England and New Zealand are playing ODI series as a lead up to CWC 2023. New Zealand have won last two T20Is and first ODI in a convincing manner. Trent Boult, the star bowler of NZ, has returned after injury break. New Zealand have won the toss and elected to field first. England lost Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Ben Stokes wickets to Boult in the first 5 overs. Shortly. Harry Brook. who opened innings has also got out. England needed a miracle to recover and give a fighting chance to themselves.
Earlier, due to rain delay, umpires have shortened the game for 34 overs, each side. Jos Buttler(30) and Moeen Ali(33) counter-attacked NZ bowlers and by 20 overs England have scored 103/6. Liam Livingston kept the momentum going and Sam Curran helped him. They both have put on 112-run partnership for 7th wicket. Liam Livingston missed his century and ended innings on 95. Sam Curran scored a good 42(35). England scored 226/7 in 34 overs. Trent Boult(3/37), Tim Southee(2/65), Mitchell Santner(1/38) and Matt Henry(1/42) took wickets for New Zealand.
In the chase, David Willey got Finn Allen out in the first over. Will Young(33) and Daryl Mitchell(57) tried their best to salvage the situation. After they fell, England bowlers started taking wickets at regular intervals. Tom Latham scored 19 runs off 22 balls but that’s not enough for New Zealand. Reece Topley(3/27), David Willey(3/34), Moeen Ali(2/30) and Gus Atkinson(1/23) took wickets for England. Liam Livingston has rescued England and gave them this famous win. The four match series is now equal at 1-1. Both England and New Zealand have won one match each. Next will be played on 13th September.
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