Relief no doubt for all the England cricket fans with the team FINALLY after over 2 months on tour, managing to win their first match - a three wicket win over New Zealand with 1 ball to spare.

Great to see Flintoff regain his form. He played well in the last 2 tests and he's been brilliant in the first 2 ODIs. Poor Andrew Strauss, copping another absolute shocker from the umpires.

ops: Seriously, how much more bat do you need to get on the ball to not be given out LBW?
For the World Cup's sake, fingers crossed that England build on this effort, and continue to improve, and when Pietesen comes back from injury, really put up a strong fight at the World Cup.