The New Zealand national cricket team toured England and Scotland during the northern summer of 2008.

While this action initially drew criticism from the New Zealand dressing room, Daniel Vettori admitted during the post-game press conference that the Black Caps' reaction was "a little bit over the top"[1] Collingwood also admitted that he probably made the wrong decision in not withdrawing the appeal.

Later, the ICC banned Collingwood for four ODI matches due to England's slow over rate, with England having bowled only 47 overs in the required time.

The ICC also fined the rest of the English team 15% of their match fee.

[2] Kevin Pietersen was called upon to take over as captain for the final game.