New Zealand Crushes England in yet another Run Feast, England v New Zealand 3rd ODI - Statistical Review

New Zealand Crushes England in yet another Run Feast, England v New Zealand 3rd ODI – Statistical Review: The run feast series has provided with yet another majestic run feast in the 3rd ODI of the Royal London series between England and New Zealand. Opting to bat first, England carried on with the same amount of audacious aggression right from where they left it in the second match.

New Zealand bowlers felt the absence of Trent Boult. He is out of the tournament due to an injury. The Kiwi bowlers managed to gulp wickets and England were bundled at the score of 302 runs in 45.2 overs. In reply, New Zealand’s opening pair went back to the pavilion in real quick time. Prospects seemed darkening for the Black Caps just when a blistering partnership took off from the ‘Support System’ in the line up- Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor. Aided by glamorous centuries from Williamson and Taylor, New Zealand went onto win the 3rd ODI by a margin of 3 wickets with an over in hand.

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To explore the facts and figures, let us take a quick glance at all.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of Fours Hit by England/New Zealand: 29/30

• Number of Sixes Hit by England/New Zealand: 4/2

• Number of Dot deliveries bowled by England/New Zealand: 141/134

• Number of Wide deliveries bowled by England/New Zealand: 8/13

• Runs Scored by England/New Zealand in the first 10 overs: England – 41/2 and New Zealand – 64/2

• Highest Scorer of the Match: Kane Williamson (118 runs off 113 deliveries with 12 fours and 1 six)

• Highest Wicket Taker of the Match: Tim Southee (8.2-1-44-3)

• Total Runs Scored in the Match: 608/17 in 94.2 overs

The other statistical facts of the Match:

• Today’s match marked the 8^th century stand between Williamson and Taylor. The partnership contributed a total of 206 runs. Only Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming combine for more number of century partnerships than this pair with 9 century partnerships.

• This was the 17^th time in the past year that Brendon McCullum has been dismissed within the span of the first 10 overs. This is the most for any batsman.

• It was the fourth instance when each of the Number 3, 4 and 5 batsmen of England have managed to score half centuries in the same ODI innings. Root(54), Morgan(71) and Ben Stokes(68) scored half centuries today by batting in the respective positions.

• This was the first time that England scored three 300+ scores in an ODI series.

• This was the sixth time that the English team lost their final 5 wickets within a score of 15 runs or less against New Zealand. This happens to be their most against any team.

• After their centuries in the match today, Ross Taylor has the second highest number of hundreds by a New Zealand batsman in ODI cricket. He has 14 by his name. While, on the other hand, Williamson makes into the 5^th spot with 7 centuries.

• The third wicket partnership for New Zealand happens to be their best against England. The partnership between Williamson and Taylor contributed 206. The previous best was between Martin Crowe and GP Howarth, who contributed 160 runs to the third wicket in an ODI back in 1984.

• Kane Williamson, aged 24 years and 310 days has 17 international centuries. At this age, only Sachin Tendulkar (26) and Virat Kohli (19) had more number of centuries in international cricket.

• The partnership between Williamson and Taylor is marked as the 21^st highest third wicket stand in ODIs. The best in the list is the partnership between Dinesh Ramdin and Darren Bravo of 258 runs which came in 2014.

• This marked the 31^st victory for Brendon McCullum in 54 matches as the captain of the New Zealand side with a whooping win percentage of 61.76%.