The opening match of the series was a tale of complete England dominance, with both bat and ball, and they would be aiming to carry forward their form in the 2nd ODI against New Zealand.
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A thumping win in Edgbaston does not mean England have cracked the one-day code, someone following the team knows they have a habit of slumping in the limited-over format a lot.
England certainly have firepower now, the like of Jos Buttler, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales, to name a few, have given their game a different dimension altogether.
“You’ve got guys who are explosive batters who didn’t get off the ground the other day,” Root said. “We have shown that we can do it now and what we want is to try and replicate it. We won’t do it every week but we’ll take that approach into every match.”
“It’s not massively different,” he added. “There are still a lot of the same blokes in that team and it is just nice to see us come back so strongly from that World Cup so quickly. Obviously it is only one performance and our main thing going forward is to be more consistent.”
Meanwhile, New Zealand would be aiming to prove their last match defeat just a minor blip in form. They more than capable of turning the table and took the series at one game apiece.
We’re not naive enough to think New Zealand won’t come back hard at us, because they’re a great side,” Root said. “They’ve proved that now for the last couple of years in one-day cricket and we’re going to have to play extremely well to get another win under our belts.”
England (probable): Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Billings, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett and Steven Finn.
New Zealand (probable): Brendon McCullum (c), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Mitchell Santner, Luke Ronchi (wk), Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Matt Henry and Trent Boult.
