ENG VS NZ - 4th ODI, New Zealand tour of England, 2023

England vs New Zealand

England won by 100 runs

NZ -211/10 (38.2)

ENG -311/9 (49.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Dawid Malan

Batter

R
B
4s
6s
SR
5
4
1
0
125

Bowler

O
M
R
W
ECO
3.2
0
21
1
6.3

England collect the winners' trophy, having come back strongly after that loss in Cardiff to win three on the bounce, and in the process show their overall strength in this format. New Zealand didn't have too many answers for them, and to make it worse, they had four players today who went off the field with injuries - Tim Southee's the most concerning. So that's it from this series. These two teams will meet again in a few weeks for the World Cup opener in Ahmedabad. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, it's goodbye.

Buttler: We've got better and better throughout the series. He's played fantastically everytime he gets his opportunity (Malan). He read the game very very well. Thought it was a very good score. Everyone said the wicket was slow and it was hard work. The spinners bowled brilliantly. They're valuable cricketers - with bat and ball. We're well positioned. Exciting time to be a player and look forward to those world events.

Latham: When you're faced with those challenges (injuries), it's important for guys to step up. He's in good spirits (Southee). He'll be assessed further to see how he is. Fingers crossed. Very pleasing the way he goes about things (Ravindra). When you get to the WC, it's slightly different. Some guys go to Bangladesh tomorrow, and some go home for some rest. Great to have him here. He's been hitting balls and progressing with his rehab (Williamson).

Malan: It's good fun. Especially at the home of cricket, it's fantastic to score some runs here. Thought it was a bit slow. Felt that 300 was a good score at the time. Didn't know that stat, it's a great one to have (reaching 1000 ODI runs in 21 innings). Trying to break into this white-ball team - you either have to be a freak or be consistent. I've tried to be the second one. Was gutted in the last game. Felt was set for a big score but to get out that way was disappointing. Extremely excited. Dream come true to play for England, let alone the World Cup.

Dawid Malan is Player of the Match and Series

19:45 Local Time, 18:45 GMT, 00:15 IST: Four matches, four one-sided games. And it's England who won three of them to bag the series. New Zealand fell well short again despite a fine all-round performance today by Rachin Ravindra. Four wickets for him earlier, and then a sparkling fifty, but he couldn't have done it all on his own with no one else standing up. It was a completely different picture for England though, with many of them chipping in with the ball. Moeen Ali may have taken the four-fer, but the new ball spells from David Willey and Reece Topley pegged New Zealand back early, and then Brydon Carse produced an absolute ripper to get rid of arguably the most in-form player for the visitors in Daryl Mitchell. There wasn't any coming back from there, especially here at Lord's where 311 is an above-par score. Dawid Malan's brilliant hundred at the top was responsible for getting England there. He's looked good right through the series, and finished it off with his best knock of the lot.

38.2

W

Sam Curran to Ravindra, out Bowled!! Curran nails the yorker and Ravindra's fine performance comes to an end. And so does this series as Southee won't come out to bat. England have wrapped it up 3-1. It's speared into the blockhole on off, Ravindra looks to squeeze it away but misses. Curran spreads his arms in celebration. Ravindra b Sam Curran 61(48) [4s-3 6s-4]

Sam Curran to Ravindra, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

38.1

Sam Curran to Ravindra, no run, slower length ball on off, Ravindra backs away and slaps it to extra cover. Didn't time it at all

Sam Curran [3.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack

END OF OVER 38

21 Runs

NZ: 211 - 8

6 6 4 0 4 1

Rachin Ravindra

61 (46)

Ben Lister

5 (4)

Brydon Carse

7-0-53-1

37.6

Brydon Carse to Ravindra, 1 run, slower bouncer, Ravindra pulls to fine leg and keeps strike

37.5

4

Brydon Carse to Ravindra, FOUR, full toss down leg, and Ravindra helps it on its way! Everything's racing off his bat

37.4

Brydon Carse to Ravindra, no run, backs away, Carse follows him, cramps him up and Ravindra is forced to defend

37.3

4

Brydon Carse to Ravindra, FOUR, slower one, back of a length, and it's swatted over midwicket! Carse taking some punishment

37.2

F

Brydon Carse to Ravindra, SIX, short ball down leg, and it's pulled for six more, this time over fine leg. He brings up his fifty

37.1

6

Brydon Carse to Ravindra, SIX, short of length on off, and Ravindra nails another one over the ropes! Showing off his batting skills here! A superbly timed pull shot

Brydon Carse [6.0-0-32-1] is back into the attack

END OF OVER 37

10 Runs

NZ: 190 - 8

Wd 6 0 1 1 1 0

Ben Lister

5 (4)

Rachin Ravindra

40 (40)

Moeen Ali

10-0-50-4

36.6

Moeen Ali to Ben Lister, no run, floated up outside off, Lister goes for a big swing, gets a thick edge that goes fine of backward point. Fielder chases it down

36.5

Moeen Ali to Ravindra, 1 run, length ball on off, punched to long-on

36.4

Moeen Ali to Ben Lister, 1 run, length ball outside off, Lister drives in the air through cover