England v New Zealand: England captain Michael Vaughan loses the toss and Stephen Fleming elects to take the field England lose a wicket in the first over of the match as Ed Joyce edges James Franklin to the keeper for a duck Jacob Oram claims the second wicket as Ian Bell edges a wide delivery to Brendon McCullum to leave England 30-2 Vaughan looks to settle his side with a patient innings but is bowled by Franklin for 26 as New Zealand take control Kevin Pietersen progresses to 60 before lofting the impressive Shane Bond to Franklin as England slip to 133-5 Things go from bad to worse for England as Bond takes his second wicket - removing Andrew Flintoff for a golden duck England slump to 138-7 as Jamie Dalrymple becomes Scott Styris's second victim - caught behind for just three Paul Nixon makes 42 in an unbroken 71-run partnership with Liam Plunkett as England post a competitive total of 209-7 James Anderson provides England with a dream start as he removes Lou Vincent for a duck with New Zealand 1-1 Plunkett soon removes Ross Taylor and Anderson claims the vital wicket of Fleming as New Zealand slip to 18-3 Craig McMillan joins Styris at the crease and the two batsmen frustrate England's attack with a 50-run partnership Monty Panesar strikes with his second delivery to remove McMillan for 27 as New Zealand reach 72-4 Styris makes a crucial half-century for New Zealand as his partnership with Jacob Oram edge them towards the target Panesar's desperate search for another breakthrough continues as Pietersen drops Styris in the covers Styris scores an unbeaten 87 and Oram 63 as New Zealand beat England by six wickets with nine overs remaining Holland v South Africa: Rain delays the start but Holland strike immediately as Billy Stelling removes AB de Villiers Herschelle Gibbs makes history as he becomes the first player to hit six sixes in an over in a one-day international Records continue to fall in St Kitts as Mark Boucher scores the quickest 50 in World Cup history off just 21 balls Jacques Kallis makes a superb 128 as South Africa's batsmen post a mammoth 353-3 in the 40-over encounter Ryan ten Doeschate top scores for the Dutch with 57 but is run out as Holland slump to a 221-run defeat
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