England face New Zealand at Trent Bridge on Wednesday 17 June 2015 in the fourth match of this season’s NatWest One Day International (ODI) series.
It will be only the third time that the two countries have met here at Trent Bridge in an ODI, with England winning the two previous encounters, by 80 runs in 1975 and by a margin of 34 runs two years ago.
The first meeting was only the second one-day international ever to be staged in Nottingham and was a group match in the Prudential World Cup competition.
In the 60-overs per side clash England made 266 for six, with Keith Fletcher, of Essex, top-scoring with 131.
New Zealand fell short, bowled out for 186 on the final ball of the innings. Opener John Morrison made 55 for the Kiwis, with Tony Greig claiming bowling figures of four for 45.
It was 38 years before the two sides returned to Trent Bridge and New Zealand had already sewn up the 3-match series by winning at Lord’s and Southampton.
England gained some consolation with a strong performance here, making 287 for six. Ian Bell made 82 and Eoin Morgan added 49 but the innings was given real impetus by Jos Buttler, who blasted an unbeaten 47 from only 16 deliveries.
Ross Taylor scored 71 in the reply but the Black Caps were unable to bat through the innings, bowled out for 253 in 46.3 overs.
Nottinghamshire’s Stuart Broad took two for 56, including the wicket of James Franklin, who played for Notts last year.
New Zealand have played four other competitive ODIs here.
In the 1979 World Cup they defeated Sri Lanka by 9 wickets. Chasing a victory target of 190 they romped to victory with Glenn Turner scoring an unbeaten 83 and man of the match Geoff Howarth made 63 not out, from just 75 balls faced.
That tournament was won by the West Indies, who were pushed by New Zealand in another Trent Bridge group game.
Clive Lloyd’s undefeated 73 helped his side to 244 for seven, enough to claim a 32-run victory, despite Richard Hadlee making a typically ebullient 42 in the reply.
Another narrow defeat occurred in the 1983 World Cup tournament when Pakistan beat New Zealand here by just 11 runs, with Zaheer Abbas scoring a century for the victors.
In the 1999 tournament the Kiwis defeated a star-studded India side here in the Super Sixes. Despite the presence of Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dravid in the Indian ranks, NZ got home by 5 wickets in their pursuit of 252.
Trent Bridge has now hosted 38 One Day Internationals at Trent Bridge, with the first taking place on 31 August 1974 when England played Pakistan.
Originally scheduled to be a 55 over contest, morning rain reduced the contest to fifty overs per side. England made 244 for four, with David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd carrying his bat throughout the innings to reach 116 not out.
Pakistan gave ODI debuts to Imran Khan and Zaheer Abbas but it was another of their celebrated batsmen, Majid Khan, who replied with a ton of his own as the tourists eased to a 7-wicket victory.
Apart from Lloyd, the other English batsmen to score Trent Bridge ODI centuries have been Keith Fletcher, Robin Smith, Alec Stewart, Nick Knight, Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood and Allan Lamb, who is the only cricketer to score two ODI hundreds on the ground – 118 v Pakistan in 1982 and 100 not out against the Aussies seven years later.
There have only been five visiting centurions – Majid and Zaheer for Pakistan – and three Australians, Trevor Chappell, who did it in a 1983 World Cup match against India, plus Ricky Ponting and Tim Paine, who both reached three figures here against England in 2009.
Paul Collingwood is one of three bowlers, alongside, Pakistan’s Waqar Younis and Ken MacLeay of Australia, to claim six-wicket hauls in Trent Bridge One Day Internationals – with Stuart Broad, joining the great Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev as the only others to get five-fors.
Broad’s achievement came against South Africa in 2008 as he collected the man of the match honours with figures of five for 23 in England’s 10-wicket success.
Apart from Stuart – ten other Nottinghamshire players have represented England in Trent Bridge ODIs; his dad Chris, Eddie Hemmings, Derek Randall, Chris Lewis, Paul Franks, Chris Read, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel and Alex Hales, who scored 42 in last year’s match against India.
The closest finish in the previous 36 matches came in 1989 when England and Australia fought out a tied contest in a 55-over game – 226 runs apiece – and perhaps the biggest shock came during a 1983 World Cup match when Zimbabwe beat Australia by 13 runs - and nine of the previous matches were umpired by the late, great David Shepherd.
There’s no finer cricketing sight than a packed Trent Bridge all spruced up for international duty and everyone hopes a fine forecast will see Trent Bridge keep up its proud record of not having lost an ODI game to the elements.
Tickets available in person only from the Trent Bridge Inn Ticket Office.
Radcliffe Road Stand Upper Tier – SOLD OUT
Adults: £52 / Under 16s: £10
Radcliffe Road Middle Tier – SOLD OUT
Adults: £52 / Under 16s: £10
Radcliffe Road Stand Lower Tier - LIMITED TICKETS REMAINING
Adults: £52 / Under 16s: £10
Hound Road Upper Tier - SOLD OUT
Adults: £52 / Under 16s: £10
Hound Road Lower Tier - SOLD OUT
Adults: £52 / Under 16s: £10
Larwood & Voce Stand - LIMITED SEATS REMAINING
Adults: £47 / Under 16s: £10
New Stand - SINGLE SEATS REMAINING
Adults: £42 / Under 16s: £10
Fox Road Stand - SINGLE SEATS REMAINING
Adults: £42 / Under 16s: £10
William Clarke Stand (Alcohol-free seating) - LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE
Adults: £37 / Under 21s: £20 / Under 16s: £10
Family ticket: £84 (2 adults & 2 under 16s – William Clarke only)