Series stats

Marcus Trescothick came back down to earth with a bump after his lofty achievements on the subcontinent. Trescothick was the unofficial man of the series in India, where his 318 runs - from just 304 balls - carried England against the odds to a 3-3 draw. But one month on, and his form has deserted him. He managed just 47 runs in five innings in New Zealand, and 41 of those came in the third match at Napier. Perhaps handing him the wicketkeeping duties is not such a good idea after all.

Instead it was Nick Knight who was the rock of England's batting. He failed to score a century, but scored more runs than any other batsman in the series. He has completed his transition from biffer to loiterer, as his winter strike-rates demonstrate (76.60 in India, 73.68 in New Zealand).

Darren Gough proved his pre-eminence among English strike bowlers with 13 wickets at 14.38 - comfortably the best figures on either side. His strike-rate was a wicket every 20 balls, and no game was out of England's reach until his spell was complete. He will be missed in the Test series.

Andrew Flintoff (4 for 17 at Auckland) at last earned some statistical kudos for his bowling efforts this winter, and Matthew Hoggard again showed what a threat he can be when there's a bit of greenery on the wickets.

Nathan Astle's 122 not out set him apart from the rest of the New Zealand batsmen, though his figures up to that point had been mediocre. It was the thrift of their bowling attack that won New Zealand the series. None of the regular bowlers went for more than 4.5 an over, with Chris Harris (3.51 runs per over) exceptionally frugal.

Andrew Miller is on the staff of Wisden.com

England batting

	m	i	no	runs	hs	av	sr
1 MP Vaughan	1	1	0	59	59	59.00	111.32
2 NV Knight	5	5	0	224	80	44.80	73.68
3 GP Thorpe	5	5	1	171	59*	42.75	84.24
4 OA Shah	3	3	1	64	57	32.00	53.33
5 N Hussain	5	5	0	129	50	25.80	60.56
6 AF Giles	5	3	1	35	21*	17.50	49.30
7 A Flintoff	5	5	0	60	26	12.00	55.56
8 PD Collingwood	5	5	1	43	21	10.75	54.43
9 C White	5	4	1	31	17	10.33	54.39
10 ME Trescothick	5	5	0	47	41	9.40	61.84
11 D Gough	5	3	2	7	5*	7.00	38.89
12 JS Foster	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	30.00
13 AR Caddick	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	14.28
14 MJ Hoggard	4	1	1	0	0*	-	-

England bowling

	m	o	m	r	w	av	sr	rpo
1 D Gough	5	44.3	2	187	13	14.38	20.5	4.20
2 PD Collingwood	5	23	0	111	5	22.20	27.6	4.82
3 MJ Hoggard	4	32	2	148	6	24.66	32.0	4.62
4 A Flintoff	5	41.5	1	183	7	26.14	35.8	4.37
5 C White	5	36	1	178	6	29.66	36.0	4.94
6 AF Giles	5	37	2	155	2	77.50	111.0	4.18
7 AR Caddick	1	7.3	0	51	0	-	-	6.80

New Zealand batting

	m	i	no	runs	hs	av	sr
1 AR Adams	5	4	3	81	28*	81.00	132.78
2 NJ Astle	5	5	2	221	122*	73.66	67.79
3 SP Fleming	5	5	1	135	76*	33.75	63.98
4 CD McMillan	5	5	0	152	69	30.40	67.56
5 CJ Nevin	5	5	0	120	55	24.00	88.23
6 L Vincent	5	5	1	92	36	23.00	57.86
7 CL Cairns	5	5	0	84	58	16.80	97.67
8 CZ Harris	5	4	0	40	23	10.00	60.60
9 BB McCullum	3	3	0	21	9	7.00	61.76
10 DL Vettori	5	3	1	13	9	6.50	100.00
11 DR Tuffey	5	2	0	6	5	3.00	35.29
12 IG Butler	2	1	0	3	3	3.00	50.00

New Zealand bowling

	m	o	m	r	w	av	sr	rpo
1 NJ Astle	5	9.2	0	42	3	14.00	18.6	4.50
2 CL Cairns	5	41	3	176	11	16.00	22.3	4.29
3 AR Adams	5	40.2	3	173	8	21.62	30.2	4.28
4 CZ Harris	5	33	2	116	4	29.00	49.5	3.51
5 DR Tuffey	5	43	5	184	6	30.66	43.0	4.27
6 Dl Vettori	5	42	1	163	3	54.33	84.0	3.88
7 IG Butler	2	9	0	58	1	58.00	54.0	6.44

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