England Cricket Team booked a record breaking win
England with a record breaking win
England booked a victory the first ODI with a record margin of 210 runs. This is the highest win by runs for England. After winning the toss New Zealand decided to bowl first. The English lost their first wicket in the very first ball without any run on the board. NZ bowlers making captain's decision right by taking 6 wickets in 202 runs. Joe root got 104 in 78 balls. This is the fourth-fastest ODI hundred for England.
Joe Root after getting his century
But after that Buttler and Rashid made a partnership of 177 runs which is the highest 7th wicket partnership in ODI. Buttler got 129 in 77 balls while Rashid got 69 in 50 balls. Buttler's century is the second-fastest ODI century for England.
The Man of the Match Jos Buttler
In the end, Plunkett helps to cross the 400 runs mergin by taking 13 runs in just 3 balls. The English players hit 14 sixes which is highest for them in ODI. England got a total of 402 runs. Boult took 4 wickets for 55 runs.
Adil Rashid with a good all-round performance
In reply, New Zealand lost their first wicket in the first over. The English bowlers bowled really well. Without Ross Taylor, no other batsman of New Zealand did well with the bat. Taylor got 57 runs in 54 balls.
Ross Taylor got a good half century
At the end New Zealand were all out in just 198 runs. Steven Finn got 4 wickets in just 35 runs. All rounder Adil Rashid also got 4 wickets for 55 runs.
Steven Finn got 4 wicketsMatch Summary :
England : 408/8. Over 50. (Buttler 129, Root 104, Rashid 69. Boult 55/4)New Zealand : 198/10. Over 31.1. (Taylor 57. Finn 35/4, Rashid 55/4)
