Dawid Malan scored 127 to inspire England to a 100-run victory over New Zealand at Lord’s which sealed a 3-1 ODI series win
Most of England’s World Cup squad will spend the next couple of weeks relaxing before they fly to India, but they will struggle to reach a more restful state than that in which they concluded a third successive stroll to victory against New Zealand.
With the same teams due to meet in the World Cup curtain-raiser in Ahmedabad in just under three weeks’ time this was not even the most important England v New Zealand one-day international in the minds of those playing it, with injury the nightmare scenario.
It seems absurd now that just 10 days ago Malan was preparing for this series amid a chorus of voices suggesting he should be pensioned off to make way for Brook. It turned out that far from being ready for the glue factory Malanthe glue factory, and through his three appearances in this series he has been the one meshing England’s innings together. This was a third century in his last seven ODIs and took his average in 21 international appearances to 57.32.
Fortunately for Root, England’s former Test captain has. His 29 here was by some margin his best score of the series, though but for half a Rachin Ravindra over, from which he plundered a four and a fine slog-swept six, it was never very handsome. There were two attempts at his patented reverse ramp, both missed, and two drops at wide second slip off the luckless Ben Lister, who was to be forced off the field with a hamstring injury.
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