New Zealand defeated England in the 3-match ODI series by winning by 2 wickets in the third ODI played at Wellington Regional Stadium. The New Zealand team, captained by Mitchell Santner, had already won the series by winning the first two matches, but today England also lost the battle for honour. Batting first, England had set a target of 223 for New Zealand to win, which the team achieved in the 45th over.

Jamie Overton took England’s score beyond 200 by playing an inning of 68 runs in the third ODI, otherwise the team would have had difficulty reaching even 150. The total score of England’s top-5 batsmen is 32 runs. New Zealand bowler Blair Tickner took the maximum of 4 wickets, giving 64 runs in his spell of 10 overs. He received the Player of the Match award in the third ODI. Jacob Duffy took 3 wickets and Zachary Foulkes took 2 wickets.

New Zealand’s innings faltered, bowlers took charge

New Zealand had made a good start while chasing the small target of 223 runs. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra made a partnership of 78 runs for the first wicket. But the middle order faltered. Will Young (1), Tom Latham (10), Michael Bracewell (13) were out cheaply. Mitchell Santner played an important inning of 27 runs, but New Zealand was in trouble due to the dismissal of Daryl Mitchell at 196, Mitchell played a good inning of 44 runs. But New Zealand still needed 27 runs, only 2 wickets were in hand.

Then Blair Tickner and Zachary Foulkes played an important role in helping New Zealand win by 2 wickets by playing unbeaten innings. Tickner scored 18 runs and Foulkes scored 14 runs.

Daryl Mitchell won the Player of the Series award

Daryl Mitchell scored 44 runs in the third ODI, he had scored half-centuries in the first two ODIs against England. He scored 78 not out in the first ODI and 56 not out in the second. He was chosen the best player of the series.

England’s batting was a flop in all three matches of the ODI series, especially the top order. In the first match of the series, England batted first and scored 223 runs. In the second match, the team was all out for 175 runs only. New Zealand won all three ODIs while chasing the target.

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.