England enforce A thumping series win over New Zealand, 5th ODI, England Vs New Zealand - Statistical Review

England enforce A thumping series win over New Zealand, 5th ODI, England Vs New Zealand – Statistical Review: The final ODI between England and New Zealand was expected to be a belter of a contest at the Chester-le-street. The series was squared at 2-2 after the 4 matches and all eyes were upon the final ODI of one of the most exciting bilateral series of the year so far. England opted to field first which eventually contributed to a major impact in the rain intervened game. New Zealand, despite losing Brendon McCullum right in the first over of their innings posed a healthy total of 282 runs. England were confident to chase down such a score as they chased a mammoth target under 45 overs in the previous game. Due to rain intervention, England had to score 192 runs in 26 overs. Despite an early collapse, the English middle order batted way too brilliantly and sealed the game in favour of England with an over to spare and with 3 wickets in hand by Duckworth Lewis Method.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of Fours hit by England/ New Zealand in the match: 23/22

• Number of Sixes hit by England/New Zealand in the match: 1/6

• Number of dot deliveries bowled by England/New Zealand in the match: 150/65

• Total number of wide deliveries bowled by England/New Zealand: 2/8

• Highest Run Scorer of the Match: Jonny Bairstow (83 runs off 60 deliveries with 11 fours)

• Highest Wicket taker of the Match: Mitchell Santer (6-0-31-3)

• Runs Scored by England/New Zealand in the first Power play overs: New Zealand -59/1 and England – 23/3 (5 overs)

• Total Runs Scored in the Match: 475/16 in 75 overs
Other Statistical Facts:
• Ross Taylor became the batsman with most number of runs for New Zealand against England after today’s match. He has scored a total of 1038 runs in 29 innings against the English bowlers at an average of 43.25.

• New Zealand managed to score 150 runs at the end of 30 overs in this match. This happened to be the least by any team in all the five matches of the series.

• Bairstow and Billings contributed to a 80 run partnership today. This happens to be the highest 6th wicket partnership for England against New Zealand.

• There has been 24 50+ stands in this series. Of them, 21 have come in more than run a ball pace.

• Today’s match marked the second time when 5 of the New Zealand batsmen scored a total of over 35 runs against England.

• Previously, 2963 were the most number of runs that have been scored in a 5-match bilateral series. That was between India and Pakistan in 2004. This was surpassed in this series where a total of 3151 runs have been scored.

• Williamson completed his 1000 ODI runs in the calendar year, 2015 in this ODI.

• Williamson stands to be the topmost run scorer in ODIs in this year with 1037 runs. Guptill stands second with 980 runs while Ross Taylor comes in third with 929 runs.

• The run rate in this series is 7.15, which stands to be the best in any bilateral series with 2 or more games.

• After the win today, England has won its first ODI series at home in its last 6 ODI series.

• As many as 266 runs were scored jointly by the English wicket keepers in this series. This happens to be the best for England in any bilateral series.