Collingwood eases strained relations

Collingwood was forced to apologise after Elliott was dismissed and left injured on the ground after being shoulder-charged by England paceman Ryan Sidebottom as he set off for a quick single. The England skipper was offered the chance to withdraw England's appeal by the umpires but, after consulting with Sidebottom, he was satisfied the collision had been an accident and a fuming Elliott was given out.

The tourists had the last laugh though as they claimed the match to spark wild celebrations and Vettori said: "I was incensed with what happened and the whole group of players were. We couldn't understand it, sitting up there on the balcony. But Paul has come and spoken to us, apologised and acted in a contrite way. We'll move on from the situation and hopefully it doesn't happen again."

He added: "Paul said he had a split second to make the decision and I understand he's admitted it was the wrong one to make and I suppose, because we've won the game, we'll move on a lot quicker.

"But also the fact he's apologised and admitted he is wrong means we can move forward and head to Lord's in the right spirit. Now we know these things can't happen in the future."

Vettori said of his team's celebrations following the win: "I'd just like to apologise for my reactions and some of our team's reactions at the end of the game. They were probably a little bit over the top.

"You saw us after the result and it took a while for us to calm down and for clear minds to prevail in the end. It wasn't the way we wanted to act as a New Zealand team.

"But hopefully we've got there in the end and I've spoken to Paul Collingwood about it and coach Peter Moores."