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NZ vs ENG 1st ODI: The three-match ODI series between New Zealand and England has started. England team has gone on New Zealand tour. Today the first match of this series is being played at Bay Oval. In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. The English batsmen surrendered in front of the Kiwi bowlers. 6 wickets fell on England’s score of 56. But captain Harry Brook played a brilliant innings and scored a brilliant century.
Harry Brook’s brilliant innings
In front of New Zealand, more than half of the England team collapsed in the blink of an eye. Jamie Smith lost his wicket on the very first ball. Ben Duckett and Joe Root were also out in the second over. Jacob Bethel, Jos Buttler and Sam Curran also lost their wickets early. But after this there was a partnership between captain Harry Brook and Jamie Overton. Overton scored 46 runs in 54 balls. Whereas Brook played a century inning of 135 runs in 101 balls, in which this batsman hit 9 fours and 11 sixes. In England’s innings of 223 runs, more than half the runs came from Brook’s bat.
A monster 💯 from the captain gives us a fighting chance.
He scores 1️⃣3️⃣5️⃣ in our total of 2️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ pic.twitter.com/7k24Gvd73l
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 26, 2025
9 batsmen scored 25 runs
In the first ODI being played in New Zealand, the England team would have been bundled out for 25 runs if Harry Brook and Jamie Overton had not managed the England innings. The remaining 9 batsmen of England together scored 25 runs. Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Jacob Bethel could score only 2-2 runs. Jos Buttler was out after scoring 4 runs and Sam Curran was out after scoring 6 runs. In the end Adil Rashid scored 4 runs and Luke Wood scored 5 runs. Jamie Smith and Braydon Carse were out without opening the account.
New Zealand’s strong bowling
New Zealand’s bowlers put England’s players on the back foot in this match. Among Kiwi bowlers, Zachary Foulkes took the maximum of 4 wickets. Jacob Duffy took 3 wickets, Matt Henry took 2 wickets and Mitchell Santner took 1 wicket.
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