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England Wrap Up First test Win
New Zealand started Day 4 very well, McCullum and Sinclair kept scoring runs at a huge rate and Panesar nor Hoggard could find the answers. In the 66th over Harmison came in to replace Hoggard and 4 overs later he took his first wicket of the day when he removed the very dangerous Matthew Sinclair 3 runs shy of his half century.
Panesar gave way for Hoggard in the 72nd over and kept the scoring low on the other end. Harmison picked up Daniel Vettori 3 overs later, the Kiwi captain nicking an edge and Tim Ambrose making a good catch to his bottom left.
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Matthew Hoggard picked up yet another wicket, this time Matthew Sinclair
Brendon McCullum reached his half century in the 75th over, McCullum making his important knock in 95 balls. Soon his partner Daryl Tuffey was out, he tried to smash a ball over the mid on boundary and only found Mal Loye at mid on, gratefully Loye took the catch, his second of the innings.
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Brendon McCullum acknowledges the crowds applause for his half-century
The 82nd over was the last when Stephen Harmison took the last two wickets, the first ball Bond tried to smash but the ball hit him on the toe and the relieved Bond ran for a leg bye, McCullum was now on strike and after a ball pitched up by Harmison walalalala by McCullum, the ball went straight up in the air and Ambrose ran a long was to get under it and take the catch.
Shane Bond was the last man to go when he tried to smash a six off Harmison but the Durham man had the last laugh when the ball skipped low and whipped the bails off his stumps. New Zealand finish on 310 all out.
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England celebrate their third test match win in a row
Scorecards
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