England vs New Zealand, 4th ODI 2023: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

Ben Stokes played a lethal career-best knock of a scintillating 182 off just 124 as England (ENG) defeated New Zealand (NZ) by a huge margin of 181 runs in the third match. As a result, they have taken a 2-1 lead in the series at The Oval. The fourth and final one-day international is all set to take place on Friday, September 15, 2023, at The Lord’s in London. 

Speaking of the Oval ODI, skipper Tom Latham won the toss, and the Black Caps elected to field first. Jonny Bairstow got dismissed off the very first ball of the game by seamer Trent Boult, while Joe Root bagged yet another single-digit score of four. Dawid Malan struck 96 off 95 but the innings was all about Stokes who went on to register his highest individual score for England in the format.

The left-hander smashed 15 fours and nine maximums on his way to 182 as the home side posted a mammoth total of 368 on the board in 48.1 overs. Boult was the pick of the NZ bowlers for his spell of 5/51 in 9.1 overs. In reply, Glenn Phillips scored 72 off 76, but he failed to get any sort of support from the other Kiwi batters. The visitors got bundled out cheaply for 187 as Chris Woakes and Liam Livingstone picked up three wickets each. Latham and his men will look to win the Lord’s game to level the series 2-2.

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Notably, the last time both sides met at this venue in the ODI format was the famous 2019 World Cup Final in which England scripted a thrilling victory on boundary count as even the Super Over ended in a tie. Not to forget, England and New Zealand will also play out the opening fixture of the upcoming 2023 WC on October 05^th at Ahmedabad.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the 4^th ODI between England and New Zealand:

Head-to-Head: England and New Zealand have met each other 94 times in ODIs with the English side winning on 43 occasions and the Black Caps on 44. Three fixtures ended in a tie while the remaining four in no result.

44 – Jonny Bairstow (10956) needs 44 runs to complete the landmark of 11000 runs across formats.

81 – Dawid Malan (919) requires 81 runs to reach the milestone of 1000 runs in ODIs.

115 – Malan (3885) needs 115 runs to complete 4000 runs across formats.

2 – Ben Stokes (98) is two big hits away from reaching 100 maximums in the ODI format.

1 – Devon Conway (99) needs one four to reach 100 fours in ODIs.

3 – Joe Root (497) requires three fours to get to 500 fours in ODIs.

20 – Jason Roy (5980) needs 20 runs to complete 6000 runs in international cricket.

1 – Stokes (49) needs just one grab to get to 50 catches in the 50-overs format.

1 – Moeen Ali (349) is one scalp away from reaching 350 wickets in international matches.

1 – Liam Livingstone (49) is one game away from appearing in this 50^th international match.

3 – Chris Woakes (47) requires three grabs to get to 50 catches in one-day internationals.

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