Ruthless England thrash New Zealand in opening ODI

First ODI, Chester-le-Street

New Zealand 156 (33.3 overs): Halliday 51 (60); Dean 4-38

England 157-1 (21.2 overs): Beaumont 76* (69), Bouchier 67 (50)

England won by 9 wickets

Scorecard.

England cruised to a ascendant nine-wicket triumph complete New Zealand successful nan opening one-day world astatine Chester-le-Street.

Openers Tammy Beaumont and Maia Bouchier added 137 arsenic nan hosts reached their below-par target of 157 successful conscionable 21.2 overs.

Beaumont vanished pinch 76 not retired and Bouchier 67 successful a sadistic and chanceless show connected a bully batting transportation that New Zealand could not utilization astatine first use.

They were skittled for 156 wrong 33.3 overs, pinch spinner Charlie Dean taking 4-38.

A affirmative commencement of 57-1 aft nan 10-over powerplay was squandered, arsenic Georgia Plimmer was unluckily tally retired for 29 aft a deflection disconnected her bat astatine nan non-striker's end.

That sparked a illness to 76-5 earlier Brooke Halliday became nan only batter to connection immoderate guidance pinch a counter-attacking 51 from 60 balls, but could not find immoderate support from a struggling mediate order.

England's reply was ruthless, pinch Bouchier and Beaumont hitting 24 boundaries betwixt them against an erratic New Zealand bowling show earlier skipper Heather Knight calmly completed nan chase.

The three-match ODI bid continues astatine Worcester connected Sunday.

Pre-match, Knight said that England's astir caller ODI against Pakistan astatine Chelmsford was nan "blueprint" for really they wanted to play nan format, and her broadside surely received nan memo.

While nan attraction is connected T20 cricket arsenic nan World Cup successful Bangladesh approaches successful October, this was a complete capacity that really cemented England and Knight's desire to play pinch much aggression.

New Zealand's inclination to struggle pinch nan bat unless 1 of Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates aliases Amelia Kerr execute is simply a worrying 1 for nan side's progression and it was brutally exploited by England successful Durham.

Halliday was a uncommon agleam spark pinch 8 boundaries successful her sound but nan remainder of nan line-up had nary answers to Dean's relentless accuracy aliases Sophie Ecclestone's canny variations - nan left-arm spinner took nan cardinal wickets of some Devine and Kerr.

England's rotation onslaught is nan cardinal constituent successful their look for occurrence and has been for immoderate time, but nan apical bid has been inconsistent and truthful nan sublime opening guidelines betwixt Beaumont and Bouchier, whose erstwhile highest ODI guidelines was 45, will person provided plentifulness of confidence.

Both scored freely each astir nan ground, looked astatine easiness against some gait and rotation pinch Boucher departing for 67 from 50 balls to a smart drawback from Suzie Bates astatine screen while Beaumont overturned an lbw connected 66 for her only siren of nan innings.

Equally pleasing will beryllium nan truth that England put successful specified an awesome capacity without important contributions from talisman Nat Sciver-Brunt, for they person often been over-reliant connected her all-round class.

England skipper Heather Knight: "It's a really bully measurement to commencement nan series.

"I was beautiful happy to beryllium and watch waiting to bat! It was a masterclass from those two."

New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine: “We are really disappointed pinch our performance. I thought our commencement pinch nan bat was exceptional, but England pegged america back.

“We’ve sewage to spot nan activity we’ve been doing for nan past six aliases 7 weeks. We’ve sewage a large bid coming up. We will bespeak and travel backmost harder."

Player of nan lucifer Charlie Dean: "To decorativeness nan crippled successful that measurement is beautiful brilliant. It was a really bully squad capacity today."