England beat New Zealand by 40 runs
View(s):AUCKLAND, Feb 9, 2013 (AFP) – England beat New Zealand by 40 runs in their opening Twenty20 international at Eden Park here on Saturday.
England posted their highest ever T20 score of 214 for seven with Eoin Morgan making 46 and Luke Wright 42.
New Zealand, in reply, made 174 for nine in their 20 overs.
England's Eion Morgan who top scored with 46 bats against new Zealand during the Twenty20 match played at Eden Park in Auckland. - AFP
The second match in the series is in Hamilton on Tuesday.
Scoreboard
England
A. Hales st B. McCullum b Hira 21
M. Lumb c Rutherford b McClenaghan 22
L. Wright c Hira b Ellis 42
J. Bairstow c Guptill b Boult 38
E. Morgan c Taylor b Hira 46
J. Buttler not out 32
S. Patel c B. McCullum b Ellis 2
S. Broad c B. McCullum b Boult 4
J. Tredwell not out 0
Extras (w 6, nb 1) 7
Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 214
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Hales), 2-89 (Wright), 3-91 (Lumb), 4-172 (Morgan), 5-194 (Bairstow), 6-197 (Patel), 7-203 (Broad)
Bowling: McClenaghan 4-0-29-1, Boult 4-0-40-2 (1 nb, 1w), Hira 4-0-42-2, N, McCullum 4-0-49-0, Ellis 3-0-40-2, Franklin 1-0-14-0
New Zealand
H. Rutherford c Tredwell b Broad 18
M. Guptill c Broad b Wright 44
B. McCullum c Morgan b Finn 10
R. Taylor c Bairstow b Finn 13
C. Munro b Broad 28
J. Franklin c Buttler b Broad 8
N. McCullum c Buttler b Wright 3
A. Ellis c Wright b Finn 4
R. Hira not out 20
T. Boult c Patel b Broad 4
M. McClenaghan not out 6
Extras (lb 8, w 3, nb 5) 16
Total (9 wkts, 20 overs) 174
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Rutherford), 2-46 (B. McCullum), 3-77 (Taylor), 4-111 (Guptill), 6-128 (Munro), 7-134 (N. McCullum), 8-135 (Ellis), 9-156 (Boult)
Bowling: Finn 4-0-39-3 (1w), Broad 4-0-24-4, Dernbach 4-0-33-0 (1nb), Wright 4-0-29-2, Patel 2-0-17-0 (2w), Tredwell 2-0-24-0
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