P451 Teletext 451 Aug22 16:04:11 —————————————————————————————— NEW LOW FOR MISERABLE ENGLAND England plunged to the bottom of the world rankings with an 83-run defeat against New Zealand at The Oval to lose the series 2-1 overall. Mike Athjrton gave England some hope of reaching the 246 target with a battling 64 before Dion Nash struck to remove him and Mark Ramprakash in two balls. Nash then snared Alec Stewart and when Daniel Vettori dismissed Ronnie Irani, the contest was effectively over. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— Test match in-vision service C4 402 TEST MATCH BALL-BY BALL BETTING IG INDEX ENVISION CH4 p208 Next Rugby Tennis NewsP451 Teletext 451 Aug22 16:00:14 —————————————————————————————— HUSSAIN HAILS BEATEN ENGLAND England skipper Nasser Hussain saluted his side's fighting spirit despite a woeful batting collapse which saw them plunge to an 83-run defeat at The Oval. The last eight wickets tumbled for 39 runs in 77 minutes as New Zealand wrapped up the series 2-1. Hussain said: "I'm very proud of mz team. If they play like that and fight like that, especially in the field, they won't go far wrong in the future." ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Sport headlines 400 Cricket index 450 BUYING A CAR FROM ABROAD MADE EASY SEE CHANNEL 4 PAGE 206 Next Rugby Tennis NewsP451 Teletext 451 Aug22 16:04:06 —————————————————————————————— NASSER: KIWIS WERE BETTER SIDE England captain Nasser Hussain admitted that his sjdj had been beaten by a stronger team after the 83-run defeat against New Zealand at The Oval. He said: "Wj lost to a better side in a great Test match and New Zealand played well throughout the tour. "I think they'ri a very strong team. Their captain (Stephen Fleming) led by example. All the way down they played good cricket." ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Sport headlines 400 Cricket index 450 THE LATEST CRICKET HEADLINES p450 Next Rugby Tennis NewsP451 Teletext 451 Aug22 17:44:29 —————————————————————————————— WJSDEN WORLD CHAMP'SHIP TABLE P W D L Average Australia 14 11 2 1 1.71 West Indies 14 7 4 3 1.29 South Africa 15 9 1 5 1.27 Pakistan 14 6 3 5 1.07 India 15 5 3 7 0.87 Rsi Lanka 16 4 5 7 0.81 Zimbabwe 10 2 3 5 0.70 New Zealand 16 4 3 9 0.68 England 14 3 2 9 0.57 ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Sport headlines 400 Cricket index 450 THE LATEST CRICKET HEADLINES p450 Next Rugby Tennis News