England win back some pride against New Zealand in third NatWest Series encounter – Cricket news
After losing the bilateral series to New Zealand, hosts England finally managed to redeem some pride by winning the final clash of the three-match series by 34 runs at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
After having lost the opening two games, Alastair Cook’s men were caught on the back foot just before the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy and to lose the series 3-0 to New Zealand would have been disastrous for the Poms.
It was a collective effort by the English this time which got them through as first they batted exceptionally well and then their bowlers gave a brilliant performance to deny the Kiwis their third victory in the series.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-McClenaghan-c1975 trapped England captain Cook in front of stumps for zero as England suffered the loss of their first wicket with just three
runs on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 then forged an intimidating partnership as the two batsmen smashed the bowlers all around the park and led their side towards 69 runs before the departure of Trott, who was also trapped in front of stumps by McClenaghan after
scoring a 37-run knock.
Bell was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root and the English batsmen continued the onslaught, taking their side towards 149 runs before Root finally hit the showers after losing his wicket on a run out with 33 runs to his name.
McClenaghan then struck for the third time in the match by nabbing the wicket of Bell, who faltered after hammering a knock of 82 runs off 96 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 then took the score to 210 before the latter fell after scoring 28 runs off 38 deliveries.
Morgan’s 49 and Jos Buttler’s 47 played a dominant role in helping England reach 287 runs.
New Zealand openers Luke Ronchi and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 with 22 runs to his name.
Guptill and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JC-Tredwell-c1676 for 38.
With 96 runs on the board, Williamson was then the next batsman to find his way off the crease when he was dismissed by Root for 19.
While wickets kept tumbling down at the other end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 jabbed a knock of 71 runs off 84 deliveries to bring his side a bit closer to the asking target.
However, his innings was not enough as New Zealand crumbled to 253 in 46.3 overs.
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