New Zealand V England 1st 20/20 Feb 5th 2008

Auckland hosted the first 20/20 match of the New Zealand tour and England emerged comfortable winners.

Put into bat against a fairly in-experienced Kiwi eleven, England made a respectable 184 for 8, Kevin Pieterson looking every inch the quality player he is (he could do with a good tour though),

Dimitri Mascarenhas, proved his worth once again as a very good one day player both with the bat and the ball, in fact England never looked like losing and bowled very well.

I still think there is the nucleous of a very good one day side here and England are carrying few passengers (which has not always been the case).