Vaughan reaches to a scintillating century.
Michael Vaughan scored a superb hundred on the fourth day against New Zealand, an innings which rescued England from a slippery 208 for 6 to hand them a useful 42 run lead.
Vaughan's hundred allowed England to reach 319, a first-innings lead of 42 that New Zealand's openers had whittled down to just two runs by the end of play. With one day of the match remaining, some spectacular bowling is needed if a result is to be reached today.
Vaughan guided England to a first innings lead with seven wickets down, made runs in his own good time and reached his 18th Test century in five hours which showed that conditions were tricky.
He survived torture from the captain-spinner Daniel Vettori, a tight spell when the new ball came and refused to let the departure of his mates disturb his concentration.
It was not all about Vaughan though. New Zealand may be considered world cricket’s perennial underdogs, in particular when they land on these shores, but their never say die qualities kept them in the game led by Daniel Vettori who picked up five for 69.
Vettori wrapped up England’s innings with Vaughan’s wicket, his 250th in Tests, to become the firts over seas spinner since Mushtaq Ahmed in 1996.
The Score:
New Zealand — 1st innings: 277.
England — 1st innings: A. Strauss lbw b Oram 63, A. Cook c McCullum b Martin 61, M. Vaughan c Marshall b Vettori 106, K. Pietersen lbw b Vettori 3, I. Bell c McCullum b Martin 16, P. Collingwood c Taylor b Vettori 6, T. Ambrose lbw b Vettori 0, S. Broad b Oram 25, R. Sidebottom c Taylor b Mills 16, M. Panesar c Flynn b Vettori 0, J. Anderson (not out) 0; Extras (12nb 1w 3b 7lb): 23; Total (All out in 111.3 overs) 319-9.
Fall of wickets: 1-121, 2-148, 3-152, 4-180, 5-208, 6-208, 7-269, 8-317, 9-318,10-319.
New Zealand bowling: Martin 32-8-76-2, Mills 22-3-60-1, Southee 16-2-59-0, Oram 19-5-45-2, Vettori 22-4-69-5.
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