1st ODI, Mount Maunganui, October 26, 2025, 06:30 AM
England
223/10(35.2ov)
New Zealand
12/1(1.5ov)
NZ need 212 runs in 289 balls
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Commentry
Kane Williamson walks in at number 3.
OUT! BOWLED'EM! Brydon Carse strikes early! Full and straight delivery, attacking the stumps. Will Young looks to flick it through the leg side, but it deflects off the pad and crashes into the stumps. Young is a goner, and New Zealand suffers an early blow.
1.5
W
OUT! BOWLED'EM! Brydon Carse strikes early! Full and straight delivery, attacking the stumps. Will Young looks to flick it through the leg side, but it deflects off the pad and crashes into the stumps. Young is a goner, and New Zealand suffers an early blow.
1.4
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Good length delivery outside off. Will Young mistimes the cut toward point.
1.3
4
FOUR! TOP SHOT! Half volley outside off. Will Young leans forward and strokes it through the cover point region for a lovely boundary.
1.2
1
Back of a length, down the leg. Rachin Ravindra chips it toward long leg for a single.
1.1
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Short of a good length delivery, swings back into the leg pole. Rachin Ravindra looks to work it across the line, but misses and wears on the pad. Half an appeal from the bowler but it looked like pitching outside the leg pole.
1.1
1wd
WIDE! Short of a good length and swings down the leg. Rachin Ravindra plays and misses. Wide to start the spell for Carse.
Brydon Carse will share the attack.
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Luke Wood 6/0(1)
0.6
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Skiddy, short of a good length delivery, around off. Will Young dabs it toward the left of the backward point fielder.
0.5
1
Fuller and a hint of swing, around off. Rachin Ravindra slices the drive over backward point for a single.
0.4
4
FOUR! IN THE AIR AND AWAY FOR A BOUNDARY! Full-length delivery on the pad. Rachin Ravindra clips it through square leg and finds the ropes in a flash to get off the mark with a boundary.
0.3
1
New Zealand are away! Length ball on the pad. Will Young tucks it to backward square leg for a single.
0.2
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Good length shaping back into the middle stump. Young is cramped up in the crease, gets an inside edge onto his pads.
0.1
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Wood starts with a full delivery, around off. Will Young drives into the covers.
Welcome back for the second essay. The players are back in the middle. Rachin Ravindra and Will Young are the openers for New Zealand. It will be Luke Wood to begin with the ball for England. Here we go!
...THE RUN CHASE...
Chasing 224, New Zealand will back themselves to get across the line, but they’ll need a composed and disciplined effort against a quality England attack. Can the Black Caps draw first blood and take a 1-0 lead, or will the English bowlers mount a strong defense of this total? We’ll find out soon. Stay tuned for the second innings!
For New Zealand, Zakary Foulkes and Matt Henry set the tone early, striking with four and two wickets respectively. Jacob Duffy made crucial inroads through the middle overs with three scalps, while Mitchell Santner wrapped up an impressive bowling performance by dismissing Harry Brook. There was some assistance from the surface, and the Kiwi quicks made the most of the conditions. Though they leaked a few runs towards the end, it was largely due to a special knock from the English skipper at the Bay Oval.