2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs New Zealand

March 16, 2007

New Zealand beat England by six wickets (with 54 balls remaining) in the second Group C match in the World Cup at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

Player of the match, Scott Styris made 87 runs in 113 balls.

Toss: New Zealand won, and elected to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joyce, 0.1 ov), 2-30 (Bell, 8.5 ov), 3-52 (Vaughan, 15.3 ov), 4-133 (Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 5-133 (Pietersen, 35.3 ov), 6-134 (Flintoff, 35.6 ov), 7-138 (Dalrymple, 38.2 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Vincent, 0.6 ov), 2-3 (Taylor, 1.2 ov), 3-19 (Fleming, 4.6 ov), 4-72 (McMillan, 15.2 ov)

England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, J W M Dalrymple, P A Nixon (wkt), L E Plunkett, J M Anderson, M S Panesar New Zealand: S P Fleming (capt), L Vincent, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J S Patel, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond

Player of the match: S B Styris (New Zealand)

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and R E Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire: P D Parker (Australia) Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire: B R Doctrove