Fast bowler Zakari Folkes seized the early conditions and took four wickets, bringing the top order crumbling down to 10-4 and then 56-6.
Harry Brook produced an extraordinary 135 runs on Sunday, October 26, 2025, in the first ODI against New Zealand to prevent England from making a complete surrender of 223.
Fast bowler Zakari Folkes exploited the early conditions to take four wickets and then demolish the top order, leaving England examining the scoreboard at 10-4 and then 56-6!
Captain Brook rallied with his highest ODI score to date and was beached in the 36th over, the innings at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui were concluded.
Harry Brook struck three successive sixes off his counterpart Jacob Duffy to reach his century, improving on his previous high of 110 runs not out against Australia at Chester-le-Street last year.
Brook smashed 11 sixes in this 101-ball at-bat, including one massive smite over the third man. He got to 50 in just 36 balls!
Jamie Overton was the only other batsman who scored double figures, with 46 – which is his highest score – in an 87-run partnership with Brook for the seventh wicket.
When England began to bat, Matt Henry clean bowled Jamie Smith with his first ball. Henry took two wickets for 53 runs.
Foulkes exhibited his pace and movement to take the pivotal wickets of Ben Duckett and Joe Root early in his first over. He took four wickets for 41 runs.
England lost Jacob Bethall, Jos Buttler, and Sam Curran to the opening bowling pair in the first 12 overs.
Duffy, a pace bowler, got rid of Overton and finished with 3 wickets for 55 runs.
Mitchell Santner, New Zealand’s captain, took the only wicket of the innings when he had Brook caught at deep mid-on.
The last two games will be played in Hamilton on Wednesday 29 October 2025 and Wellington on Saturday 01 November 2025.
England won the three-match T20 series 1-0 after both matches were rained out due to bad weather in New Zealand.
