England Vs New Zealand 19/05/2013 - 1st Test Results

England Vs New Zealand 16th to 19/05/2013 - 1st Test Results, Review and Statistical Highlights

England Vs New Zealand 1st test match held between 16th to 19/05/2013 started with England winning the toss and electing to bat first.  It was a good decision considering that the black caps would need to bat last on a pitch which was bound to become more bowler friendly.  Read on for the complete Results, Performance Reviews and Statistical Highlights of the entire match.

England Vs New Zealand 19/05/2013 Results and Statistical Highlights

England Batting (1st and 2nd Innings)

During the first innings England batting was not very great as the pitch was clearly of assistance to the New Zealand bowlers.  Despite the pitch being bowler friendly there were a few who performed brilliantly.  The highlights of their innings were Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root who scored 41 and 40 Runs respectively.

The second innings of England's batting  was even more poor as the pitch at this time had started to misbehave to an extent.  Joe Root was once again impressive but this time he had a partnership with Jonathan Trott as they ended at a score of 71 and 56 Respectively.

New Zealand Bowling (1st and 2nd Innings)

The Kiwis bowled superbly in the first innings as they never allowed any English batsman make a big score,  the kiwis picked up regular wickets despite the English batsmen getting starts which was good to see.  The highlights of their bowling was Tim Southee and Neil Wagner who picked up 4 and 3 Wickets respectively.

New Zealand Bowling in the second innings was once again highlighted by Tim Southee who this time picked up 6 wickets.  Apart from Southee Kane Williamson bowled well as he picked up 2 wickets.

New Zealand Batting (1st and 2nd Innings)

Watching New Zealand bat i was sure there were no problems with the England batsman as their batting was equally poor.  They ended up getting bundled out for a score of just 207 despite Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson scoring 66 and 60 Runs respectively.

Their second innings bowling was even more poorer as they bundled out for a score of just 68 and went down without a fight while chasing 239 Runs.  Their best batsman was Neil Wagner who made a score of 17.

England Bowling (1st and 2nd Innings)

During the first innings James Anderson and Steven Finn absolutely tomented the New Zealand batting.  They ended up picking 5 and 4 wickets respectively and set up the match nicely.

Their second innings bowling was even better as they picked up 10 wickets in just around 23 overs with just james anderson and stuart broad bowling as they picked up 2 and 7 wickets respectively.

England Vs New Zealand 19/05/2013 - 1st Test Results/Scorecard

England 1st innings	Dismissal	R	M	B	4s	6s
AN Cook*	c †Watling b Boult	32	150	115	2	0
NRD Compton	c Southee b Martin	16	95	62	0	0
IJL Trott	c Brownlie b Boult	39	132	96	6	0
IR Bell	c †Watling b Wagner	31	168	133	4	0
JE Root	c †Watling b Southee	40	180	114	4	0
JM Bairstow	c & b Southee	41	155	107	4	0
MJ Prior†	lbw b Southee	0	1	1	0	0
SCJ Broad	lbw b Wagner	0	5	3	0	0
GP Swann	c †Watling b Wagner	5	9	9	1	0
ST Finn	lbw b Southee	4	41	30	0	0
JM Anderson	not out	7	11	9	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, w 2, nb 5)	17
Total	(all out; 112.2 overs; 486 mins)	232	(2.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-43 (Compton, 22.1 ov), 2-67 (Cook, 34.6 ov), 3-112 (Trott, 53.5 ov), 4-157 (Bell, 78.2 ov), 5-192 (Root, 95.3 ov), 6-192 (Prior, 95.4 ov), 7-195 (Broad, 96.2 ov), 8-201 (Swann, 98.1 ov), 9-221 (Finn, 110.1 ov), 10-232 (Bairstow, 112.2 ov)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
TA Boult	27	10	48	2	1.77	(2nb)
TG Southee	28.2	8	58	4	2.04
N Wagner	28	8	70	3	2.5	(2nb, 2w)
BP Martin	26	12	38	1	1.46	(1nb)
KS Williamson	3	1	8	0	2.66
New Zealand 1st innings	Dismissal	R	M	B	4s	6s
PG Fulton	c Swann b Anderson	2	30	22	0	0
HD Rutherford	c Cook b Anderson	4	4	3	1	0
KS Williamson	c †Prior b Anderson	60	276	167	6	0
LRPL Taylor	lbw b Anderson	66	111	72	13	0
DG Brownlie	lbw b Finn	23	60	49	4	0
BB McCullum*	c †Prior b Broad	2	28	22	0	0
BJ Watling†	c †Prior b Finn	17	92	52	2	0
TG Southee	c Root b Finn	12	18	9	3	0
BP Martin	b Anderson	0	2	3	0	0
N Wagner	not out	6	25	14	1	0
TA Boult	c Anderson b Finn	0	2	4	0	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 3)	15
Total	(all out; 69 overs; 333 mins)	207	(3.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Rutherford, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Fulton, 6.4 ov), 3-100 (Taylor, 31.2 ov), 4-147 (Brownlie, 44.6 ov), 5-155 (McCullum, 50.2 ov), 6-177 (Williamson, 59.5 ov), 7-194 (Southee, 62.6 ov), 8-195 (Martin, 63.4 ov), 9-207 (Watling, 68.2 ov), 10-207 (Boult, 68.6 ov)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
JM Anderson	24	11	47	5	1.95
SCJ Broad	21	4	64	1	3.04	(2nb)
ST Finn	15	3	63	4	4.2	(1nb)
GP Swann	8	0	19	0	2.37
IJL Trott	1	0	2	0	2
England 2nd innings	Dismissal	R	M	B	4s	6s
AN Cook*	c Brownlie b Boult	21	40	31	1	0
NRD Compton	b Wagner	15	36	26	2	0
IJL Trott	b Williamson	56	226	137	6	0
JE Root	b Southee	71	178	120	8	0
JM Bairstow	b Southee	5	12	13	0	0
MJ Prior†	c sub (MJ Guptill) b Southee	0	11	11	0	0
ST Finn	c sub (MJ Guptill) b Southee	6		16	1	0
IR Bell	c Brownlie b Southee	6		11	0	0
SCJ Broad	not out	26		25	4	0
GP Swann	c McCullum b Southee	1		18	0	0
JM Anderson	c Southee b Williamson	0		5	0	0
Extras	(b 3, w 1, nb 2)	6
Total	(all out; 68.3 overs)	213	(3.10 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-36 (Cook, 8.4 ov), 2-36 (Compton, 9.5 ov), 3-159 (Root, 49.6 ov), 4-167 (Bairstow, 53.1 ov), 5-171 (Prior, 55.4 ov), 6-171 (Trott, 56.2 ov), 7-183 (Finn, 59.5 ov), 8-200 (Bell, 63.2 ov), 9-210 (Swann, 67.3 ov), 10-213 (Anderson, 68.3 ov)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
TA Boult	15	3	56	1	3.73
TG Southee	19	4	50	6	2.63
N Wagner	13	2	44	1	3.38	(1nb, 1w)
BP Martin	13	2	40	0	3.07	(1nb)
KS Williamson	8.3	2	20	2	2.35
New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 239 runs)	Dimissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PG Fulton	c †Prior b Broad	1	9	0	0	11.11
HD Rutherford	b Broad	9	8	2	0	112.5
KS Williamson	c Finn b Broad	6	24	0	0	25
LRPL Taylor	c Cook b Broad	0	2	0	0	0
DG Brownlie	c Cook b Anderson	5	19	1	0	26.31
BB McCullum*	lbw b Broad	8	6	2	0	133.33
BJ Watling†	c Trott b Anderson	13	24	2	0	54.16
TG Southee	c Root b Broad	7	10	0	0	70
N Wagner	run out (Bairstow/Anderson)	17	24	1	1	70.83
BP Martin	b Broad	1	9	0	0	11.11
TA Boult	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	(all out; 22.3 overs)	68	(3.02 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Fulton, 1.3 ov), 2-16 (Rutherford, 5.1 ov), 3-16 (Taylor, 5.3 ov), 4-21 (Williamson, 9.4 ov), 5-25 (Brownlie, 10.4 ov), 6-29 (McCullum, 11.4 ov), 7-41 (Southee, 15.2 ov), 8-54 (Watling, 18.4 ov), 9-67 (Martin, 21.6 ov), 10-68 (Wagner, 22.3 ov)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	11.3	5	23	2	2
SCJ Broad	11	0	44	7	4

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