# New Zealand cricket team in England in 2008

The New Zealand national cricket team toured England and Scotland during the northern summer of 2008. They played three Test matches and five One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International against England. Although New Zealand lost the Test series 2–0, they triumphed in the ODI series, winning three matches and losing one. The only Twenty20 match saw an England victory.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 15–19 May Scorecard
* Match drawn Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain shortened Day 1 and Day 2. On Day 3 only 40 minutes of cricket was played and at 17:15 play was officially called off. The final day ended at 17:00 due to bad light.

### 2nd Test

* 23–27 May Scorecard
* England won by 6 wickets Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Monty Panesar (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bad light ended day 1 early.

### 3rd Test

* 5–9 June Scorecard
* England won by an innings and 9 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: James Anderson (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Bad light ended day 2 early. Start to day 3 was delayed due to rain.

## T20I series
### Only T20I

* 13 June Scorecard
| New Zealand 123/9 (20 overs) | v | England 127/1 (17.3 overs) |
| Ross Taylor 25 (18) Graeme Swann 2/21 (4 overs) | | Ian Bell 60* (46) Michael Mason 1/18 (3 overs) |
* England won by 9 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng) Player of the match: Ian Bell (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 15 June Scorecard
| England 307/5 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 193 (42.5 overs) |
| Kevin Pietersen 110* (112) Daniel Vettori 1/38 (10 overs) | | Brendon McCullum 36 (27) Paul Collingwood 4/15 (2.5 overs) |
* England won by 114 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 18 June Scorecard
| England 162 (24 overs) | v | New Zealand 127/2 (19 overs) |
| Luke Wright 52 (38) Grant Elliott 3/23 (5 overs) | | Brendon McCullum 60* (51) Paul Collingwood 1/23 (4 overs) |
* No result Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* The game started late because of rain and was reduced to 24 overs by the Duckworth-Lewis method. Then at 7:30 pm it was called off completely due to rain with only one more over needed to constitute a game. Under the Duckworth-Lewis method, New Zealand required just 7 runs to win if the game had gone one more over.

### 3rd ODI

* 21 June Scorecard
| New Zealand 182 (50 overs) | v | England 160 (46.2 overs) |
| Grant Elliott 56 (102) James Anderson 3/61 (10 overs) | | Paul Collingwood 34 (80) Tim Southee 4/38 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 22 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Peter Hartley (Eng) Player of the match: Kyle Mills (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 25 June Scorecard
| England 245 (49.4 overs) | v | New Zealand 246/9 (50 overs) |
| Owais Shah 63 (71) Tim Southee 3/47 (10 overs) | | Scott Styris 69 (87) Graeme Swann 2/49 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 1 wicket The Oval, London Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Steve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Scott Styris (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
The fourth ODI was marred with controversy. Paul Collingwood appealed a controversial run out of Grant Elliott after Elliott had collided with Ryan Sidebottom and injured himself. While this action initially drew criticism from the New Zealand dressing room, Daniel Vettori admitted during the post-game press conference that the Black Caps' reaction was "a little bit over the top" Collingwood also admitted that he probably made the wrong decision in not withdrawing the appeal. Later, the ICC banned Collingwood for four ODI matches due to England's slow over rate, with England having bowled only 47 overs in the required time. The ICC also fined the rest of the English team 15% of their match fee. Kevin Pietersen was called upon to take over as captain for the final game.

### 5th ODI

* 28 June Scorecard
| New Zealand 266/5 (50 overs) | v | England 215 (47.5 overs) |
| Scott Styris 87* (91) Graeme Swann 2/33 (10 overs) | | Owais Shah 69 (75) Daniel Vettori 3/32 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 51 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Scott Styris (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to field.

## Other ODIs
### New Zealand v Ireland

* 1 July Scorecard
| New Zealand 402/2 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 112 (28.3 overs) |
| Brendon McCullum 166 (135) Phil Eaglestone 1/60 (7 overs) | | Peter Connell 22* (26) Tim Southee 3/23 (6 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 290 runs Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, Scotland Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Ger) and Steve Davis (Aus)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
* New Zealand's 290 run win over Ireland is a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257 run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

### New Zealand v Scotland

* 3 July Scorecard
| Scotland 101 (33.2 overs) | v | New Zealand 102/2 (14.4 overs) |
| Qasim Sheikh 18 (43) Grant Elliott 3/14 (7 overs) | | Ross Taylor 61* (41) Dewald Nel 1/34 (6 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 8 wickets Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, Scotland Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Ger) and Steve Davis (Aus)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

## Tour matches
### List A: Marylebone Cricket Club v New Zealanders

* 27 April Scorecard
| New Zealanders 239/7 (47 overs) | v | Marylebone Cricket Club 44/2 (9 overs) |
| Aaron Redmond 72 (117) Rob Nicol 2/32 (5 overs) | | Richard Montgomerie 20 (29) Mark Gillespie 2/26 (5 overs) |
* No result Arundel Castle, Arundel Umpires: Stephen Gayle (Eng) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng)
* Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

### First-class: Kent v New Zealanders

* 28–30 April Scorecard
* Match drawn St. Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Nigel Cowley (Eng) and Andy Hicks (Eng)
* Kent won the toss and elected to bat.

### First-class: Essex v New Zealanders

* 2–5 May Scorecard
* New Zealanders won by 92 runs Chelmsford, England Umpires: Terry Urben (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng)
* Essex won the toss and elected to field.

### First-class: England Lions v New Zealanders

* 8–11 May Scorecard
* Match drawn Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and John Steele (Eng)
* England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

### First-class: New Zealanders v Northamptonshire

* 30 May – 1 June Scorecard
* Match drawn Northampton, England Umpires: Stephen Gale (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
* Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.

### List A: New Zealanders v Worcestershire

* 11 June Scorecard
| New Zealanders 358/8 (50 overs) | v | Worcestershire 263 (48 overs) |
| Brendon McCullum 123 (98) Chris Whelan 4/78 (10 overs) | | Vikram Solanki 80 (98) Scott Styris 3/25 (8 overs) |
* New Zealanders won by 95 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Barry Dudleston (Eng) and Neil Mallender (Eng)
* New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.