England vs New Zealand 2015 Live Cricket Score: 5th ODI at Chester-le-Street
England vs New Zealand 2015 Live Cricket Score: 5th ODI at Chester-le-Street
England, upbeat after record run-chase of 350 in the last ODI, will take on a quality New Zealand side in the fifth and final ODI and the series decider at Chester-le-Street. England’s captain Eoin Morgan led the record chase at Trent Bridge by scoring an attacking century, and will hope to cap off this resurgence with a series win. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: England vs New Zealand, 5th ODI, Chester-le-Street
All the four games have seen lots of runs. None of the teams have suffered batting collapses except New Zealand in the opening one-dayer: they were bowled out for 198 chasing 409. Although most of England’s and New Zealand’s batting line-up have been among runs, openers Jason Roy and Brendon McCullum, both clean hitters of the ball, have missed out. If either of them chooses to fire for his respective team, it will give that team an edge. LIVE CRICKET UPDATES: England vs New Zealand, 5th ODI, Chester-le-Street
The two convincing wins have been a remarkable turnaround for the home side, as they had been poor in ODIs of late, having been chucked out of the World Cup in the first round by Bangladesh. New Zealand had, on the other hand, reached the final. This time, both teams seem capable of beating the other at Chester-le-Street, and given limitations in New Zealand’s bowling attack at the moment — they are without Trent Boult and Corey Anderson — England hold the edge.
Teams:
England: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jonathan Bairstow(w), Sam Billings, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Mark Wood, Steven Finn
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum(c), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Mitchell Santner, Luke Ronchi(w), Ben Wheeler, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Andrew Mathieson
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