In the third consecutive ODI against New Zealand, England collapsed on a small score. In the first ODI, England was all out for 223 runs and in the second for 175 runs. Today in the third ODI too, England’s innings, batting first, was reduced to 222 runs. From Joe Root to Harry Brook, all were huge flops. Today, Jamie Overton (68) and Brayden Carse (36) played important innings and took England beyond 200, otherwise today would have been the lowest score of the series.
In the third ODI, England’s opener Jamie Smith was out after scoring 5 runs, followed by the most experienced batsman Joe Root after scoring 2 runs, then Ben Duckett also returned to the pavilion on the score of 8. England got the fourth blow in the form of captain Harry Brook, he scored 6 runs.
Shameful record in the name of England
In the third ODI, the top-4 wickets of the England team fell in 6.3 overs, the total score of all four batsmen was 21 runs. However, this is not the story of this match only, but the situation was similar in the last two matches of the series and that is why this shameful record was registered in the name of England.
In the first match, England’s top-4 batsmen together scored only 6 runs. In the second match all four had scored 57 runs. That means, in the 3 ODI series, the top 4 batsmen of England have scored only 84 runs.
In the history of ODI cricket, the unwanted record of least runs scored by top-4 batsmen of any team in a series or tournament has now been registered in the name of England. Earlier this was in the name of Bangladesh, whose top-4 batsmen had together scored 89 runs in the Asia Cup 1988.
havoc of New Zealand bowlers
In the first match of the series, England captain Harry Brook played a brilliant inning of 135 runs, although he came at number 5 in that match. Earlier, Zachary Foulkes had taken 3 out of the first 4 wickets. Foulkes took a total of 4 wickets in this match. In the second ODI, the brilliant bowling of Blair Tickner was seen, who took maximum 4 wickets for New Zealand. He was chosen the best player of the match. In the third match also, Blair Tickner took maximum 4 wickets, Jacob Duffy took 3 wickets.
By winning the first two matches, New Zealand has already won the series. Today the third ODI is being played at Wellington Regional Stadium. England, batting first, set a target of 223 runs for New Zealand.
