England will be facing New Zealand in the second of the one day series in a few hours. Following victories in the first four matches of the tour, two against Canterbury, and two 2020 wins against New Zealand the result of the first one day game on saturday was a huge disappointment for the English. Mustering merely a paltry 130 runs, the Kiwis easily reached the target after just 30 overs and with the loss of only 4 wickets.
Coach Peter Moores will most likely make changes to the team and Dimitri Mascarenhas may be recalled to the side for the game, after being dropped for the first match. Ravi Bopara would be the one to make way having only scored 3 runs in the opening game. Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen and captain Paul Collingwood will have to step up, scoring only 23 runs between them on saturday.
Elsewhere the England womens team were forced to settle for a draw in their one day series with Australia after the hosts won the fifth match in Sydney to tie the series at 2-2. The English were set a target of 211 and finished someway short, despite strong contributions from captain Charlotte Edwards and Lydia Greenway, the team were bowled out for 170 after 46.3 overs. They will remain down under for a solitary test match this weekend in Bowral.
Links:
BBC match report - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7234974.stm
BBC women's match report - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/womens_cricket/7238441.stm
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Fantastic preview Tim. It was a shame we got stuffed again. I don't think we have won a agame since you started writing your blogs. Ah well maybe next time.
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