Men's Test · England in New Zealand Test Series · Match 3

New Zealand v England

22 Mar 2008 to 26 Mar 2008 · McLean Park, Napier

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

England won by 121 runs

Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: RJ Sidebottom

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
England (1)	253	96.1
New Zealand (2)	168	48.4
England (3)	467/7d	131.5
New Zealand (4)	431	118.5

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

New Zealand431 all out (118.5 ov)

New Zealand batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Howlbw b MS Panesar	lbw b MS Panesar	11	57	0	0	19.3
MD Bellcaught b MS Panesar	caught b MS Panesar	69	156	12	0	44.2
SP Flemingcaught b MS Panesar	caught b MS Panesar	66	103	9	0	64.1
MS Sinclaircaught b SCJ Broad	caught b SCJ Broad	6	36	1	0	16.7
LRPL Taylorcaught b MS Panesar	caught b MS Panesar	74	117	14	0	63.2
GD Elliottcaught b SCJ Broad	caught b SCJ Broad	4	28	0	0	14.3
BB McCullumb MS Panesar	b MS Panesar	42	55	7	0	76.4
DL Vettoricaught b JM Anderson	caught b JM Anderson	43	56	7	0	76.8
JS Patelcaught b MS Panesar	caught b MS Panesar	18	45	3	0	40.0
TG Southee*not out	not out	77	40	4	9	192.5
CS Martinb RJ Sidebottom	b RJ Sidebottom	5	21	1	0	23.8
Extras	16 (b 6, lb 5, w 4, nb 1)
Total	431 all out (118.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (JM How, 20.3 ov), 2-147 (MD Bell, 50.3 ov), 3-156 (SP Fleming, 54.3 ov), 4-160 (MS Sinclair, 61.6 ov), 5-172 (GD Elliott, 69.2 ov), 6-276 (LRPL Taylor, 90.6 ov), 7-281 (BB McCullum, 92.3 ov), 8-329 (JS Patel, 106.4 ov), 9-347 (DL Vettori, 109.6 ov), 10-431 (CS Martin, 118.5 ov)

England bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
RJ Sidebottom	19.5	3	83	1	4.18	1	0
JM Anderson	17	2	99	1	5.82	0	0
SCJ Broad	32	10	78	2	2.44	3	1
MS Panesar	46	17	126	6	2.74	0	0
PD Collingwood	2	0	20	0	10.00	0	0
KP Pietersen	2	0	14	0	7.00	0	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.