Superb bowling from the England attack led by Woakes and Rashid saw the strong Black Caps batting line-up dismissed for an almost trivial score of 223. On a wicket this good, it was a miserable batting display but they would argue that the injury to the batting hero of the 4th ODI, Ross Taylor was a game changer. I must doubt that his presence could have saved NZ.
England walked it with SEVENTEEN overs to spare and seven wickets in hand.
A magnificent batting display from openers Bairstow and Hales put England firmly in the driving seat. This could be argued as the most sublime of the test wicket keeper's four ODI centuries. He just gets better and better.
Now onto the short two test series beginning on the 22nd in which only four of this team are likely to feature.
