total	(for 8 wickets, 20 overs)	143	(7.15 runs per over)
Fall of wickets : 14 (Ryder), 2-19 (McCullum), 3-42 (Tylor), 4-72 (Scott Styris)
5-79 (Fulton), 6-86 (How), 7-94 (Flynn), 8-122 (Hitchcock)
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
James Anderson		4	0	36	1	9.01
Ryan Sidebottom		4	0	19	2	4.75
Stuart Broad	(1 no ball)	4	0	31	1	7.75
Dimitri Mascarenhas		4	0	25	2	6.25
Graeme Swann		4	0	30	2	7.51

Records made or broken
**3rd twenty20 international match between England and New Zealand.. England now lead 2-1 overall.

Scorecard : Eng v NZ 2nd T20 : 7th feb 2008

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Scorecard : Eng v NZ 2nd ODI, 12 feb 2008

Scorecard : Eng v NZ 3rd ODI, 15 Feb 2008

Scorecard : Eng v NZ 4th ODI : 20th feb 2008 : Tied match

Scorecard : 5th ODI, 23 February 2008