New Zealand made more than 300 in their previous ODI in Perth and Stephen Fleming gets them off to a flying start Liam Plunkett is wayward early on but produces a good swinging delivery to trap Kiwi skipper Fleming lbw Andrew Flintoff fails to grasp a chance to give Plunkett a second wicket when Peter Fulton mis-times a drive But Fulton falls next ball when he edges behind a full delivery from the Durham youngster to make it 53-2 at the Waca Lou Vincent leads the Kiwi recovery and survives a dropped catch on 33 to hit his second successive one-day fifty Vincent and Ross Taylor takes advantage of some dreadful England bowling and puts on a third wicket stand of 137 Monty Panesar is the lone bright spot for England, removing Craig McMillan and Brendon McCullum to slow the scoring But Jacob Oram once again piles on misery on England as he hits 54 not out off 33 balls to help the Kiwis finish on 318-7 England get off to a bad start as they lose an early wicket (Mal Loye) as they chase New Zealand's massive 318 England are in even more trouble as Ian Bell is dismissed for a simple catch and Andrew Strauss is stumped at the wicket After making a maiden ODI fifty, Ed Joyce is run out on 66 by a brilliant diving underarm throw from Lou Vincent England are heading towards another crushing defeat as Daniel Vettori spins his magic around the middle order The eighth-wicket stand of Nixon and Plunkett adds 76 and sees out the 50 overs but England were doomed long ago
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