England vs New Zealand LIVE: Cricket result and reaction as England wrap up series at Lord’s
England host New Zealand at Lord’s in the final ODI before the squad departs for the cricket World Cup
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Your support makes all the difference.England are looking to seal the series and put on another impressive performance against New Zealand, before all eyes turn to India and the pinnacle of the sport - the Cricket World Cup.
Having been finalists in the previous edition four years ago, England will take on New Zealand again in Ahmedabad on October 5, but before that there is one more ODI left to play in this four-match series, at the Home of Cricket.
Ben Stokes was the star at the Oval on Wednesday, hitting a record-breaking 182 as England stormed to a dominant victory, but there were some other problems Jos Buttler’s side will want to address this time out. England slid to 13-2, and after an incredible partnership of 199 from Stokes and Dawid Malan, the wickets fell once the record-breaking Test captain was out, and the hosts were bowled out with 11 balls remaining.
There were also question marks over Jason Roy’s fitness. He did not play at the Oval due to a back spasm and once again misses out at Lord’s, which will be the final opportunity for the fringe players to push for a place in the World Cup squad, which has to be finalised by September 28. New Zealand will want to bounce back from their heavy defeat on Wednesday, but there was a boost as Kyle Jamieson is building up his recovery from injury.
Follow all the latest live coverage of today’s match in the live blog below:
England 99-1 (19), Malan 54, Root 29, Ravindra 0-23 (3)
That was a tighter over from Ravindra, just the three runs from it, but overall he has been expensive so far.
England just settling into this contest, and there are still plenty of overs to go.
England 96-1 (18), Malan 52, Root 28, Jamieson 0-8 (4)
Root tries yet another scoop and again gets nowhere near Jamieson’s delivery.
He’s still not looking very comfortable out in the middle here.
England 93-1 (17), Malan 51, Root 26, Ravindra 0-20 (2)
Just as they did at the Oval, England have taken a liking to Ravindra’s spin bowling.
Root has hit him to the square leg boundary again this over, and followed it up with the first six of the match over cow, to applause from the crowd.
While England struggled against Jamieson and Lister, they have looked comfortable against Ravindra.
There is also an update from New Zealand on Southee: “Tim Southee injured his right thumb attempting to take that catch and needs further assessment, at this stage he won't return to the field.”
Malan 50! England 81-1 (16), Malan 50, Root 15, Jamieson 0-5 (3)
Jamieson has switched ends to take over from Lister at the Nursery end and started with a beautiful delivery to Malan.
Malan has brought up his half century, from as many balls with a stroke down the ground, he has been so good in these last two matches, especially when the early wickets have fallen.
England 79-1 (15), Malan 49, Root 14, Ravindra 0-8 (1)
Root hits a four, for the first time in the game he has looked comfortable, and the introduction of spin is almost immediately punished.
He has also tried the reverse scoop successfully for the first time in the game, and has moved on to 14.
England 71-1 (14), Malan 46, Root 9, Lister 0-20 (3)
Without any flourish, Malan is approaching a half century. It hasn’t been the awe-inspiring batting of two days ago, but it has been steady.
Dropped! Root is handed another chance! Southee has dropped him off Lister, it looked a comfortable catch, but it has been put down.
Worryingly for New Zealand, Southee is also going off with what looked like a dislocated thumb, or at the very least a severe thumb injury. With the World Cup in less than a month, that is not a good sign.
England 62-1 (13), Malan 39, Root 7, Jamieson 0-3 (2)
This pair of bowlers have just stifled England slightly, there has been ltitle width on offer, and the runs have just slowed.
Root in particular has not found his feet yet and was on just seven from 21 at the end of Jamieson’s second over.
England 62-1 (12), Malan 39, Root 7, Lister 0-11 (2)
Dropped! Root has been handed a lifeline as he looks to guide the ball down to third, but doesn’t get hold of it fully and it’s put down by gully.
The next ball is more confidently played off the face of the bat into the off side, but he has not looked comfortable since coming out when Bairstow was caught in the slips.
England 59-1 (11), Malan 37, Root 6, Jamieson 0-3 (1)
After the powerplay, the towering Kyle Jamieson will take over at the Pavilion End.
A good tight start from Jamieson, just halting the flow of runs a bit with just three from his first over.
England 56-1 (10), Malan 36, Root 4, Lister 0-8 (1)
A change of bowling now for the first time in this game, for the final over of the powerplay, as Lister replaces Southee from the Nursery End.
And it has been a good start from Lister in only his third ODI, he was one who bowled well at the Oval.
Just the one wicket in the powerplay from England and a healthy total on the board already with nine wickets in hand.
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