Stokes 182 powers England beats New Zealand by a big margin 181 runs.
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The 3rd ODI Match of the New Zealand tour of England, 2023 was played yesterday at Kennington Oval, London. In which England beats New Zealand by a big margin 181 runs.
TOSS: New Zealand won the toss and opt to bowl.
England Innings: England started the inning not very well, Ben Stokes played a very brilliant powerful century and a half-century inning of 182 runs with the help of 9 sixes and 15 boundaires in just 124 balls, Dawid Malan also played a very brilliant a brilliant half-century inning of 96 runs with the help of 1 six and 12 boundaires in 95 balls, and Jos Buttler scored 38 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaires in just 24 balls, apart from this, no batsman could play well, Jonny Bairstow dismissed without scoring in just 1 ball, Joe root dismissed just for 4 runs in 7 balls, Liam Livingstone 11 runs in 13 balls, Moeen Ali 12 runs in 8 balls, Sam Curran 3 runs in 6 balls, Chris Woakes 3 runs in 8 balls, Gus Atkinson 2 runs in 3 balls, Reece Topley was remains unbeaten without playing any ball. In this way, the entire team dismissed after scoring 368 runs in first ball of the 49th over and set a strong target of 369 runs in front of New Zealand.
New Zealand bowlers- Trent Boult performed very brilliant bowling took 5 wickets for 51 runs in 9.1 overs, Ben Lister 3 wickets for 69 runs in his spell, Lockie Ferguson 1 wicket for 80 runs in 9 overs, Glenn Phillips 1 wicket for 57 runs in 8 overs, Kyle Jamieson was wicketless for 69 runs in 8 overs, Daryl Mitchell was wicketless for 10 runs in 2 overs, and Rachin Ravindra also wicketless for 28 runs in 2 overs.
New Zealand Innings: New Zealand chasing 369 runs in the second inning the entire team dismissed just for 187 runs in last ball of the 39th over and lost the match by 181 runs. New Zealand started the inning very poorly, Glenn Phillips played a very brilliant half-century inning of 72 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundaires in 76 balls, Rachin Ravindra scored 28 runs in 22 balls, apart from this, no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, Devon Conway dismissed just for 9 runs in 18 balls, Will Young 12 runs in 13 balls, Henry Nicholls 4 runs in 9 balls, Tom Latham 3 runs in 12 balls, Kyle Jamieson 14 runs in 25 balls, Trent Boult 2 runs in 5 balls, Ben Lister 4 runs in 7 balls, and Lockie Ferguson was remains unbeaten for 5 runs in 17 balls. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another and end of the result the entire team all-out just for 187 runs in just 39 overs and lost the match by a big margin of 181 runs.
English bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Liam Livingstone took 3 wickets just for 16 runs in 5 overs, Chris Woakes took 3 wickets just for 31 runs in 8 overs, Reece Topley 2 wickets just for 31 runs in 9 overs, Sam Curran 1 wicket for 32 runs in 6 overs, Moeen Ali 1 wicket for 43 runs in 6 overs, and Gus Atkinson was wicketless for 24 runs in 5 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- England batsman Ben Stokes was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant powerful century and a half-century inning of 182 runs with the help of 9 sixes and 15 boundaires in just 124 balls.
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