England choose to bat but make a poor start as Michael Vaughan is bowled for a duck by Shane Bond Ian Bell does not last much longer and when he falls to Bond, England are struggling already on 28-2 Ed Joyce continues the fine form he showed in his century against Australia but he falls for 26 to make it 52-3 Andrew Strauss finds some form after a poor run of scores with a fifty to help Paul Collingwood rebuild the innings But Strauss is out shortly after and on 155-4 England still have work to do to post a challenging total Andrew Flintoff's sequence of poor scores continues when he holes out to give the impressive Bond a fourth wicket But Collingwood, himself struggling since a double ton in Adelaide, bounces back with a fine century Jamie Dalrymple and Liam Plunkett add quick runs at the end to help lift their team up to 270-7 on a good batting surface Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming begin New Zealand's reply and score 81 before the former falls to Monty Panesar Plunkett ends Peter Fulton's innings for 12 but Fleming, the captain, continues on to complete his half century Ross Taylor and his skipper build a 50 partnership to further frustrate the economical but wicketless Flintoff, and Vaughan Taylor goes but Fleming stays and notches his seventh one-day century, with the help of Scott Styris, in the 41st over Instead of inspiring the team, the innings starts to collapse as Styris and Jacob Oram fall in quick succession Brendon McCullum adds only two before Paul Collingwood gets the better of Daniel Vettori, making it 224-7 in the 46th over Fleming goes for 106 before New Zealand run out of balls, allowing England to claim a 14-run win and a place in the final
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