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England draw first blood in T-20 clash

England drew first blood in their cricket tour of New Zealand when they comfortably won the opening Twenty20 match by 32 runs.

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  • Published: 15:43 February 5, 2008
  • Gulf News

Auckland: England drew first blood in their cricket tour of New Zealand when they comfortably won the opening Twenty20 match by 32 runs.

Sent into bat, England cracked 185 for eight on an ideal batting track and then had New Zealand all out in their final over for 152.

But for the heroics of Jacob Oram, who clubbed 61, the match could have finished much earlier as the New Zealand batting crumbled in the face of a well-performed England attack.

Apart from losing the toss and seeing New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin take two early wickets, England were always in control with all-rounder Dmitri Mascarenhas proving too much for the hosts with bat and ball.

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