England New Zealand Most wickets Jimmy Anderson (19) | Most runs Andrew Strauss (266) | |
Dates 27 April 2008 – 3 July 2008 Captains Michael Vaughan (Tests)
Paul Collingwood (1st-4th ODIs and T20Is)
Kevin Pietersen (5th ODI) Result England won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
The New Zealand national cricket team toured England and Scotland during the northern summer of 2008. They played three Test matches and five One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International against England. Although New Zealand lost the Test series 2—0, they truimphed in the ODI series, winning three matches and losing one. The only Twenty20 match saw an England victory.
4th ODI
The fourth ODI was marred with controversy. Paul Collingwood appealed a controversial run out of Grant Elliott after Elliott had collided with Ryan Sidebottom and injured himself. While this action initially drew criticism from the New Zealand dressing room, Daniel Vettori admitted during the post-game press conference that the Black Caps' reaction was "a little bit over the top" Collingwood also admitted that he probably made the wrong decision in not withdrawing the appeal. Later, the ICC banned Collingwood for four ODI matches due to England's slow over rate, with England having bowled only 47 overs in the required time. The ICC also fined the rest of the English team 15% of their match fee. Kevin Pietersen was called upon to take over as captain for the final game.