A ‘four’ fifty for England didn’t work either, 2 batsmen gave NZ a win

New Delhi. New Zealand beat hosts England by 8 wickets in the first match of the 4-ODI series played in Cardiff. New Zealand achieved the target of 292 runs in 26 balls with the loss of only 2 wickets. Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell were instrumental in New Zealand’s victory. Both these batsmen scored centuries. Conway played an unbeaten innings of 111 runs and Mitchell played an unbeaten innings of 118 runs. The second ODI between the two countries will be played in Southampton on September 10.

Kiwi batsman Devon Conway hit a six in the style of his IPL team Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to lead New Zealand to victory. It was his only six in the match. Conway played an innings of 111 runs off 121 balls. However, Daryl Mitchell showed his real strength in the first ODI for New Zealand. He scored 118 runs off 91 balls. Mitchell hit 7 sixes and as many fours in this innings. That is, he scored 70 runs with the help of only sixes and fours. Mitchell and Conway put on an unbeaten stand of 180 runs for the third wicket.

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Before this, England scored 291 runs in 50 overs with the loss of 6 wickets. Captain Jos Buttler from England played the highest innings of 72 runs. Apart from that, David Malan scored 54 runs in 53 balls while opening. At the same time, Liam Livingstone also scored 52 off 40 balls in the middle order. This was his first half-century in international cricket since June 2022. Livingstone also hit 3 consecutive sixes during his innings. Ben Stokes, who returned to ODIs after 14 ODIs, also scored 52 runs. From New Zealand, Tim Southee took 2 wickets and Rachin Ravindra took 3 wickets for 48 runs in 10 overs.

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Tags: Daryl Mitchell, Devon Conway, England vs New Zealand, World Cup 2023