Cricket: New Zealand vs England Twenty20 Internationals & ODI Series

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England travel to NZ to play 2 Twenty20 matches and 5 ODI's. The 1st Twenty20 match begins at 6am on Tuesday morning. February 2008

Tue 5 19:00 local, 06:00 GMT	1st T20I - New Zealand v England Eden Park, Auckland
Thu 7 19:00 local, 06:00 GMT	2nd T20I - New Zealand v England Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Sat 9 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	1st ODI - New Zealand v England Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Tue 12 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	2nd ODI - New Zealand v England Seddon Park, Hamilton
Fri 15 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	3rd ODI - New Zealand v England Eden Park, Auckland
Wed 20 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT	4th ODI - New Zealand v England McLean Park, Napier
Sat 23 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	5th ODI - New Zealand v England Jade Stadium, Christchurch

ODI Series odds

	New Zealand	1.83	2.1	1.8	1.85	2.1	1.9	1.72	1.85	1.83	1.9	2.1	3.75	1.83	3.6
	Draw												4.5		2.18
	England	1.83	1.66	1.9	1.85	1.66	1.9	2	1.95	1.83	1.8	1.66	1.61	1.83	2.52

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Re: Cricket: New Zealand vs England Twenty20 Internationals & ODI Series 1st Twenty20 match then. Eden Park is the venue. NZ's record here is 1-1-1.

	New Zealand	1.83	2	2.06	1.83	1.85	2	1.9	2	1.95	1.72	1.85	1.83	2	1.83	1.83	2	2	1.9	2	2	2.08	2.12	2.08
	England	1.83	1.72	1.79	1.83	1.85	1.72	1.9	1.8	1.85	2	1.85	1.83	1.81	1.83	1.83	1.83	1.72	1.9	1.72	1.72	1.81	1.87	1.84

Just the 1 for me. 10pts England to win 1st Twenty20 10/11 Blue Square England head to New Zealand in confident mood after bashing Sri Lanka up in the ODI series over there last time out. Now they face a Kiwi side struggling with injuries, retirements and political wranglings. Stephen Fleming is no longer a fixture in the one day scene. Daniel Vettori normally skippers the home side but he's out with an ankle injury. Brendan McCullum will take the reins here. Shane Bond is also missing as he's taking part in the Indian Cricket League. England are at full strength and they've already won two 50 over warm up matches on this tour and won them impressively. Jimmy Anderson has been in good form so far on the tour and Alistair Cook's runs looks to have earnt him the openers birth. Luke Wright smashed 42 off 15 balls in the 1st of those games so he could be shoved up the order. All eyes will be on Kevin Pietersen who has been out of touch recently by his high standards. Strangely for a Twenty20 match it could be the bowling attacks which settle this match. Scores have been low here with the last 2 sides batting 1st in 20 over matches have made only 126/7 and 115 all out. The ball definitely swings here inside the built up stands and with Sidebottom and Anderson in their ranks that has to favour England. England are confident, they are at full strength and look the stronger side and I think they'll open up the international tour with a win.