England vs New Zealand Live - Monty Panesar spins England to series victory
McLean Park (fifth day of five): England beat New Zealand by 121 runs
England finally won the third Test in the seventh over after lunch this morning despite a dramatic piece of hitting by Tim Southee, 19, who hit nine sixes in a merry and mighty afternoon slog. He reached a maiden fifty off 29 balls, the sixth fastest in Test cricket, before Ryan Sidebottom, who was named the man of the series, bowled Chris Martin to finish the series with 24 wickets.
Monty Panesar took six for 126 as England completed a happy comeback after the timely shock administered to them in Hamilton. It was important that, in the process of winning their first overseas series for three years, a callow side should develop and Stuart Broad’s quite exceptional all-round performance in a third Test made poignant by Stephen Fleming’s attractive final innings confirmed that encouraging progress has been made.
Source: Times UK
