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00:00Music
00:25Cairns to Pella
00:27Beautifully timed. Full toss.
00:36Boundary rope is in on that right hand side of the ground as we look at it.
00:43And a lovely gentle away swinger to Graeme Fowler. Full toss and beautifully put away.
00:57Nice strike.
01:03A deep, fine leg. Fowler goes back to the third.
01:20And the first wicket goes down. Good delivery that from Lance Cairns.
01:24Graeme Fowler is out. Put Coney. Old Cairns and New Zealand have struck.
01:3013 for one. Fowler the man dismissed.
01:33And a good piece of cricket that from Lance Cairns and Jeremy Coney.
01:38Lance Cairns slanting this one across Graeme Fowler.
01:42You see it's pitched middle and off and he's got to play at it.
01:45And a little outside edge and a very comfortable catch to Coney.
01:51That's more like it. Beautiful shot. Now Fowler crack through the offside.
02:03And everybody knows that's how Christopher can play.
02:06And that will do him a pair of good.
02:16Sneddon again to Gower.
02:17That short, coming away through me to have a good shot by David Gower.
02:27This is the man really that New Zealand fear more than anybody else.
02:31Takes the score on to 18. He's the man who really took them to task in Australia.
02:37And later on in New Zealand earlier in the year.
02:43And he had a fine start to the season.
02:45Had one or two low scores in the last week or so.
02:49Just needs to get his timing right.
02:52Handsome stroke again, beautifully timed, just leisurely into that,
03:09stroked it away for four down to the Vauxhall end.
03:13A little bit of vintage Gar there now, bringing up the 50.
03:23Sudden overpitching.
03:28And it's all so casual.
03:34Beautiful stroke again, quite a half volley.
03:37Had it on the up.
03:39Right giving chase, just about to cut it off.
03:44I think he's taking it over.
03:45Looks as though his spikes might have caught in that soft outfield there.
03:53Looks as though he's going to try something fairly fancy.
03:57Lovely shot again on the up by Gower, right through the gap.
04:02And a little bit of a problem here for Wright as he gets down towards the boundary line.
04:07He seems to, as he was slowing up, seem to get his foot stuck in a little wet patch down there.
04:12And, of course, went tumbling over the boundary line with the ball.
04:16He didn't enjoy that.
04:22That's cracked away, could be out.
04:25Yes, beautifully caught on that mid-wicket boundary.
04:29It's a disappointment to the crowd.
04:32One man he had to find out there.
04:34And a beautiful judge catch sees the hand of David Gower.
04:37And then 79 for two.
04:42And a wicket to Tony.
04:46Certainly a big blow.
04:48Not a very good shot at all.
04:49Only one man out there.
04:50And David Gard deciding to hit the ball over the top.
04:54Instead of it going straight down the ground,
04:57he's whipped it away down to mid-wicket and a pretty straightforward catch
05:02made there by Bruce Hedgaard.
05:05That big wicket.
05:07That was a big wicket for New Zealand.
05:09And David Gard being disappointed.
05:19Oh, whipped away again by Tavare.
05:21Finds another gap at square leg.
05:22That's four runs.
05:23Cheers for the stroke and for the fact that the 100 runs is up.
05:31England, 102 for two.
05:38Lovely whipshot there.
05:40The ball, once again, just short of a length.
05:42And going down the leg side.
05:44Right off the meat of Tavare's bat.
05:54Oh, it's high, it's in the air.
05:56Edgar's under it.
05:58Catches it.
06:03And as went David Gard, so went Chris Tavare.
06:06How sad for England.
06:08The two batsmen in full flow, going well.
06:13Both fell to the same fielder.
06:16Identical shot.
06:19The long hit to the outfield of deep mid-wicket and Chris Tavare.
06:22Chris Tavare has been caught by Edgar.
06:25The rolling of Chatfield.
06:31The 45.
06:32This is how it happened.
06:34The ball, just short of a length and hit right off the meat of the bat.
06:38But he did get underneath it quite a long way.
06:41And, of course, once again, Bruce Edgar, who caught Gower earlier,
06:45takes a pretty straightforward catch.
06:46And there's one.
06:47And that's perhaps the way to do it.
06:48A little advance down the pitch and smash it away over long on.
06:49Beautiful stroke for four.
06:52No swing.
06:53That was the one that was curling in quickly to the right-handers earlier in the day.
06:55That was the one that was curling in quickly to the right-handers earlier in the day.
06:56And there's one.
06:57And there's one.
06:58That's perhaps the way to do it.
06:59And there's one that's perhaps the way to do it.
07:00And there's one that's perhaps the way to do it.
07:01And there's one that's perhaps the way to do it.
07:02A little advance down the pitch and smash it away over long on.
07:03Beautiful stroke for four.
07:08No swing.
07:09That was the one that was curling in quickly to the right-handers earlier in the day.
07:13Not needed there, could have been rather good wicket to save that boundary.
07:35That's a superb shot from Alan Lamb.
07:40A remarkable shot this, you watch Alan Lamb, he goes on the front foot to begin, but he's
07:50got time enough to get back and pull that, like an absolute rocket through mid-wicket.
07:57Super shot.
07:59Too short, too short, that's for Martin Sneddon, let's keep Paul up on a slow pitch, that's
08:07kind, give the batsman a chance to pull or hook away, and he's done it again.
08:19It wouldn't have mattered if you'd had Chatfield out there then, even though he's 6'4", it's
08:26a beautiful stroke from Alan Lamb, to bring up his 50, 189 for 3.
08:34Magnificent stroke this, he had a bit of practice the previous ball, and that one goes miles.
08:41Another fine blow, struck over mid-wicket, beautifully timed, all the ease and grace in the world there.
08:53Brings Lamb another four glorious runs, and brings up the 200.
09:00Alan Lamb in tremendous form here, picking that up from the leg stump.
09:04And lashes that through the offside, gives himself a little bit of extra room, and again
09:17has exploited that gap to perfection.
09:19Another superb shot, moving down the wicket, didn't get too close to it, but that didn't
09:28really matter.
09:29And he's crushed another glorious straight six, an immense blow that straight over the
09:35bowler's head.
09:37That's a superb straight drive there, and in fact it only landed a few yards underneath us
09:40in our commentary box here.
09:55Tremendous strike.
09:57Lovely straight swing of the bat.
09:59Lovely straight swing of the bat.
10:04And that's repeated, and Martin Crowe will be very delighted to finish off that over.
10:17200, partnership cast, 220 for three.
10:27Greeted again with a beautiful, fluent off-and-drive, it's four more.
10:46And that's it.
10:47Going self-room, once in a while, miscued, and Gatting goes.
10:52Stetton takes his wicket, and it's 2.32 for four.
10:56And a bright, spirited little knock there from Mike Gatting, in a partnership worth 113.
11:05And Mike Gatting sacrificing his wicket in the cause for quick runs.
11:09Little bit of room, and good delivery from Martin Smetton.
11:15I have a feeling here that these two batsmen might be looking to latch on a bit to Martin Smetton.
11:26And that's clicked away again quite gloriously, beautifully timed shot there, racing through to mid-wicket for four.
11:34Any young lad watching, that's the way to play over pitch ball on the leg stump.
11:41Yes, certainly you won't see many better shots to the leg side than that one.
11:48And that's repeated, flipped away fine this time for four more.
11:57And Alan well landed this sort of forming, and Skilor round the wicket.
12:03Not only is a fine on-site player, but he can crack him equally well through the offside.
12:13Yes, this is very good cricket. The man on the boundary is pretty square, and the man would be aware of that.
12:18And so having played the beautiful off the meat of the bat shot to mid-wicket,
12:23on that occasion just closing the face a little more, and deflecting it down to fine leg.
12:28Oh, look at that, and finds the gap.
12:38Oh, brilliant, marvellous stop.
12:42That really was tremendous.
12:49That's goalkeeping, not fielding.
12:51Oh, marvellous shot.
13:00Tremendous blow by Botham.
13:05Wow.
13:07Well, that certainly was a beautiful shot by Ian Botham.
13:09Down the wicket he went, high and wide over the top of the baton, I'd say,
13:12perhaps ten or fifteen rows back.
13:15Have a look at it again.
13:17Decided to come down the wicket, right into the slot the ball was.
13:21And look at that follow through.
13:23Off the meat of the heavy bat.
13:28Timed perfectly.
13:30And the New Deelanders, watch that one.
13:32Disciplier way over the top.
13:36Now then, Tony, there'll be five overs to bowl.
13:39It means that Geoff Howarth has to do a bit of fiddling with his attack.
13:46Richard Hadley, I'd have thought, would have been left to last, but there we are.
13:49He's about to complete his compulsory twelve, or maximum of twelve.
13:54Comes in now.
13:58And Botham walks.
14:00Caught behind the wicket.
14:01And it would have been impossible to detect that from the boundary,
14:04but Ian Botham decided that it was a well-known Nick.
14:09And Hadley is relaxed and satisfied.
14:13Yes, I think he probably hit the cover off this.
14:16When he hit it in the middle of the bat, it might never have come down.
14:19Trying to smash it right out of the ground,
14:21and a big nick there, through to the keeper.
14:25Botham following through and, of course, straight away,
14:28would go Hadley's arms and the umpire's finger.
14:32Umpire Oslea down that end, a little cheer for Botham,
14:34who was required to play in aggressive innings,
14:37and he did just that.
14:40Put the requirements at the side first,
14:41and he's now ended up back in the pavilion.
14:48Well, Botham, of course, a handyman to have there
14:50to swing the bat at the end of the innings.
14:52Caught Lees, bold Hadley, 22.
14:55Hadley's first wicket.
14:59271 for five.
15:04Cairns to Lamb on 97.
15:06Finds a gap there.
15:10There'll be one, there'll be two.
15:17Nicely timed off the toes.
15:20Alan Lamb, 99.
15:31Alan Lamb, 99.
15:32One for the 100.
15:34Cairns.
15:36Tucked away.
15:38Nicely placed, nicely timed.
15:39Walsh to two.
15:40Can he make it?
15:42And he does, out of bounds.
15:44101.
15:50And the range of his stroke play.
15:52Not lost in this crown at the oboe today.
15:57Absolutely under control.
15:58At every turn.
15:59Yes, it certainly has been an outstanding innings.
16:09Tommy has not been in great form,
16:13and it must be a great feeling for him.
16:16Jeremy Coney, one for 20.
16:17I thought it might have been the order of the day.
16:19He's just slow enough to allow the keeper to stand up, and that can make quite a big difference.
16:34In these matches at the end, the batsman then is going to be a little bit careful about running down the pitch.
16:40Right, the other one was Martin Crowe, six overs of 51, but Coney would have seemed to be the choice according to the figures.
16:51But we are watching Sneddon.
16:52Bowled in.
16:56Leg stump.
16:57It's gone.
16:59Alan Lamb not satisfied.
17:01Sneddon delighted.
17:02But Lamb really, uh, has scored a marvellous hundred.
17:07Scarcely put a foot wrong, but, uh, lovely to see a bit of annoyance, isn't there, in whichever circumstances get you out.
17:13Humbert.
17:16All round it.
17:18Well bowled, well up on a leg stump.
17:27Marvellous to see this, uh, Prudential World Cup set off with a first-class Humbert.
17:36In one sense of the wood, at least, as Alan Lamb retreats to the Orwell Pavilion.
17:40It was a good ball from Sneddon.
17:44This was, uh, the first ball of the spell.
17:47Tucked in there and, uh, right up at leg stump.
17:50And, of course, the batsman Lamb moving backwards to try and give himself a little bit of room to hit the ball through on the offside.
17:57And, because it was full and right up in the block hole there, uh, he got himself bowled.
18:02But a great knock by Alan Lamb.
18:03And, certainly, just what the doctor ordered for England, two hundred and seventy-eight.
18:09Six is, uh, a good score.
18:12Fifty-six overs have been bowled.
18:14And, uh, England, I think it can be said, have got themselves off to a tremendous start in the Prudential World Cup.
18:20The new batsman is Graham Dilley.
18:27Another big, tall, left-hander.
18:30That's gone somewhere. I think it's gone high. I've lost sight of it.
18:40I now see it rolling over the boundary at Deep Long On.
18:43Looking at the angle of the blade and the swing of the shoulders and the eyes of the fielders.
18:49It's set up towards Westminster.
18:51And landed just inside the ropes for Graham Dilley.
18:56Yes, he certainly got stuck into this one.
18:59Uh, he decided that, uh, it was gonna have to go wherever it pitched.
19:03And, uh, did that.
19:05Way over the top of Miron's head.
19:08And bounced just inside the rope.
19:13A repeat, not so high.
19:16In fact, New Zealand fielders looking up at the air and the ball went about three feet off the ground.
19:20Like a rocket.
19:22Three hundreds up. Three hundred and four now.
19:26Tremendous bludgeoning blow by Graham Dilley.
19:31England, three oh four for six. We can hardly keep pace with it.
19:44And the medium-paced bowling looking just about right for Graham Dilley.
19:48Good for Graham Dilley.
19:53Martin Stadden.
19:56Pull down short.
19:57Another great whack of the bat.
20:02Four run signalled.
20:04Deep square leg.
20:05The first bounce.
20:07And rocketing into the crowd.
20:09What a shot.
20:11Well, uh, I'm not too sure that, uh,
20:15on the strength of that shot, we could, uh, call this young man anything other than an all-rounder.
20:18We held him back in Australia, you know.
20:21We thought it's best that you didn't see too much of him out there.
20:27Oh, tremendous stuff.
20:28Not great bowling. Short of a length.
20:30Better to keep it up.
20:31But in comes Sneddon again.
20:41Well, that would have been close.
20:43The throw not quite straight enough.
20:45And, uh, Martin Stadden failing to catch it.
20:50Ian Gould rightly dicing with, uh, danger.
20:53We're in the 59th over.
21:06Three hundred and ten now for six.
21:09Twenty-six to the left hand of Dilley.
21:12Gould had seven.
21:14Sneddon again.
21:15Sneddon again.
21:21Again.
21:25Poor Martin Crow.
21:28Alas, it said it all.
21:30The picture tells you the story.
21:34Doesn't even want to know his hat.
21:38A bit of an edge as Dilley went to hit this one over.
21:42Extra cover.
21:44Spooned up in there.
21:45Crow had to make, uh, a lot of ground there actually.
21:47He did well to get his hands to that one.
21:49He came in from the point boundary.
21:52And, uh, wasn't quite able to latch onto that one.
21:55That was a difficult one.
21:56The one before.
21:57Not quite so difficult.
21:59And, uh, Dilley's still there.
22:01He has twenty-seven.
22:03Gould has seven.
22:04Big score this.
22:05Three hundred and eleven now.
22:08And, uh, we have just one over to go.
22:10So, the England side would be very happy with, uh, the way things have gone.
22:16And the New Zealanders have got it all ahead of them.
22:20They've got some depth in their batting.
22:22And, as we've said before, a good pitch.
22:23Right, the sixtieth over coming up.
22:29And the ball flying to all parts of the ground off the bat of Graham Dilley.
22:33I, like most bowlers, love batting.
22:45Not quite the same for batsmen who love bowling.
22:47Because the ball tends to disappear to all parts of the ground.
22:49But, uh, you would have a good day as a bowler batsman.
22:53And really love it.
22:54And Graham Dilley's doing just that.
22:55I think I'm gonna have to pick you up on that one, Mr Lewis.
23:08I think that all bowlers love batting against medium pacers.
23:11I'm not too sure that they're all gonna enjoy batting against the West Indies.
23:14Well, yes. Okay. Point taken.
23:20Concede, concede.
23:25Shot.
23:26Shot, good shot. That's in the air.
23:28That's gone, eventually, along the ground.
23:30And that's four rounds to Ian Gould.
23:31And that was a good shot. Well timed.
23:34There is certainly some stick flying around out there.
23:37The two left handers.
23:41Stuck into the medium pace.
23:43As Tony Gregg rightly says.
23:45Maybe it wouldn't look the same against Garner and Holding and Roberts and Marshall and Daniel.
23:55Well, we could mention one or two more, I suppose.
24:00Yes, Gould certainly loving every second of this.
24:02As is Dilley.
24:03There's a man at Deepman Wicket now.
24:04That is a beautiful shot.
24:05Right off the middle of the bat.
24:13Two more, all close goals, but, uh, the England innings, I think, one of the characteristics has been the good, confident calling.
24:27And, uh, quick running between the wickets.
24:31Three hundred and eighteen to the six in this last over.
24:38Well struck.
24:40Just one.
24:41And that one fielded at mid-wicket by Glen Turner, who's going to play a vitally important role in the New Zealand chase.
24:51It's, uh, been playing very well lately in one-day cricket.
24:56Well, it's hit some part of the bat, I'm not sure which.
25:02And such is the arc of the swing and follow through that it made some ground down to long on.
25:08Two more for Graham Dilley.
25:09Well, can he finish this off with a nice big six?
25:23Last ball.
25:25Not exactly what he wanted, but, uh, a thick inside edge is good enough for a single more for England.
25:32Who have ended with, uh, tremendous flourish by Graham Dilley.
25:41Thirty-one runs to him.
25:44A real fine flourish, and, uh, the oval ring with the middle of the bat.
25:51Welcome back into test cricket.
25:52He's, uh, tall and strong.
25:55His heart of hearts, he knows his big job may be to come as a bowler, but, uh,
25:59that, I think, Tony, was a tremendous contribution to the Indians.
26:03It certainly was.
26:04Just what England needed.
26:06Taking their, uh, run rate up to 5.38.
26:10And so New Zealand need 323 runs to win.
26:14And Bob Willis, who won the toss this morning, will be very happy that he decided to bat first.
26:19And that's the story of the day.
26:20That's 323 runs to win for New Zealand, off 60 overs, and that is quite a formidable task.
26:34The record score in Prudential Cup matches remains England's 334 for four.
26:40That was against India at Lourdes in 1975.
26:43The record for a match.
26:47It was on this very ground here, the oval, when Australia and Stridank have put together 604 for nine records.
26:57Bob Willis to bowl the first over.
26:58He's already G-ing up the English fielders.
27:02Come on, come on, he's saying.
27:04Getting himself worked up, and here's the first ball.
27:07At the New Zealand innings, Glen Turner taking straight.
27:09Very few better limited overs batsmen than Glen Turner around these days.
27:20Gave the Australians a lesson in batting in the recent summer.
27:26Out in Australia, when the New Zealanders came across for the World Series Cup.
27:31Worked the ball around on offside and lakeside.
27:36Made really well.
27:37Not all that keen these days on test match cricket.
27:40Not all that keen these days on test match cricket.
27:46Nice to build it.
27:53And Greg sitting alongside me will recall the day in Adelaide when England had a lot of runs to defend.
28:00296 of them and couldn't manage it.
28:02But it would require a tremendous effort here today from New Zealand if they would win.
28:13First runners.
28:15To Bruce Edgar.
28:22Three of them.
28:23Three runners on the board. Willis.
28:24Oh, what a good catch that was.
28:36Ian Gould celebrating having displaced Bob Taylor from this credential cup team for England.
28:41Has taken a blinder.
28:42The great catch from the Sussex man.
28:44Bruce Edgar gone.
28:45And New Zealand straight away in trouble.
28:46Beautiful bit of cricket this was.
28:47Good bowling by Bob Woolis.
28:48An outside edge there to a ball which seemed to move slightly off the wicket away towards the slip area.
28:54It went quickly and very low.
29:24It's out of reach but the actions of the players.
29:28It certainly came off the thin edge.
29:31Nowhere near Ian Gould.
29:34Could have been something to pull off a second great catch.
29:41Didn't time that.
29:42But he's got it away well enough.
29:45To race down to the Vauxhall end.
29:47Little bit downhill that way.
29:48And four more to John Wright.
29:51That's a good over for New Zealand.
29:54Not quite so good for Graham Dilley.
29:59The total goes up to 24 for one.
30:03Each batsman ten.
30:04The man out Edgar.
30:06Who was brilliantly caught by Gould off Willis for three.
30:15Good shot.
30:18Good shot.
30:21Very calmly put away on the leg side by Glenn Turner.
30:25Typical stroke from him.
30:26No hurry.
30:27Just placed it carefully.
30:30And four more runs.
30:36Got to be out.
30:38Yes.
30:39Ian Botham.
30:41Takes a simple catch.
30:42John Wright.
30:43If anything perhaps changing his mind.
30:45And deceived by the slowness of the ball off the pitch.
30:47Wasn't that it came at him at any steep angle.
30:51That seemed to be a little hesitation in the stroke.
30:53The second wicket goes down for New Zealand.
30:56Yes.
30:57Wright certainly didn't execute that full shot very well.
31:00It was a little bit slow.
31:01And it ended up by going straight up in the air.
31:05And presenting itself to Botham.
31:08Who could never possibly have dropped.
31:12That particular one.
31:13It was so easy.
31:14And Wright looked very disappointed.
31:15Obviously misread the pace of it.
31:18Perhaps a little bit optimistic going for that hook shot.
31:21Straight away.
31:22And that's the end of him.
31:24So.
31:25Two wickets down now.
31:26For 28.
31:37Jeff Howarth is off the mark.
31:39And it's even further now.
31:40With Turner out of LBW.
31:41To Willis.
31:42Thirty-one for two.
31:43Didn't look completely enamored with the decision.
31:46Glenn Turner.
31:47Have a close look at this one.
31:48Willis.
31:49Even Turner to play from the crease there.
31:52Looked.
31:53Dirty-one for two.
31:54And it's even further now.
31:55With Turner out of LBW.
31:56To Willis.
31:57Thirty-one for two.
31:59Didn't look completely enamored with the decision.
32:04Glenn Turner.
32:06I'll have a close look at this one.
32:12Willis.
32:13Turner to play from the crease there, it looked very adjacent to the stumps, I suppose if
32:20Turner's unhappy about anything it might be that he thought he might have got a bit of
32:23bat on it, but it looked very adjacent, and umpire mayor there had no hesitation in raising
32:29his finger, and that's a huge blow to New Zealand. Glenn Turner out to OBW to the bowling
32:34of Bob Willis, who now has two wickets, and the New Zealanders have slumped to 31 for
32:40three, and they're chasing 323, so the tall Jeremy Coney, receiving a very useful
32:55bouncer there first ball, you've seen many of those flying around here today, a good hand
33:05there for Bob Willis, two for seven.
33:12Well that's a good looking shot, swayed onto the back foot, put it away, quite beautifully
33:22square, so four runs to New Zealand captain Howarth. And a fine shot this, anything short of a length, it sits up and begs.
33:32Beautiful shot there by Geoff Howarth.
33:39And that could be a catch, and indeed it is, and it's thrown away there by Geoff Howarth.
33:47Very loose bad shot there from the New Zealand captain, and marks in his first over, as so often
33:54was the case, the slow roller comes on, and he takes it again. 62 for four, with Howarth.
34:00There he goes, marvellous throw, and that's the Botham of old, the lack of fires gone in the field, certainly he's come back.
34:15Well that was an outstanding bit of fielding. Ian Botham very quickly there, moving to his left.
34:22Not only did he take it cleanly, but he threw that ball very firmly, bounced once, and I say it was about two inches
34:32to the right hand side of the stumps there, and the end result was that he had in fact got it in quickly enough
34:40for the bowler to get the bails off, and that's the end of Jeremy Coney. Magnificent cricket from Ian Botham.
34:46The chart. Two runs. To Martin Crow, beginning to play well despite the loss of his partner.
35:16Another fine shot, and this scatters the pigeons, and it's a long, long run. Mike Gatting.
35:31And certainly in the mid wickets, the oval is one of the biggest grounds in the world, it's a long chase, a long run,
35:39and even then the rope is in to subtract the distance somewhat, but Martin Crow beginning to play very well.
35:49Three runs to him.
35:54It's a fine shot, right over the top of Muddarden's head, and a couple of bounces over that rope down there,
36:01and that's one of the few occasions that we've seen the New Zealanders take to Fowler.
36:06Good shot.
36:16And that finds a large gap at mid wicket. Four runs.
36:22Played it pretty well on the back foot, waiting for it, and that's Vic Marks' most expensive over to date.
36:29Double the score in fact, eight over for 24 now, one for 24.
36:36Oh, good shot. Good shot. It's a full flat back, and he whistled past Bob Willis at mid off.
36:53He always intended to give it a bit of a belt, and he did that.
36:59Did he ever. The ball was wide outside off stump, and he gave it the full flay.
37:13Gold in.
37:18Classic ball for the man who's looking for the big hit, eager to play a few shots, well up.
37:25Just drifting in on leg stump.
37:30There you are. Willis goes all around it, and the leg stump goes back.
37:33So, good bowling by Botham.
37:41There you are. That's the confidence that this young man has acquired,
37:44and he middles that sweet sound off the meat of the bat.
37:47Ball rounds.
37:50Yes, that was a bad delivery.
37:53Offspinner had borrowed the ball short outside off stump.
37:56He was asking for trouble, and it wasn't that far outside off stump, but it was short,
38:01and the shot was very well executed.
38:04Martin Crowe backing away there, giving himself a little bit of room
38:07in order to hit it through the gap on the offside,
38:09and he actually bisected the fieldsman there.
38:30Another confident shot, one of the best sweep shots played.
38:33Between one or two played and missed.
38:37And that is a handsome way to bring up the personal 50 for Martin Crowe.
38:44Five fours and his highest score in the limited overmatch in one day international.
38:51And there it is. It's got miles in the sky.
39:07And that's caught without any trouble at all.
39:10Well, Richard Hadley, being praised by Tony Gregg for his circumspection,
39:19suddenly gives it everything, and up it goes.
39:22Yes, he's always found it just a little bit hard to contain himself,
39:25and he decided to go for the big one here, aiming that shot at mid-wicket, I think.
39:30And it's spooned up in the air and was taken at backward point.
39:34So the end of Richard Hadley, and New Zealand now in all sorts of trouble.
39:41So Lance Cairns prepares to face his first ball.
39:47Vic Marks...
39:55Both of them again, and Vic Marks taking a battering there
39:59as he backs up the stubs at the bowling end.
40:02He's been caught on the shin bone by Botham,
40:05and now the spinning finger by Botham.
40:09We'll have to be a bit careful because he's the only spinner in the side.
40:14No replacement for spinners.
40:20But it's been a very good spell of bowling by Vic Marks.
40:23He's kept it tidy, and done a fine job.
40:28So another look at the New Zealand card.
40:31No one really played the important innings up front.
40:37It's been left to Martin Crowe, 51 not out.
40:40But even he is now running out of support.
40:46And full credit to the England attack.
40:49Bob Willis, look at those figures.
40:51Seven overs, two for nine.
40:52So that was a marvellous start for his side.
40:55Graham Dilley, back on the scene with one wicket early on.
41:00There's the requirement.
41:16185 runs required to win off 20 overs.
41:21Moving up to Tendronova.
41:30That's out.
41:37Second ball for Bruce.
41:40Lance Cairns.
41:41The second ball, a swipe across the line.
41:46And triumph for both of them.
41:48Yes, and Cairns swinging right across this.
41:53Pitch just outside the off stump, and I think hit the back pad.
41:57And certainly would have knocked the middle out.
41:59Take the middle out.
42:29Well run by Martin Crowe.
42:41Last ball of the over, so he can keep the strike.
42:43And that's the finish of Ian Botham's 12th over.
42:48Maximum he's permitted.
42:4912 overs, no made, and two for 14-2.
42:52And another tidy performance by Ian Botham.
43:01Picking up a couple of useful wickets.
43:07And all the English bowlers have kept things very tight, really,
43:10for the New Zealand side.
43:15Slow ball from getting.
43:22Snetton's got that away.
43:39And the onside, Vic Marks is under it.
43:42And he's put it down.
43:44Looking into the sun, wearing no cap.
43:47And no hat.
43:52And a big swing from Martin Snetton.
43:54He gets a top edge.
43:56And it comes back down towards the pavilion.
44:09Mike Gatting.
44:11Good shot, nicely placed again.
44:13Foulers coming in.
44:17Good running as well to allow Martin Crowe to keep the strike.
44:20Snetton's looking for two.
44:21I won't get a dilly.
44:22He's the man coming in from deep mid off.
44:23So Martin Crowe has gone on to 80.
44:24Sneddon's looking for two. I won't get a dilly. He's the man coming in from deep mid-off.
44:47So Martin Crowe has gone on to 80. And that's a very fine performance from a 20-year-old.
44:56His first two, he's played some league cricket, but hasn't played any internationals over here before.
45:04And Martin Sneddon has gone, so Crowe is still 20 away from that century and Gatting claims his first wicket.
45:13Nine down now. Nine for 190. 21 to Martin Sneddon. A very useful innings.
45:21Yes, and I think Martin Sneddon was trying to run that down through third man to give Crowe the strike.
45:29Nice little edge and Ian Gould made no mistake. But he certainly played some very fine shots indeed.
45:37Far better than the number 10.
45:41Four more. Escaping Ian Gould's right hand this time.
45:47And, uh, perfect first slip catch.
45:55And Paul Allett has been a little unfortunate this match.
46:02He has managed to get a wicket. But he's bowled, uh, reasonably well.
46:0912 overs. No wicket for 47. And no luck at all, either.
46:19And the 200 comes up now for New Zealand. And that's a good effort, the way they were looking early on in this innings.
47:09Although there might be, uh, some thought that there's not much point in New Zealand hanging around in this situation because they are beaten,
47:17they are in fact doing the right thing because these runners could be handy for them at a later stage of the competition.
47:24If you get to the stage of the semi-finals, and the teams have the same number of points, then a place in the semi-finals would depend on which team has won the most matches, or if that is equal.
47:42That's beaten Colin Lamb behind square.
47:50Yes, if they're equal on points and the number of matches won, then it becomes a matter of the fastest scoring rate in all group matches.
48:01And if a team is out in innings in less than a full quota of overs, the full quota of overs has to be used as the guiding line.
48:13And the longer New Zealand bat, the better shape they're in, if that type of situation arrives.
48:25And a good shot by Martin Crowe here, clipping this off his legs, and going through for four.
48:35And Martin Crowe has moved on to 87.
48:39Now what will England do? Do they bring the men in, and try and keep Crowe away from the strike?
49:08Or do they keep them out, because he's 97, and he might loft one over the top, reach his 100.
49:17This will be the end of the 59th over.
49:23So Crowe desperately needs a single off this last ball.
49:29And he's got it. No he hasn't. He's out if he hits, and he is.
49:33Well played by Dilly. And Crowe's run out for 97. The innings ends at 216.
49:40That young man deserved 100, but it was still very good cricket.
49:45Very quick thinking from Dilly. So the match won by England.
49:50They made 322 for six, and they won by 106 runs.
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