New Zealand win 1st ODI despite Harry Brook heroics as Daryl Mitchell top-scored in the chase with 78*, winning by 4 wickets.
New Zealand nullify Brook’s heroic rescue act.
New Zealand led 1-0 in the ODI series thanks to fifties from Daryl Mitchell (78*) and Michael Bracewell (51), however Harry Brook’s one-man show didn’t transfer into a good outcome. Before they started, the game was set up by Jacob Duffy (3-55) and Zakary Foulkes (4-41) with strong bowling performances that shook Engand early before Brook responded.
On the opening ball of the match, Matt Henry got New Zealand began by cleaning up Jamie Smith by breaking through his bat-pad gap. To put the visitors at 5/3, Foulkes then removed Ben Duckett, who had opened up from around the stumps to nick him off, and Joe Root, who had bowled an inswinger. As Foulkes and Henry continued to work together with the newball, that quickly became into 10/4 and 33/5.
Jamie Overton joined Brook, who had begun to fan the flames of a counterattack a few overs earlier, in a stand that saved the innings. As he sped to a 36-ball fifty in the 16th over, off a streaking top-edged six, Brook quickly made his intentions clear despite all the wreckage. As he pursued Jacob Duffy, Overton was delighted to toss his bat around as well. After a brief respite, Overton recovered from a blow to his helmet from a Nathan Smith bouncer.
He and Brook managed to drag their stand past the halfway point before Duffy’s slower one beat them. He attempted to work the ball on the leg side, but Daryl Mitchell was sent back for a crucial 46 off 54 deliveries after a leading edge flew to him at cover.
On the following ball, Brydon Carse was caught at backward point for a duck after being snuffed out by Duffy. England appeared to be nearing the end at 143/8, but Brook was not finished. With Adil Rashid by his side, he hit Duffy for fours and sixes before combining with No. 11 Luke Wood for 57 runs.
That objective appeared far larger than it actually was during the first hour of the hunt. For New Zealand, the comforts of having Tom Latham and Kane Williamson back were fairly fleeting. In the second over, Brydon Carse gave Williamson a first-ball duck after dismissing Will Young. After that, Wood had Rachin Ravindra nick a ball that had slipped past the left-hander. Latham got off to a fast start with three fours, but Carse caught him leg before in the 12th over, leaving New Zealand at 66 for 4.
In a 92-run partnership, Mitchell and Michael Bracewell responded, each reaching their fifties. After the drinks break, the two, who had begun cautiously, managed at least one boundary for three consecutive overs.
Mitchell Santner entered the game to confirm it once more. Boundaries appeared more frequently during this stand between Mitchell and Santner. To push the team over 200, Santner struck two sixes off Adil Rashid. Rashid terminated Santner’s cameo with an incorrect ‘un in the same over. He got out for a 27 from 25 balls. Mitchell hit a four against Rashid twelve balls later to put New Zealand over the finish line.