England tour of New Zealand, 2007/08 news from Cricinfo

IPL players will arrive late for England tour

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:21:27 GMT

Five New Zealand players signed with the Indian Premier League have been given permission to miss the opening two matches of the England tour

'England deserved to win' - Vettori

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:31:39 GMT

Daniel Vettori admitted the better team won and is worried about his side's fragile top order but thinks New Zealand have no worries on the bowling front

Vaughan savours hard-fought triumph

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:20:14 GMT

Michael Vaughan has lauded his team-mates for England's convincing victory in Napier, one which helped them claim their first overseas series win in three years

Stretched to the limit

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:35:23 GMT

New Zealand had their chances to take the series, but their thin resources were eventually exploited by England

Sidebottom's transformation

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:34:43 GMT

England have bounced back from defeat in the opening Test in Hamilton to take their series against New Zealand with two convincing victories in Wellington and Napier

Hoggard and Harmison back to county scene

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:54:17 GMT

Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard will have the opportunity to fight for their England places from the start of the domestic season after being released to their counties for all the matches ahead of the first Test against New Zealand

Panesar bowls England to series win

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:30:57 GMT

England secured their first overseas series victory in three years with a convincing 121-run win in Napier

Big, bad and better than his dad

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:34:54 GMT

Stuart Broad is big. He's bad. And he's better than his dad. The Barmy Army has always been an organisation for bold statements, but on this occasion they might just have a point

Fleming 'only just' satisfied

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:08:42 GMT

By tea Stephen Fleming had achieved his first aim, the 54 runs required to nudge his career average past 40, but within minutes of the resumption, he was gone - not to a sublime piece of skill from the bowler, Monty Panesar, but to yet another wafty, half

Fleming's flat farewell

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:21:56 GMT

Andrew Miller with the plays of the day from the fourth day of the third Test in Napier

Panesar and Broad bring England victory closer

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:11:42 GMT

Monty Panesar took over from England's quick bowlers as the main threat on the fourth day in Napier as he claimed three wickets to bring a series victory closer

'Our 20s and 30s aren't enough on that wicket' - Patel

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:11:56 GMT

England lead by 501 with two days remaining in the Napier Test. Jeetan Patel, however, believes that New Zealand can save the match

'It's been one of those happy days' - Strauss

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:12:24 GMT

Andrew Strauss, speaking after scoring first hundred after 16 Tests, said his unbeaten 173 was long overdue

Emotional Strauss rides the wave

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:14:52 GMT

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the day from the third day of the third Test

Strauss and Bell bury New Zealand

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:39:37 GMT

Andrew Strauss guaranteed himself a place in England's Test side for the foreseeable future with a career-best 173 on the third day in Napier as McLean Park finally produced the sort of run-scoring that had been expected

Harmison hits out at Boycott

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:39:50 GMT

Stephen Harmison, the England fast bowler, has struck back at Geoffrey Boycott after the former opening batsman had launched a scathing attack at him in a column for Daily Telegraph

Swinging it the right way

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:10:30 GMT

"Every dog has his day," was how Ryan Sidebottom modestly brushed aside his latest team-carrying achievement

Fleming's microcosmic fifty

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:14:21 GMT

Andrew Miller with the Plays of the Day on the second day of the Napier Test

England build on Sidebottom heroics

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:59:21 GMT

Ryan Sidebottom's tour de force continued as he sparked an astonishing England resurgence on the second day in Napier as 15 wickets tumbled on what was meant to be a batting paradise

Pietersen finds karma amid the chaos

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:33:41 GMT

Nothing demonstrated Kevin Pietersen's mindset better than the celebration of his century. The shot he brought it up with was streaky, a thick edge through gully off Chris Martin, but the reaction was low-key in the extreme