England vs. New Zealand: Highlights, Scorecard, Report from Cricket World Cup

Tim Southee produced a devastating spell of bowling before an historic innings by Brendon McCullum as New Zealand crushed England by eight wickets at the Cricket World Cup on Friday.

England won the toss and chose to bat but were bundled out for 123 in 33.2 overs with seamer Southee taking 7-33 at the Wellington Regional Stadium.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Bell		b Southee	8	18	17	1	0
Moeen		b Southee	20	31	15	4	0
Ballance	c Williamson	b Boult	10	43	26	0	0
Root	c Vettori	b Milne	46	121	70	3	0
Morgan	c Milne	b Vettori	17	49	41	1	0
Taylor		b Southee	0		2	0	0
Buttler	c Ronchi	b Southee	3	6	7	0	0
Woakes		b Southee	1		2	0	0
Broad	c Vettori	b Southee	4	8	10	0	0
Finn	c Taylor	b Southee	0	7	8	0	0
Anderson	not out		1	4	2	0	0
Extras		0nb 7w 0b 6lb	13
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Southee			9	0	33	7
Boult			10	2	32	1
Milne			5.2	1	25	1
Vettori			7	0	19	1
Anderson			2	0	8	0

The co-hosts then romped to the total in just 12.2 overs as captain McCullum scored the fastest 50 in World Cup history from just 18 balls.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Guptill		b Woakes	22	91	22	3	0
B McCullum		b Woakes	77	40	25	8	7
Williamson	not out		9	64	22	1	0
Taylor	not out		5	12	5	1	0
Extras		0nb 8w 0b 4lb	12
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Anderson			5	0	37	0
Broad			2.2	0	27	0
Finn			2	0	49	0
Woakes			3	1	8	2

The performance underlined why the Black Caps, who have now won 12 of their last 14 one-day internationals, are among the favourites to win the World Cup.

Southee clean bowled openers Ian Bell (8) and Moeen Ali (20) with late swing as Eoin Morgan’s side reached 43-2 at the end of the powerplay.

Gary Ballance (10) and out-of-form skipper Eoin Morgan (17) then departed, the latter after a superb catch by Adam Milne in the deep off Daniel Vettori.

Southee then took charge by picking up five wickets in his next four overs as England lost their final seven wickets for 19 runs in 7.2 overs.

Joe Root could only watch on helplessly as five batsmen went for single figures and he was the final man out for 46 when caught at fine leg off Milne.

If England thought their day could not get any worse then they were wrong as McCullum dispatched their bowlers to all parts in a devastating innings.

McCullum hit eight boundaries and seven sixes in smashing 77 from 25 balls as Stuart Broad went for 18 in his opening over and Steven Finn's two overs cost 49.

He was eyeing an historic century before bowled by Chris Woakes but NZ, who began their campaign with an impressive win over Sri Lanka last Saturday followed by a three-wicket triumph over Scotland on Tuesday, romped to their third straight win over three hours before the scheduled finish.

England, who suffered a 111-run thrashing by co-hosts Australia in Melbourne on Saturday, must go back to the drawing board. However, a team who in the last year have lost home and away series against Sri Lanka, been beaten at home by India and defeated by Australia in the Tri-Series, are perilously low on confidence.

They face Scotland on Monday but currently sit at the bottom of Pool A below the Associate Nation.