Opportunity knocks; SQUADS [NZ v England]
Press, The, February, 2008
It is 30 years to the day since New Zealand beat England for the first time in a test match and this evening Daniel Vettori's men will try to make a name from themselves by clinching the one-day series against the Poms at Eden Park.
On February 15 in 1978 -- after 47 failed attempts -- New Zealand beat England at the Basin Reserve by 72 runs after routing the tourists for 64. That starting 11 of John Wright, Robert Anderson, Geoff Howarth, Mark Burgess, Bevan Congdon, John Parker, Warren Lees, Richard Hadlee, Dayle Hadlee, Richard Collinge and Stephen Boock will be guests of honour at the ...
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