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England vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st ODI, England vs New Zealand 2025
Result · Oct 26 2025, Sun - 06:30 AM (IST)
ENGLAND223
NEW ZEALAND224/6
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
CRR:6.11
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in New Zealand 2025 |
| Date: | Oct 26 2025, Sun - 06:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Tauranga |
| Venue: | Bay Oval |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Zak Foulkes, Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy |
| England Playing XI: | Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood |
- England have won each of their last three bilateral men’s ODI series against New Zealand, winning exactly three matches in each of those three series, and haven’t lost a series against the Black Caps since a 1-2 loss in England in 2013; in fact, they’ve not lost a series to the Black Caps in New Zealand since February 2008 (1-3).
- New Zealand have won only two of their last eight men’s ODIs against England (T1 L5) but won by nine wickets with 82 balls remaining in their most recent match and will be aiming to consecutive wins against England in the format for the first time since June 2015.
- England have won three of their last four men’s ODIs against New Zealand in New Zealand including a six-wicket win with 73 balls remaining in their only previous encounter at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui (28 February 2018).
- New Zealand are on a nine-series winning streak at home in bilateral men’s ODI series, last losing a series at home to India in January/February 2019 (1-4); in fact, they’ve finished seven of those last nine series without losing a single match.
- New Zealand have won nine of their last 11 men’s ODIs including their last three in a row and are on a three-game winning streak at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, while England have lost their last seven consecutive men’s ODIs away from home.
- No team has a better catch success rate than England (85%) in men’s ODIs in 2025 (also Australia – 85%), while New Zealand (84%) are ranked third; England have dropped just two of 21 catches across their last four matches, while New Zealand have dropped five of 32 attempts across their last four matches.
- New Zealand have hit 10 or more sixes in each of their last three men’s ODI innings after doing so only once across their previous 17 matches in the format, with Glenn Phillips (17) and Michael Bracewell (14) hitting the most and third-most sixes respectively of any players from full member nations in the format this year.
- Will Young (New Zealand) has scored 675 runs at an average of 67.5 in ODIs in New Zealand, including three centuries and a knock of 103 runs unbeaten in his only previous ODI innings at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui (vs Netherlands in March 2022).
- Joe Root (England) has an ODI batting average of 69.5 from his 11 innings in New Zealand, his best rate in any country (min. 4 innings), while he has scored 1,048 total runs against the Black Caps which is the second most of any player in men’s ODIs between New Zealand and England (Ross Taylor – 1,424).
- New Zealand have won 64% of their 14 completed men’s ODIs with Mitchell Santner as captain on the day, with only Tom Latham (65% from 43 matches) boasting a better win rate amongst players to captain the team at least 10 times; indeed, only Daniel Vettori (95) has taken more wickets as captain of the Black Caps than Santner (19).