Wednesday, February 20, 2008

THRILLING TIE

England and Newzealand played out a a thrilling tie in the fourth one day match held today.ENgland batted first and amassed 340 runs via half centuries from Collingwood,cook,pietersen and also mustard.The tie means that new zealand still lead the series 2-1 and england also have a hope of tying the series in the decider on sunday.Chasing England's impressive 340 for six, the third highest one-day total in their history, New Zealand appeared to have the game and the series won after progressing to need seven off the final over.But James Anderson ran out man-of-the-match Jamie How, who hit a brilliant 139 off 116 balls, off the penultimate ball from Luke Wright's final over and needing two for victory, captain Daniel Vettori scrambled a single to tie the match.

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