I know this will mean nothing to my readers from the Americas.
ICC Cricket World Cup, 9th Match, Pool A: New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 20, 2015
England Innings
R M B 4s 6s SR
IR Bell b Southee 8 18 17 1 0 47.05
MM Ali b Southee 20 31 15 4 0 133.33
GS Ballance c Williamson b Boult 10 46 26 0 0 38.46
JE Root c Vettori b Milne 46 123 70 3 0 65.71
EJG Morgan* c Milne b Vettori 17 51 41 1 0 41.46
JWA Taylor b Southee 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
JC Buttler† c †Ronchi b Southee 3 8 7 0 0 42.85
CR Woakes b Southee 1 3 2 0 0 50.00
SCJ Broad c Vettori b Southee 4 10 10 0 0 40.00
ST Finn c Taylor b Southee 0 10 8 0 0 0.00
JM Anderson not out 1 5 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (lb 6, w 7) 13
Total (all out; 33.2 overs; 153 mins) 123 (3.69 runs per over)
Bowling
O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
TG Southee 9 0 33 7 3.66 38 4 0 (3w)
TA Boult 10 2 32 1 3.20 39 1 0 (1w)
AF Milne 5.2 1 25 1 4.68 21 3 0 (2w)
DL Vettori 7 0 19 1 2.71 25 0 0
CJ Anderson 2 0 8 0 4.00 8 1 0 (1w)
New Zealand innings (target: 124 runs from 50 overs)
R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Guptill b Woakes 22 48 22 3 0 100.00
BB McCullum* b Woakes 77 39 25 8 7 308.00
KS Williamson not out 9 23 22 1 0 40.90
LRPL Taylor not out 5 14 5 1 0 100.00
Extras (lb 4, w 8) 12
Total (2 wickets; 12.2 overs; 62 mins) 125 (10.13 runs per over)
Bowling
O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
JM Anderson 5 0 37 0 7.40 16 5 0 (3w)
SCJ Broad 2.2 0 27 0 11.57 7 3 1 (1w)
ST Finn 2 0 49 0 24.50 2 3 6
CR Woakes 3 1 8 2 2.66 16 2 0
Match result: New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)
Scorecard lifted from CricInfo.
One word: blimey.
Next stop... Australia...
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Adam
