From 1877 until World War One
Between the World Wars
Post War to the WSC Revolution
The Professional Era to the New Millennium
The New Millennium and Beyond
Other Pages
Home Page
Article Archive
How the System Works
Frequently Asked Questions
Statistical Points of Interest
Current and Future Series Predictions
Links
Site Map
Contact Us
Get Free e-mail ratings updates
ENG win 3 - 0 ENG gains 20 points; NZ loses 20 points
Draw 1.5 - 1.5 NZ gains 3 points; ENG loses 3 points
NZ win 3 - 0 NZ gains 25 points; ENG loses 25 points
Lord's
20 - 24 May 2004
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.� England had the better morning and kept runs to a minimum.� New Zealand batted through to the final half hour prior to lunch before Fleming (34) was out at 1 for 58.� During the afternoon session, England dismissed Astle (64) and Styris (0) in consecutive overs before New Zealand went to tea at 3 for 172.� Straight after tea, McMillan (6) was trapped in front.� However, New Zealand then accelerated the scoring and after losing Richardson (93) in the second last over of the day, New Zealand finished in the better position at 5 for 284.
On the second morning, England had early success by dismissing Oram (67) in the second over.� Tuffey (8) and McCullum (5) later fell in the space of five runs and New Zealand was suddenly tottering at 8 for 329.� Vettori (2) was unable to keep Cairns company for long and fell at 9 for 338.� However, Cairns (82) was able to farm the strike and plundered the bowling in a 48 run partnership where Martin (1*) faced only six balls.� New Zealand was eventually all out for an impressive 386 from 102.4 overs before lunch.� Harmison was the best of the bowlers with for 126 off 31 overs.� In reply, England was no wicket for 27 at lunch. England continued to compile runs during the afternoon session while New Zealand failed to take any wickets in the session.� At tea, England was 0 for 136.� New Zealand had better luck during the evening session, dismissing Trescothick (86) and Strauss (112), who made a century on debut.� At stumps, England was well placed at 2 for 246.
New Zealand struck back hard on the third morning to even up the game, dismissing Butcher (26), Hoggard (15), Thorpe (3) and Hussain (34).� At lunch, England was 6 for 330, still 56 runs in arrears.� Early in the afternoon session, England regained the initiative and passed the Kiwi first innings total before Geraint Jones (46) was out at 7 for 416.� From there, the innings slid and after Flintoff (63), Simon Jones (4) and Giles (11) were out, England was all out for 441 runs.� Martin was the best of the bowlers with 3 for 94 off 27 overs.� New Zealand began the task of erasing the 55 run deficit badly by losing Fleming (4) at 1 for 7.� However, by stumps, New Zealand had established a 79 run lead with the score 1 for 134.
New Zealand continued to compile a lead on the fourth day.� However, shortly before lunch, England dismissed McCullum (96), Styris (4) and McMillan (0) in the space of seven runs.� The tourists then went to lunch at 4 for 198, with a lead of 143 runs.� England continued their momentum after lunch and ran out Oram (4) at 5 for 203.� However, New Zealand then fought back and lost no further wickets while only managing to add 71 runs in the session before tea.� The New Zealand innings began to unravel after tea and after Richardson (101) had posted a century, he was caught at 6 for 287.� Wickets fell regularly thereafter, with Astle (49), Vettori (5), Cairns (14) and Martin (7) falling.� New Zealand was all out for 336 runs, leaving England a victory target of only 282 runs to make at the gentle rate of three runs per over.� Harmison was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 76 off 29 overs.� England faced five overs before stumps and was no wicket for 8 runs.
New Zealand gave England an early scare by dismissing Trescothick (2) and Butcher (6) to have England 2 for 35 in the 14th over of the final day.� However, England then consolidated and batted through to be 2 for 87 at lunch.� England gradually claimed the initiative during the afternoon session, despite losing Strauss (83).� At tea, England was well placed at 3 for 169, needing 113 runs in the final session.� New Zealand was unable to take any wickets in the final session and so the pressure eased on England.� Hussain (103*) posted a century and Thorpe (51*) a half century as England eventually made the required runs for a seven wicket victory, with eight overs to spare.
Second Test
Headingley
03 - 07 June 2004
Rain delayed play on the first morning and after an early lunch was taken, the match finally began with England winning the toss and elected to field first.� New Zealand made a patient start, scoring at two runs per over until Richardson (13) was bowled at 1 for 33.� The rains soon returned and an early tea was taken.� Only two overs were bowled after tea before more bad weather stopped play with the score 1 for 41.
New Zealand continued to build their innings on the second morning, aided by England dropping Papps when he had scored 36 runs.� By lunch, New Zealand was 1 for 127 and gaining the advantage.� England eventually broke through during the afternoon session by dismissing Papps (86) at 2 for 202.� Fleming (97) and Astle (2) then fell in successive overs with 215 runs on the board and the game began to swing back in England's direction.� England later dismissed Styris (21) and Oram (39) as New Zealand, at 6 for 293, started to waste their good start earlier in the day.� However, Cairns and McCullum managed to steer the tourists home to end the day in a better position at 6 for 351.
England struck early to dismissed Cairns (41) in the second over of the third morning before New Zealand settled and took the score past 400 runs.� However, once McCullum (54) fell at 8 for 409, New Zealand failed to add another run before Tuffey (0) and Vettori (35) were out.� Harmison was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 74 off 36.2 overs.� England began their reply in fine style and took the score to 153 before Strauss (62) was caught.� New Zealand managed to dismiss Butcher (4) at 2 for 174, however, England continued to score quickly and reduce the deficit.� Vaughan (13) and Trescothick (132) fell during the evening session and by stumps, England was 4 for 248 with the strong chance of passing the Kiwi first innings.
England began to take control of the match on the fourth morning.� Wickets were increasingly difficult to take for New Zealand and they only managed to dismiss Thorpe (34) before lunch.� During the afternoon session, England motored past the New Zealand first innings total before Flintoff (94) was out at 6 for 457.� Giles (21) followed soon after before England went to tea in control of the match.� After England reached 7 for 526, New Zealand finally ended the innings after dismissing Jones (100), Saggers (0) and Hoggard (4) without a further run being added.� Styris was the best of the bowlers with 3 for 88 off 27 overs.� New Zealand then faced 34 overs before stumps.� However, with a deficit of 117 runs the pressure got the better of them and they lost five wickets for only 102 runs after Fleming (11), Richardson (40), McCullum (20), Astle (8) and Tuffey (7) were dismissed.
England took only eight overs to secure victory on the final morning.� Styris (19) began the procession in the second over of the morning and was followed by Cairns (10), Papps, and Martyn (0).� With Vettori injured and unable to bat, New Zealand was then all out for 161 runs while Hoggard was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 75 off 15 overs.� England, left with the task of scoring 45 runs for victory, Lost Strauss (10) before going on to secure victory by nine wickets.
Third Test
Trent Bridge
10 - 13 June 2004
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.� England was unable to break the opening partnership during the morning session and New Zealand established a solid platform before going to lunch at no wicket for 82 runs.� During the afternoon session, England dismissed Richardson (73) before Fleming posted his seventh Test century.� At tea, New Zealand was well on top at 1 for 196.� However, England struck back during the evening session and dismissed Fleming (117) at 2 for 225 and then Astle (15) and McMillan (0) from consecutive balls with 275 runs on the board.� At stumps, New Zealand was still well placed at 4 for 294.
England dismissed Oram (14) and Cairns (12) on the second morning before Styris posted his fourth Test century.� Soon afterwards, Styris (117) was out and at lunch, New Zealand was 7 for 374.� England managed to wrap up the remaining tailenders for the addition of only ten more runs to have New Zealand all out for 384 runs after McMullum (21), Mills (0) and Martin (2) were dismissed.� Harmison was the best of the bowlers with 3 for 80 off 32 overs.� England began their reply by losing Strauss (0) in the second over and Butcher (5) in the seventh over to be 2 for 18.� However, England then began a recovery and at tea, was 2 for 99 from 23 overs.� The evening session saw the fall of Vaughan (61), Trescothick (63) and Flintoff (54) while England clobbered the bowling.� At stumps, England was beginning to struggle with the score 5 for 225 at four runs per over.
New Zealand increased the pressure early on the third morning by dismissing Hoggard (5) and Thorpe (45) in the space of eleven runs to have England 7 for 255 and staring at a potential first innings deficit.� By lunch, England was all out for 319 runs after having lost Jones (22), Saggers (0) and Harmison (0) leaving Giles not out on 45.� Cairns, in his final Test, was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 79 off 23.3 overs.� New Zealand began adding to their 65 runs first innings lead, but lost Richardson (49) shortly before going to tea at 1 for 99.� England began to apply the pressure after tea and the New Zealand top order failed to add enough runs to the lead before falling apart.� After McCullum (4), Fleming (45), Astle (0) and Styris (39) were dismissed, New Zealand ended the day at 5 for 190.� With an overall lead of 255 runs and all of their recognised batsmen back in the pavilion, the odds began to favour an English series whitewash.
The wheels fell of the New Zealand innings on the fourth morning after McMillan (30), Oram (0), Cairns (1), Franklin (17) and Mills (8) were out in the space of 20 runs.� New Zealand was all out for 218 runs while Giles was the best of the bowlers with 4 for 46 off 24 overs.� England began their quest for 284 runs from 158 remaining overs and a series whitewash by losing openers Strauss (6) and Trescothick (9) to be 2 for 16.� By lunch, England was 2 for 23.� New Zealand raised the pressure on England by dismissing Vaughan (10) soon after lunch.� However, England consolidated and took the score to 134 before Butcher (59) fell on the stroke of tea.� With 154 more runs needed for victory, England made solid progress after tea.� Despite losing Flintoff (5) and Jones (27), Thorpe went on to post his 14th Test century on the way to securing a four wicket victory late in the day.
