New Zealand dismissed England for 169 in a key Champions Trophy match reduced by rain to 24 overs per side yesterday
Whichever team wins this Group A clash will qualify for the semi-finals, with defeat for England guaranteeing the hosts’ exit from a tournament for the world’s top eight one-day international sides.
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New Zealand would have had a smaller total to chase had not Nathan McCullum dropped Alastair Cook, who top-scored with 64, three times before clinging on to a chance off his own bowling to end the England captain’s 47-ball innings.u00a0
Left-hander Cook was dropped on 14, 37 and 45 by Nathan McCullum, who did take four catches from seven chances. Seamer Kyle Mills returned figures of four wickets for 30 runs and left-arm quick Mitchell McClenaghan three for 36, with England losing their last seven wickets for just 28 runs as their innings ended with three balls to spare.
Ian Bell, dropped on seven, was out for 10 when New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who won the toss, held a superb catch at short extra-cover off McClenaghan. And 16 for one became 25 for two when Jonathan Trott, chipped Mills straight to Nathan McCullum, Brendon’s older brother, at mid-wicket. Trott’s exit gave Mills his 25th Champions Trophy wicket.
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