“Disappointing” was how English white-ball captain Harry Brook described the losses to New Zealand in the first and second ODIs of the three-match series. With 80 balls remaining in the first game and 101 balls remaining in the second, the Kiwis prevailed.
Brook claimed that the players who didn’t perform well were of a caliber that could be included in any international squad worldwide. Additionally, he acknowledged that New Zealand had been the superior squad.
“Don’t you think it’s disappointing? As you pass each athlete, you think, “Gosh, there aren’t many teams in the world that they don’t get into.” It’s disappointing that we didn’t do as well as we could have. It takes place. “They’ve performed admirably, and sometimes you have to stand up and say they’ve been the superior team,” Brook said, according to ESPNcricinfo.
In actuality, England’s ODI style is not all that different from our Test cricket style. Not too far away, we play aggressively in Test cricket. We haven’t played a lot of one-day cricket in a long time, of course. I’m not entirely sure why we haven’t performed well enough. That is simply one of those things.
They’ve thrashed us when you come to face the world’s second-best team on their home field,” Brook continued.
After defeating the hosts in the T20I series, England entered the 50-over leg with momentum. Rain caused two of the matches to be ruined. The second Twenty20 International was won by the Three Lions by a margin of 65. However, in the first two ODIs in Hamilton and Mount Maunganui, the batting lineup failed to produce.
In the series-opening match, Brook’s individual blitz (135 off 101) was insufficient to win his team. They were ultimately bowled out for 223 in 35.2 overs, despite preventing England from collapsing in the top order. The second-highest scorer for England in the first game (46 off 54) was Jamie Overton, who scored 42 off 28 in the second match.
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