2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Match 9 Pool A - New Zealand Vs England @Wellington,NZ Friday Feb 20, 2015

   

England won the toss and chose to bat first

Squads

Newe Zealand

Brendon McCullum (C)

Martin Guptill

Kane Williamson

Ross Taylor

Grant Elliott

Corey Anderson

Luke Ronchi (W)

Daniel Vettori

Adam Milne

Tim Southee

Trent Boult

England

Moeen Ali

Ian Bell

Gary Ballance

Joe Root

Eoin Morgan (C)

James Taylor

Jos Buttler (W)

Chris Woakes

Stuart Broad

Steven Finn

James Anderson

Tim Southee, Brendon McCullum star as New Zealand rout England

England were bundled out for 123 Runs as the English Batsmen went cheaply one by one and only 4 batsmen scored in double figures -Moeen Ali(20)Gary Ballance(10)Joe Root(46)&Eoin Morgan(17)

Tim Southee took 7/33 in 9 Overs and were the best bowling figures in ODIs by a man from his country and the third best in World Cups after Australians Glenn McGrath (7/15) and Andy Bichel (7/20)

  

Shane Bond's 6/19 Vs India at Bulawayo in 2005 was the previous best by NZ bowler

Shane Bond is now the bowling coach of NZ

Set to score 124 Runs for a win,Brendon McCullum smashed 77 Runs(in 25 Balls with 4x8 and 6x7),fastest World Cup fifty and recorded 105 Runs for the 1st wicket with Martin Guptill(21) in 7.1 Overs

Brendon McCullum's hitting sequence today: 1-6-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-0-1-6-4-0-4-6-0-6-6-6-6-4-0-1-0 for his 77 off 25 balls.

Brendon McCullum scored 50 in 18 balls which is behind South Africa`s AB de Villiers (16 balls) and Sri Lanka`s Sanath Jayasuriya (17 balls).

Brendon McCullum held the previous record for the fastest World Cup fifty, off 20 balls against Canada at St Lucia in 2007

England's abject defeat by New Zealand in Wellington ranks as one of their darkest days not only at a World Cup but in the country's entire history of playing the international game

Scorecard

England 123/10 in 33.2 Overs

NZ 125/2 in 12.2 Overs

Match Result -NZ won  by 8 wickets

MOM - Tim Southee(NZ for his 7/33 in 9 Overs