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Three wickets in an over
Wisden CricInfo staff - February 13, 2002
Darren Gough took three wickets in his seventh over and four wickets in 11 balls, in the process returning his best one-day figures against New Zealand. His previous-best were 2 for 29, at Auckland in 1996-97. Gough's 4 for 44 were his best one-day figures since he took 4 for 29 at Bloemfontein in the first match of the Standard Bank tournament in 1999-2000 - 36 games ago.
Nathan Astle made his fifth score of 50 or more in seven ODIs against England. His run of scores reads: 101, 50, 4, 34, 51, 94 and 67* - 401 runs at an average of 66.83.
In his eighth one-dayer, Andre Adams returned his best batting and bowling figures. He made 28 not out, surpassing his previous top-score of 13, which he made on three occasions - against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000-01, and twice against Australia, both at Melbourne, in the recent VB Series. Earlier Adams took 2 for 25, surpassing the 2 for 33 he took in his last game, the second VB Series final against South Africa at Sydney.
Craig White made his fifth duck in six one-day innings, and in his last 10 ODIs he has scored just seven runs. Starting with the NatWest Series final in 2000, White's run of scores has been: dnb, dnb, 3, 0*, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4 and 0 - seven runs at an average of exactly 1.
Nick Knight's 73 was his sixth score in excess of 50 in 12 one-day internationals this winter. His scores have been: 50, 82*, 41, 49, 80*, 0, 14, 10, 74, 105, 0 and 73 – 578 runs at an average of 57.80.
Daniel Vettori took 3 for 17 in his first ODI against England, ending a poor run of form in which he took three wickets in the last eight matches of the VB Series.
Ian Butler dismissed Marcus Trescothick with his fifth delivery in international cricket.
Rob Smyth is on the staff of Wisden.com.
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