New Zealand beat England by 8 wickets
20th February, Wellington - New Zealand beat England by 8 wickets in a one-sided match here.
England won the toss and opt to bat first on the seaming track of Wellington. Tim Southee exploited the conditions and took career best of 7/33 to reduce England for just 123.
Chasing down a small total, Brendon McCullum displayed brutal batting scoring 77 runs from just 25 balls. This includes 7 sixes and 8 fours. He also smashed 4 consecutive sixes on the bowling of Finn. New Zealand won the match in 13th over.
Live Score - New Zealand vs England at Wellington
McCullum Brutal Batting Video Highlights:
Team news:
England: M Ali , I Bell , G Ballance , J Root , E Morgan (Capt) , JWA Taylor , J Buttler (Wkt) , C Woakes , S Broad ,S Finn , J Anderson
New Zealand: M Guptill , B McCullum (Capt) , K Williamson , R Taylor , G Elliott , C Anderson , L Ronchi (Wkt) , D Vettori , A Milne , T Southee , T Boult