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.

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 1⃣3⃣5⃣ in our total of 2⃣2⃣3⃣ 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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