Kiwis pubished English bowlers

New Zealand punished some poor bowling and fielding from England to make 318-7 in the one-day international in Perth.
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Liam Plunkett (3-54) removed Stephen Fleming and Peter Fulton early on but Lou Vincent (76) and Ross Taylor (71) played aggressively to put on 137.

Spinner Monty Panesar (2-35) slowed the scoring but Jacob Oram smashed 54 off only 33 balls, including four sixes and 22 runs off one Chris Tremlett over.

A staggering 22 wides were delivered, and three catching chances missed.

It all added up to another miserable day in Australia for a team that has become used to losing - heavily - and was again without captain Michael Vaughan (hamstring).

Plunkett and Tremlett (1-72) took a while to realise that fuller lengths would reap rewards on a pitch which saw more than 650 runs scored by Australia and New Zealand on Sunday.

Plunkett found some swing to trap Fleming plumb lbw and Fulton should have been caught mis-timing a drive to mid-off by Andrew Flintoff before edging another full delivery behind.

Even Flintoff failed to learn the lessons of those early successes, too often straying in length or line.

Vincent was fortunate when a firm drive was nearly grasped by the big all-rounder and Ian Bell spilled a sitter at short extra-cover when the opener was on 33.

Taylor also had a reprieve when umpire Steve Davis refused to refer a stumping appeal from Paul Nixon off Panesar which would have sent the youngster packing for 33.

But apart from those scares the batsmen tore into some dreadful bowling, particularly from Jamie Dalrymple (0-43 off five overs), as the 100 partnership came up off 116 balls.

Among the highlights were when Taylor carved Tremlett over cover point and battered him through mid-wicket, while Paul Collingwood was thrashed through the same region for a maximum.

Panesar was the lone bright spot - with his fielding as well as his left-arm spin - and he extracted sharp turn off a surface more worn than on Sunday.

He was rewarded when Craig McMillan was stumped charging down the track and Brendon McCullum was snaffled trying to repeat his slog-sweep for six earlier in the order.

There were plenty of embarrassing moments in the field, with feeble efforts conceding several boundaries, and the hapless Dalrymple was too slow to reach the ball when Oram spooned an easy opportunity off Plunkett on the off-side.

Oram cracked him down the ground for a big six to add to his misery and, just when England thought the score could be kept down under 300, launched a savage late assault.

Tremlett went for 20 runs in four balls, including massive sixes over mid-wicket and long-off, before Flintoff was straight driven for the fourth maximum as he leaked 16 in his final over.

Prospects of a win and potential finals place against the Aussies looked a long way off when the Lancastrian led his demoralised team off.