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Thursday 7 February 2008

England Beat Kiwis A Second Time ....

England gave another strong performance to win the second Twenty20 match against New Zealand in Christchurch by 50 runs and seal the series 2-0. (BBC Sport Thursday 7th February 2008)

Paul Collingwood (54) and Owais Shah (47) successfully weathered a mini-collapse to put on 102 from 62 balls and lead the tourists to 193-8.

New Zealand slumped to 42-3 after six overs and could only manage 143-8.

Ryan Sidebottom was the pick of an impressive England bowling unit, taking 2-19 with no swing available.

Man-of-the-match Collingwood won the toss, and having successfully defended a total in Auckland, opted to bat once again. England named an unchanged side, while New Zealand showed two changes.