Broad, Wright shine as England batter NZ

Luke Wright shone with bat and ball while captain Stuart Broad took four wickets as England eased to a 40-run victory over New Zealand in their first Twenty20 international in Auckland on Saturday.

All-rounder Wright’s 20-ball innings of 42 included three fours and four sixes as England’s power-packed batting line-up scored 214 for seven, their highest total in a T20 international.

The 27-year-old Wright then created immense pressure on New Zealand’s batsmen as he bowled several dot balls that forced the hosts to take risks, one of which resulted in Martin Guptill blasting the ball straight to Broad at mid-off for 44.
Guptill’s wicket in the 13th over was a body blow for New Zealand as the right hander had looked well set to be the batsmen the hosts could build their late-innings assault around.

ENGLAND
Hales st B McCullum b Hira    21
Lumb c R’erford b McClenaghan    22
Wright c Hira b Ellis    42
Bairstow c Guptill b Boult    38
Morgan c Taylor b Hira    46
Buttler (not out)    32
Patel c B McCullum b Ellis    2
Broad c B McCullum b Boult    4
Tredwell (not out)    0
Extras (W-6, NB-1)    7
Total (for 7 wkts, 20 overs)    214
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-89, 3-91, 4-172, 5-194, 6-197, 7-203.
Bowling: McClenaghan 4-0-29-1, Boult 4-0-40-2, Hira 4-0-42-2, N McCullum 4-0-49-0, Ellis 3-0-40-2, Franklin 1-0-14-0.
NEW ZEALAND
Rutherford c Tredwell b Broad    18
Guptill c Broad b Wright    44    
B McCullum c Morgan b Finn    10
Taylor c Bairstow b Finn    13
Munro b Broad    28
Franklin c Buttler b Broad    8
N McCullum c Buttler b Wright    3
Ellis c Wright b Finn    4
Hira (not out)    20
Boult c Patel b Broad    4
McClenaghan (not out)    6
Extras (LB-8, W-3, NB-5)    16
Total (for 9 wkts, 20 overs)    174
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-46, 3-77, 4-11, 5-127, 6-128, 7-134, 8-135, 9-156.
Bowling: Steven Finn 4-0-39-3, Stuart Broad 4-0-24-4, Jade Dernbach 4-0-33-0, Luke Wright 4-0-29-2, Samit Patel 2-0-17-0, James Tredwell 2-0-24-0.