English national cricket team in New Zealand in 2007-08

The tour of the England national cricket team to New Zealand in the 2007/08 season took place from February 5 to March 26, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . England won the Test Series 2–1 and the Twenty20 Series 2–0, while New Zealand won the ODI Series 3–1.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour against Bangladesh , England in Sri Lanka . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2007 season in England .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch Hamilton Napier Wellington

Tour venues

The following stages were selected for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3. ODI; 1. T20
AMI Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	5. ODI; 2. T20
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	1st test; 2. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	3rd test; 4. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2. test; 1. ODI

Squad lists

England named their squad on January 4, 2008. New Zealand named their limited-overs squad on January 29 and their test squad on March 1, 2008.

test		ODI		Twenty20
New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England
Daniel Vettori ( K ) Brendon McCullum ( UK & wk ) Matthew Bell Grant Elliott Stephen Fleming Mark Gillespie Jamie How Chris Martin Kyle Mills Iain O'Brien Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Mathew Sinclair Tim Southee Ross Taylor	Michael Vaughan ( K ) Tim Ambrose ( wk ) James Anderson Ian Bell Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Phil Mustard ( wk ) Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Owais Shah Ryan Sidebottom Andrew Strauss Greame Swann	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Brendon McCullum ( UK & wk ) Peter Fulton Paul Hitchcock Jamie How Chris Martin Michael Mason Kyle Mills Iain O'Brien Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Scott Styris Ross Taylor	Paul Collingwood ( K ) Tim Ambrose ( wk ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Dimitri Mascarenhas Phil Mustard ( wk ) Kevin Pietersen Owais Shah Ryan Sidebottom Greame Swann James Tredwell Chris Tremlett Luke Wright	Brendon McCullum ( K & WK ) Daniel Flynn Peter Fulton Paul Hitchcock Jamie How Chris Martin Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Scott Styris Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori	Paul Collingwood ( K ) Tim Ambrose ( wk ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Dimitri Mascarenhas Phil Mustard ( wk ) Kevin Pietersen Owais Shah Ryan Sidebottom Greame Swann James Tredwell Chris Tremlett Luke Wright

Tour matches

February 2nd	Christchurch (VG)	England XI 295-6 (50)	-	Canterbury 261-11 (50)
		England XI wins with 34 runs

February 3rd scorecard	Christchurch (VG)	Canterbury 218-9 (50)	-	England XI 220-3 (42.5)
		England XI wins with 7 wickets

February 25-26 Scorecard	Dunedin	England XI 369-9d (90)	-	New Zealand Selection XI 146 (50.4) & 102-3 (32) (f / o)
		draw

February 28th - March 1st scorecard	Dunedin	England XI 131 (40.1) & 325-7 (89)	-	New Zealand Selection XI 271 (76.2)
		draw

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Auckland

February 5th scorecard	Auckland	England 184-8 (20)	-	New Zealand 152 (19.2)
		England wins with 32 runs

Second Twenty20 in Christchurch

February 7th scorecard	Christchurch	England 193-8 (20)	-	New Zealand 143-8 (20)
		England wins with 50 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Wellington

February 9 scorecard	Wellington (WS)	England 130 (49.4)	-	New Zealand 131-4 (30)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in Hamilton

February 12 scorecard	Hamilton	England 158 (35.1 / 36)	-	New Zealand 165-0 (18.1 / 36)
		New Zealand wins with 10 wickets ( D / L method )

Third ODI in Auckland

December 15th scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 234-9 (50)	-	England 229-4 (44/47)
		England wins with 6 wickets ( D / L method )

Fourth ODI in Napier

February 20 scorecard	Napier	England 340-6 (50)	-	New Zealand 340-7 (50)
		draw

Fifth ODI in Christchurch

February 23 scorecard	Christchurch	England 242-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 213-6 (37/37)
		New Zealand wins with 34 runs ( D / L method )

Testing

First test in Hamilton

March 5-9 scorecard	Hamilton	New Zealand 470 (138.3) & 177-9d (48)	-	England 348 (173.1) & 110 (55)
		New Zealand wins with 189 runs

Second test in Wellington

March 13-17 Scorecard	Wellington	England 342 (107) & 293 (97.4)	-	New Zealand 198 (57.5) & 311 (100.3)
		England wins with 126 runs

Third test in Napier

March 22-26 Scorecard	Napier	England 253 (96.1) & 467-7d (131.5)	-	New Zealand 168 (48.4) & 431 (118.5)
		England wins with 121 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	3	6th	310	51.66	120	1	3
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	3	6th	297	49.50	66	0	3
Andrew Strauss	England	3	6th	274	45.66	177	1	0
Kevin Pietersen	England	3	6th	259	43.16	129	1	0
Ian Bell	England	3	6th	250	50.00	110	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ryan Sidebottom	England	3	141	24	17.08	7/47	3	1
Monty Panesar	England	3	122.3	11	30.18	6/126	1	0
Chris Martin	New Zealand	3	133.4	11	34.90	3/33	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	2	87.1	10	22.20	4/16	0	0
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	2	74	8th	14.87	3/44	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	2	84	8th	31.25	3/54	0	0
James Anderson	England	2	59	8th	35.37	5/73	1	0
Jeetan Patel	New Zealand	2	102.5	8th	35.87	3/107	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	5	5	261	65.25	80 *	0	3
Jamie How	New Zealand	5	4th	201	50.25	139	1	0
Jesse Ryder	New Zealand	5	5	196	49.00	79 *	0	1
Alastair Cook	England	5	5	184	36.80	69	0	2
Kevin Pietersen	England	5	5	165	33.00	50	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	5	43.1	8th	19.25	2/16	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	5	38	8th	25.75	3/26	0	0
Ryan Sidebottom	England	5	45	6th	34.16	3/51	0	0
Chris Martin	New Zealand	5	37	5	40.80	2/22	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	5	44	5	42.80	4/36	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Paul Collingwood	England	2	2	80	40.00	54	0	1
Owais Shah	England	2	2	70	35.00	47	0	0
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	1	1	61	61.00	61	0	1
Phil Mustard	England	2	2	60	30.00	40	0	0
Kevin Pietersen	England	2	2	46	23.00	43	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ryan Sidebottom	England	2	7.2	5	7.00	3/16	0	0
Dimitri Mascarenhas	England	2	8th	4th	11.00	2/19	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	2	6th	3	15.33	2/30	0	0
Tim Southee	New Zealand	2	8th	3	20.00	2/22	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	2	8th	3	26.00	2/43	0	0
Chris Martin	New Zealand	2	8th	3	26.33	2/34	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Ryan Sidebottom

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Dimitri Mascarenhas
2. T20	Paul Collingwood
1. ODI	Scott Styris
2. ODI	Jesse Ryder
3. ODI	Paul Collingwood
4. ODI	Jamie How
5. ODI	Brendon McCullum
1st test	Daniel Vettori
2nd test	Tim Ambrose
3rd test	Ryan Sidebottom

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andrew Miller: Prior slips off England's radar ( English ) Cricinfo. January 4, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ^ New Zealand call up Ryder and Southee ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Elliott named in New Zealand Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 1, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand Test Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand Test Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand T20I Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand T20I Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.