England and New Zealand came against each other in the 1st ODI of the series at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Harry Brook and Malan came to bat and Tim Southee opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Harry Brook started the over with a four and it was the first boundary of the match. In the 5th over, Malan smashed two fours. In the 7th over, Malan smashed two fours. In the 10th over, Malan took a single on the last ball and England reached 50 runs. After 10 overs, Eng was at 50-0.
In the 12th over, Malan started the over with a four and finished the over with a four and scored a half-century. In the 15th over, Malan got out after scoring 54(53) on the last ball. In the 16th over, Harry Brook got out after scoring 25(41) on the fourth ball. In the 20th over, Stokes took a single on the fourth ball and England reached 100 runs. In the 21st over, Root got out after scoring 6(15) on the second ball. After 25 overs, Eng was at 123-3.
In the 31st over, Buttler took a single on the first ball and England reached 150 runs. In the 37th over, Buttler took a single on the third ball and scored a half-century. In the 38th over, Stokes smashed a six on the second ball and scored a half-century and got out after scoring 52(69) on the fourth ball. In the 40th over, Livingstone took a single on the fourth ball and England reached 200 runs. After 40 overs, Eng was at 202-4.
In the 43th over, Livingstone hammered back-to-back three sixes. In the 46th over, England reached 250 runs. In the 47th over, Livingstone hit a four on the last ball and scored a half-century. In the 48th over, Livingstone got out after scoring 52(40) on the second ball and Buttler got out after scoring 72(68) on the fourth ball. In the 50th over, Willey hit a four on the third ball and finished the over with a six.
In 50 overs, England scored 291 runs with a loss of 6 wickets.
Chasing 292 runs, Conway and Will Young came to bat and Woakes opened the bowling attack. In the 4th over, Will Young hit back-to-back two fours and Conway finished the over with a four. In the 7th over, Conway hit back-to-back two fours. In the 8th over, Will Young hit a four on the second ball and Conway hit a four on the fifth ball and New Zealand reached 50 runs. In the 10th over, Will Young started the over with a four and Conway hit a four on the fifth ball. After 10 overs, NZ was at 61-0.
In the 11th over, Will Young got out after scoring 29(33) on the first ball and Conway hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 19th over, Nicholls hit a four on the second ball and Conway hit a four on the fifth ball and scored a half-century. In the 21st over, Nicholls got out after scoring 26(30) on the third ball. After 25 overs, NZ was at 146-2.
In the 27th over, NZ reached 150 runs. In the 30th over, Conway started the over with a four and Mitchell hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 35th over, Mitchell started the over with a six and took a double on the last ball and scored a half-century. In the 36th over, New Zealand reached 200 runs. In the 37th over, Mitchell started the over with back-to-back two boundaries. After 40 overs, NZ was at 238-2.
In the 42th over, Conway took a single on the third ball and scored a century. In the 43rd over, Daryl Mitchell smashed back-to-back three boundaries. In the 44th over, Daryl Mitchell took a single on the last ball and scored a century. In the 45th over, Daryl Mitchell started the over with back-to-back two boundaries. In the 46th over, Daryl Mitchell hit a six on the second ball and Conway smashed a six on the fourth ball and it was the winning boundary. New Zealand scored 297-2 and won the match by 8 wickets.
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