New Zealand national cricket team in England in the 2008 season

The tour of New Zealand Cricket Team to England in the 2008 season took place from April 27 to July 3 of 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008 international cricket season and included three test matches , one Twenty20 and five ODIs . England won the Test series 2-0 and the Twenty20, while New Zealand won the ODI series 3-1. England's victory in the test series placed the team in third place in the ICC Test Championship .

prehistory

The tour was planned in view of the fact that it should serve as preparation for the planned ICC Champions Trophy in the same year, which, however, was not held until a year later . The newly emerging Indian Premier League ensured that with the early start of the preparation of the tour, some New Zealand players were not available for the tour matches.

Stages

London (Lord's) London (oval) Birmingham Nottingham Manchester Chester-le-Street Bristol

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 4, 2007.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	2. ODI
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	3. ODI
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	1. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	3rd test
The oval	London	23,500	4. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test; 5. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	2. test; 1. T20

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on April 5, 2008. England named their test squad on May 11 and their limited-overs squad on June 5, 2008.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England	New Zealand
Michael Vaughan ( K ) Tim Ambrose ( wk ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Matthew Hoggard Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Ryan Sidebottom Andrew Strauss Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Brendon McCullum ( UK , wk ) Grant Elliott Daniel Flynn Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Gareth Hopkins ( wk ) Jamie How James Marshall Chris Martin Michael Mason Kyle Mills Iain O'Brien Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Aaron Redmond Tim Southee Ross Taylor	Paul Collingwood ( K ) Tim Ambrose ( wk ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Alastair Cook Dimitri Mascarenhas Kevin Pietersen Owais Shah Ryan Sidebottom Andrew Strauss Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Luke Wright	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Brendon McCullum ( UK , wk ) Grant Elliott Daniel Flynn Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Gareth Hopkins ( wk ) Jamie How James Marshall Michael Mason Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Scott Styris Ross Taylor	Paul Collingwood ( K ) Stuart Broad ( UK ) Tim Ambrose ( wk ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Alastair Cook Dimitri Mascarenhas Kevin Pietersen Owais Shah Ryan Sidebottom Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Luke Wright	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Brendon McCullum ( UK , wk ) Grant Elliott Daniel Flynn Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Gareth Hopkins ( wk ) Jamie How James Marshall Michael Mason Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Scott Styris Ross Taylor

Tour matches

ODI versus Ireland

July 1st scorecard	Aberdeen	New Zealand 402-2 (50)	-	Ireland 112 (28.3)
		New Zealand wins with 290 runs

This win was the greatest distance measured in runs in an ODI.

ODI in Scotland

July 3 scorecard	Aberdeen	Scotland 101 (33.2)	-	New Zealand 102-2 (14.4)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets

Tour matches against first-class clubs

April 27 scorecard	Arundel Castle	New Zealanders 239-7 (47)	-	Marylebone Cricket Club 44-2 (9)
		No result

April 28-30 scorecard	Canterbury	Kent 324-1d (90)	-	New Zealanders 92-1 (38.2)
		draw

May 2-5 scorecard	Chelmsford	New Zealanders 355 (91.1) & 195 (67.4)	-	Essex 258 (90.4) & 200 (70.1)
		New Zealanders win with 92 runs

May 8-11 Scorecard	Southampton	England Lions 280 (87.5) & 360-8d (89.3)	-	New Zealanders 273 (99.4) & 201-4 (60)
		draw

May 30th - June 1st scorecard	Northampton	New Zealanders 363 (98.2) & 317-7d (73.2)	-	Northamptonshire 214-9d (60.4) & 85-2 (20)
		draw

June 11th scorecard	Worcester	New Zealanders 358-8 (50)	-	Worcestershire 263 (48)
		New Zealanders win with 95 runs

Testing

First test in London (Lord's)

May 15-19 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	New Zealand 277 (86.2) & 269-6 (86.2)	-	England 319 (113.3)
		draw

Second test in Manchester

May 23-27 Scorecard	Manchester	New Zealand 381 (90.3) & 114 (41.2)	-	England 202 (83.3) & 294-4 (88)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Third test in Nottingham

June 5-9 scorecard	Nottingham	England 364 (126.5)	-	New Zealand 123 (46.3) & 232 (72.3) (f / o)
		England wins with one innings and 9 runs

Twenty20 International in Manchester

June 13 scorecard	Manchester	New Zealand 123-9 (20)	-	England 127-1 (17.3)
		England wins with 9 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Chester-le-Street

June 15 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	England 307-5 (50)	-	New Zealand 193 (42.5)
		England wins with 114 runs

Second ODI in Birmingham

June 18 scorecard	Birmingham	England 162 (24/24)	-	New Zealand 127-2 (19/24)
		No result

Due to a controversial break regulation, it was not possible for New Zealand to play the decisive over that would have led to a result. As a result, the world association ICC changed this regulation one day later.

Third ODI in Bristol

June 21 scorecard	Bristol	New Zealand 182 (50)	-	England 160 (46.2)
		New Zealand wins with 22 runs

Fourth ODI in London (oval)

June 25th scorecard	London (oval)	England 245 (49.4)	-	New Zealand 246-9 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 1 wicket

A controversy arose in the game when New Zealand batsman Grant Elliott collided and fell while trying to score another run with Englishman Ryan Sidebottom . The English team then broke his wicket and the English captain Paul Collingwood refused to withdraw the appeal at the request of the referee, so Elliot was eliminated. Furthermore, Collingwood was banned for four ODIs and the whole English team was fined for failing to bowl the specified number of overs . In the last ODI, Collingwood was replaced by Kevin Pietersen .

Fifth ODI in London (Lord's)

June 28 scorecard	London (Lord's)	New Zealand 266-5 (50)	-	England 215 (47.5)
		New Zealand wins with 51 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Andrew Strauss	England	3	4th	266	66.50	106	1	2
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	3	6th	243	48.60	154 *	1	0
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	3	6th	231	46.20	101	1	1
Jamie How	New Zealand	3	6th	227	37.83	68	0	2
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	3	6th	212	35.33	97	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
James Anderson	England	3	103.3	19th	19.31	7/43	1	0
Ryan Sidebottom	England	3	130	17th	20.47	6/67	1	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	3	117.2	12	26.91	5/66	2	0
Monty Panesar	England	3	85	9	27.22	6/37	1	0
Iain O'Brien	New Zealand	2	66	8th	23.12	4/74	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Owais Shah	England	5	5	199	39.80	69	0	2
Scott Styris	New Zealand	5	5	197	65.66	87 *	0	2
Paul Collingwood	England	4th	4th	149	37.25	64	0	1
Ian Bell	England	5	5	139	27.80	46	0	0
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	5	5	137	34.25	60 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Tim Southee	New Zealand	5	44	13	18.23	4/38	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	5	44	8th	28.00	2/24	0	0
Paul Collingwood	England	4th	23.5	7th	15.85	4/15	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	5	41	7th	21.00	2/14	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	5	39	7th	23.28	2/33	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ian Bell	England	1	1	60	-	60 *	0	1
Kevin Pietersen	England	1	1	42	-	42 *	0	0
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	1	1	25th	25.00	25th	0	0
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	1	1	24	24.00	24	0	0
Luke Wright	England	1	1	24	24.00	24	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Stuart Broad	England	1	4th	2	8.50	2/17	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	1	4th	2	10.50	2/21	0	0
James Anderson	England	1	4th	2	12.50	2/25	0	0
Paul Collingwood	England	1	2	1	17.00	1/17	0	0
Michael Mason	New Zealand	1	3	1	18.00	1/18	0	0
Luke Wright	England	1	4th	1	32.00	1/32	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Andrew Strauss Daniel Vettori
ODI	Tim Southee

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Daniel Vettori
2nd test	Monty Panesar
3rd test	James Anderson
1. T20	Ian Bell
1. ODI	Kevin Pietersen
3. ODI	Kyle Mills
4. ODI	Scott Styris
5. ODI	Scott Styris

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ England jump back to No. 3 spot ( English ) Cricinfo. June 8, 2008. Accessed August 31, 2015.
2. ↑ England unveils 2008 summer schedule ( English ) Cricinfo. July 4, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
3. ↑ IPL players will arrive late for England tour ( English ) Cricinfo. March 27, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
4. ↑ England unveils 2008 summer schedule ( English ) Cricinfo. July 4, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
5. ↑ Future is now for new-look New Zealand ( English ) Cricinfo. April 5, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
6. ↑ Hoggard back in England squad ( English ) Cricinfo. May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
7. ↑ Moores releases one-day squad (English) , Cricinfo. June 5, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2016. 
8. ^ John Ward: New Zealand crush hapless Irish ( English ) Cricinfo. March 27, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
9. ↑ Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Largest margin of victory (by runs) ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
10. ↑ ICC changes rule after rain farce ( English ) Cricinfo. June 19, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
11. ↑ New Zealand take controversial last-ball thriller ( English ) Cricinfo. June 25, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
12. ↑ Pietersen replaces banned Collingwood as captain ( English ) Cricinfo. June 26, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England Test Series, 2008 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
14. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England Test Series, 2008 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
15. ^ Records / NatWest Series [New Zealand in England , 2008 / Most runs] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
16. ↑ Records / NatWest Series [New Zealand in England , 2008 / Most wickets] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
17. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England T20I Match, 2008 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
18. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England T20I Match, 2008 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 11, 2016.