New Zealand Vs United States Of America 2Nd Match

MATCH FACTS

Series

ICC Champions Trophy in England - 2004 (2004)

Ground

Kennington Oval, London

Date

10 September 2004

Toss

U.S.A., chose to field

Result

New Zealand won by 210 runs

Player of the match

Nathan Astle

Captains

Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Richard Staple (U.S.A.)

Debuts

Rohan Alexander (U.S.A.), Mark Johnson (U.S.A.), Leon Romero (U.S.A.), Steve Massiah (U.S.A.), Richard Staple (U.S.A.), Jignesh Desai (U.S.A.), Aijaz Ali (U.S.A.), Rashid (U.S.A.), Tony Reid (U.S.A.), Howard Johnson (U.S.A.)

Umpires

BR Doctrove and DR Shepherd

Match referee

MJ Procter

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

U.S.A. won the toss and chose to field. Rohan Alexander, Mark Johnson, Leon Romero, Steve Massiah, Richard Staple, Jignesh Desai, Aijaz Ali, Rashid, Tony Reid and Howard Johnson played their first ODIs.

New Zealand batted first and made 347 for 4. Nathan Astle top-scored with 145 not out off 151 balls, and Scott Styris made 75. The innings was built on a 163-run stand for the third wicket between Nathan Astle and Scott Styris, 47% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Kennington Oval, 243 across 19 ODIs.

Chasing 348, U.S.A. made 137 all out. Clayton Lambert top-scored with 39 off 84 balls. Jacob Oram took 5 for 36 for New Zealand. From 52 for 1 they lost 4 wickets for 11 runs, to 63 for 5.

New Zealand won by 210 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Kennington Oval across the 77 ODIs in our archive.