Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

MJ Santner
MJ Santner
63(52) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 4 4 4 22 7 11 10
BA Stokes
BA Stokes
63(74) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %93%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 20 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
10 1 1 6 20 9 6 10

Best performances - Bowlers

MM Ali
MM Ali
O10
M0
R33
W2
Eco3.30
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
BA Stokes
BA Stokes
O8
M0
R42
W2
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

5-match series level 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30 Interval 17.30-18.15, Second Session 18.15-21.45

Match days

28 February 2018 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: @Cricket_Lama | Commentator: Nikhil Kalro

8.50pm England have made that score look woefully under par. So much so that even 300 may not have been enough on this surface. They level the series with a six-wicket rout of New Zealand in Mount Maunganui. Very rarely will you see a game that has been dominated from start to finish by a visiting side in New Zealand, but England were today. New Zealand's nine-game ODI winning streak snaps. There was some doubt after Root picked out de Grandhomme, but Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes struck rapid fifties to snuff out any hope that New Zealand had.

New Zealand were disciplined as always with the ball, their bowling wasn't shabby at all, but they just did not have a good afternoon with the bat. In the end, that's all this game comes down to. We now move to Wellington for the third ODI, a pivotal game in the context of the series. That's it from us then, night!

Ben Stokes is the Man of the Match, in his second back back to the England ODI team: "We wanted to comeback after the first game, we stepped that intensity up in this game. Good to get some time out in the middle. Good to get out here, train and implement it in the games, hopefully that's a stepping stone. Can be tough on the body (training before the game). We keep our chat about the game short and sharp. We showed how good a fielding side we are tonight."

Tim Southee: "We scraped through to something, but never easy when you hand the opposition four run-outs. The effort from the bowlers was top draw. Hard to get away again. We needed wickets, a couple, it was game on, but we couldn't keep getting wickets through the middle. A decent surface, we were left light. Nothing changes to our preparation, we have done it all summer. Taylor will be assessed in the next couple of days.

Eoin Morgan: "We raised our intensity, the tone was set with the ball. As good a fielding performance as we could have hoped for. With the wind, it reminded us of playing in West Indies, we try to use that as an extra fielder. A good surface to field on, the bowlers created the pressure. Slowly building momentum in this series. Ben's a big character, he lifts everyone in the squad"

37.5
6
Santner to Buttler, SIX, that's the game! England level the series. Santner drops short, around off, Buttler rocks back and pulls, deposits the ball into the grass banks over midwicket.
37.4
1
Santner to Stokes, 1 run, full down leg, another nudge through square leg. Stokes does not want to get out
37.3
1
Santner to Buttler, 1 run, 79 kph, shortish on leg, worked away to square leg
37.2
0
Santner to Buttler, no run, flat down leg, Buttler misses a flick, may have clipped the thigh pad to Latham
37.1
1
Santner to Stokes, 1 run, lots of flight on leg, driven to mid-on, who is on the edge of the circle. The fielder is on the edge to elicit a big hit from Stokes.

END OF OVER:
37 | 5 Runs | ENG: 216/4 (8 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 5.83, RRR: 0.61)

  • Jos Buttler29 (17b)
  • Ben Stokes61 (72b)
  • Colin Munro5-0-23-1
  • Tim Southee7-0-55-0
36.6
0
Munro to Buttler, no run, 99 kph, a slower ball outside off, driven away to cover.

8 to win

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15JM BairstowJJ Roy
2nd32JM BairstowJE Root
3rd39EJG MorganJM Bairstow
4th88EJG MorganBA Stokes
5th51JC ButtlerBA Stokes