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England Draw Second Test In New Zealand

Tragic Hollioake
By Site Staff March 25 2002
Match report from the drawn second test against New Zealand, played at Wellington. The draw means that England cannot now lose the series, but that joy will be over shadowed still by the tragic loss of Ben Hollioake.

England Draw Second Test In New Zealand

Result: Match drawn.
Man-of-the-Match: Andy Caddick (England)

England's stars brushed aside their emotions in Wellington to draw the second test, and ensure that they cannot lose the series here.

It was a test played under the dark shadow of the death of England's one-day player Ben Hollioake, with emotions running high throughout the team.

(Left - The Union Jack flies half mast at Wellington in honour of Ben Hollioake)

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming won the toss and put England in, but play was abandoned shortly after due to rain. On the second day, the start of play was delayed due to the wet outfield conditions, but play finally got underway at 3.30Pm, with 45 overs scheduled for the day.

England First Innings

England lost Trescothick for 37, and Vaughan for 7, but Hussain and Butcher saw out the close of play at 16 and 24 respectively, with England on 92/2.

On the third morning, the two took England to 133 before Butcher went, caught by Nathan Astle for 47. Thorpe was next to go with the score on 163, making just 11 before he was caught by Fleming off the bowling of Martin.

Skipper Hussain and the under-pressure Mark Ramprakash then put on a partnership of 58, before Ramprakash went for a patient 24. 221-5.

Hussain followed less than an over later for a hard fought 66, with the score still on 221. Still, not a bad tour so far for England's leader.

Just two more were added before Andy Flintoff was dismissed for two, and it looked like that all too familiar collapse was going cost England dearly.

However, Jamie Foster was batting confidently, and looked to have left all the pressures of the previous weeks behind him. He and Giles carried the score to 238 before Giles went for 10. Andy Caddick then also made 10, and when he went the score was 250-9. Matthew Hoggard then made just 7, but along with Foster, took the England score to a more respectable 280 all out, Foster finishing with 25 not out, including a six. For the New Zealanders, Butler was the star taking 4-60, backed up by Drum, Martin and Vettori, all taking two wickets apiece.

New Zealand First Innings

England began well, with Andy Caddick clean bowling Matthew Horne in the eighth over with the score on 16. However, it was to be the only success for a long time, as Richardson and Lou Vincent dug in for the next 49 overs, grinding out a 119 run partnership. Vincent (left) was dismissed By Ashley Giles for 57, making the score 135-2, not a bad position to be in at all.

However, with just three runs added, Caddick struck to remove Fleming for 3, and he struck again just four overs later when he got Richardson for 60. 143-3.

Nathan Astle succumbed to the spin of Ashley Giles for just four, and in the same over, Giles struck again to remove the dangerous Parore for a duck. New Zealand in trouble now at 149-6.

Vettori and a fluent looking Craig McMillan then took the score to 178, when Caddick took his fourth wicket; Vettori for 11. 178-7.

Eight overs later, with the score on 201, New Zealand's last batting hope went for 41, and became the in-form Caddick's fifth victim. Six runs and five overs later, Drum became Giles' fourth victim, and New Zealand were in a precarious position at 207-9.

The last wicket fell at 218, when Caddick took his sixth wicket, Butler the last man out for 12. For England, the outstanding Andy Caddick took 6-63, a performance that would later earn him the Man-of-the-Match award. Giles took the other four wickets at a cost of 103 runs from 37 overs, and Hoggard and Flintoff bowled very economical spells at 13-5-32-0 and 10-4-9-0 respectively.

England Second Innings

England began patiently, with Vaughan and Trescothick finally making a partnership of note, 29 in 21.1 overs, before Vaughan went to Daniel Vettori for 34.

Trescothick, who looked to be recapturing his lost form, then shared in a 115 run stand with Mark Butcher, before Butcher went for 60. A satisfactory match for him, scoring 107 runs in two innings.

Trescothick was next to go with the score at 209, for a solid and confident 88. Just ten overs later, England were in a position to declare with the score on 291-4, after Andy Flintoff had come and gone, smashing 75 from 44 balls. Hussain finished 13 not out, and Thorpe one not out. For the hosts, Vettori claimed 3-90 from 24 overs.

New Zealand Second Innings - Target 356

New Zealand always looked to be playing for the inevitable draw.

Things began well again for England when Giles removed Richardson, after he had batted 38 balls for just four runs. 28-1.

With 29 overs gone, Matt Horne succumbed to Matthew Hoggard for 38, leaving his team on 65-2 with 60-odd overs to bat.

However, Lou Vincent played a hero's innings as he hit 71 from 180 balls, batting for 49 overs, under pressure. Stephen Fleming played an Atherton-esque innings, hitting just 11 runs from 108 balls. Pleasing for him, frustrating for England. When Hoggard bowled him, the score was on 131-4 and the match was all-but drawn.

Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan batted out the remaining 16 overs for 27 runs, scoring 11 and 17 respectively.

For England, Hoggard claimed 2-31 from 13 overs, Giles (right) 1-53 from 33 overs, and Flintoff 1-24 from 16 overs. It is also well worth pointing out that Andy Caddick bowled 17 overs for just 31 runs, an amazing effort from England's chief seamer and Man-of-the-Match.

Result: Match drawn
Man-of-the-Match: Andy Caddick (England)

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